Inbetweeners fans go wild as sitcom legends reunite 14 years after hit show and reunion backlash
INBETWEENERS characters Jay Cartwright and Simon Cooper were spotted reuniting away from the sitcom.
The actors, James Buckley and Joe Thomas took to social media to share their meet up.
In the snaps, the TV favourites looked extremely pleased to see each-other, with both of them grinning for the string of selfies.
Shared to James’ 739K Instagram followers, he wrote in the caption: “Me and Joe the other night.
“He’s on instagram by the way @itsjoethomas.”
Fans of the show couldn’t believe their eyes at the post, with one follower writing: “I legitimately don’t think either of you look any older than you did on the show.”
Another gushed: “Easily could do Inbetweeners again, none of you look much older than on the show!!
“Would be the best TV comeback show ever to be fair.”
A third referenced the show and exclaimed: “Oooooooooooh FRIEND.”
“A podcast with the 4 of you would LITERALLY break the internet…..I’d pay ANYTHING for that to become a reality,” urged a fourth.
James shot to fame in his role as Jay Cartwright in the E4 hit comedy, in 2008.
Although the programme initially received a bad reception, The Inbetweeners has since been described as one of the most successful British sitcoms of the 21st century.
James has continued to act since ending his run on the E4 show and even played a young Del Boy in the short-lived Only Fools And Horses prequel, Rock And Chips.
Alongside James, Blake Harrison and Simon Bird, Joe also cemented his place on our screens after his role as Simon Cooper on the show.
Since then, he has appeared in White Gold, a BBC series created by Damon Beasley, student sitcom Fresh Meat and played a maths teacher in the second series of Threesome.
In 2019 he took part in Dave channel’s comedy panel show Taskmaster as well as The Great British Bake off: Stand Up To Cancer, in 2023.
Joe and his co-stars waved goodbye to The Inbetweeners in 2014 following two feature films together.
James and Joe previously reunited for a a festive Inbetweeners special dubbed Fwends Reunited, but fans weren’t pleased.
Viewers of the show were left disappointed when they realised that the New Year’s Day reunion special was not a new episode of the show.
Viewers took to social media at the time, to vent their frustration over the fact that Fwends Reunited – hosted by Jimmy Carr – was just a compilation of the show’s best moments and an interview with the cast.