

It’s a fresh start for Will McKenzie as he joins his new college. Will previously went to a private school, but since his dad walked out on his mum he’s had to downgrade to the local comprehensive. And if life wasn’t already tough enough, Will quickly makes enemies of his psychotic head of sixth and the school nut case. In a vain effort to fit in, Will soon attaches himself to a fairly average group – Simon, Jay and Neil – and tags along with them as they attempt to get served at a pub for the first time ever. Go on, then...

Will, Simon, Jay and Neil bunk off from the sixth form. Part one of the master plan has Simon call the school and pretend to be his own mother. Unfortunately his call gets passed on to the head of sixth, Mr Gilbert, who instantly rumbles him. Undeterred the boys attempt to buy alcohol from the local wine merchant, with Will disguised as an adult. They head to Neil’s house to get drunk, where Simon has a vodka-induced romantic revelation about his childhood sweetheart Carli. Soon after Neil’s dad arrives home. Go on, then...

Simon is about to sit his first driving test, and Will, Jay and Neil are very excited by the new possibilities that having a car will bring. As soon as Simon passes they plan to visit Thorpe Park to ride roller coasters and chase girls. There is one problem though – Simon is a rubbish driver. Miraculously he does pass his test and the boys set off on their first road trip in Simon’s new car. Their journey is hampered by being unexpectedly held up in a funeral cortege but they eventually arrive in 1 piece. Go on, then...

Will finds out that going to a mixed sex school isn’t too bad after all as he pulls Charlotte Hinchcliffe, the most popular girl in the year above. She’s fit and according to rumour, sexually precocious. He becomes so obsessed with Charlotte and ends up alienating his hard won new friends by spending all his time and energy on her. Simon had been getting close to Will and now finds himself hanging out more with Jay and Neil, his old friends who he may well be outgrowing. Neil has his sights set on a competition. Go on, then...

The boys call Jay’s bluff and agree to go to the Camber Sands meeting of the Caravan Club to see if it really is ‘like a massive orgy’. Jay’s dad is on hand to give advice on all matters sexual, whether they want it or. When they do finally get to the disco, despite the presence of Shakin’ Stevens, it’s actually not bad, and they learn that Neil can dance. He really can. It’s a bit weird… but he can dance. Things start to go wrong as Will skids, Jay lies, and Simon makes an extraordinary choice on a first date. Go on, then...

It’s the end of term and Will has been voted the chairman of the Christmas prom committee. Okay, he was the only person who wanted the job, but he’s still taking it seriously, and has roped Simon Jay and Neil in to help set it up. The prom is a big night for them all; Will wants to show the school that he’s worth knowing, Jay wants to DJ, Simon has decided now is the time to tell Carli and Neil wants to shag the teacher. There’s so much at stake and of course they do their best not to make a mess of it. Go on, then...


It’s a new term and the infamous sociology and geography field trip to Swanage is coming up; all the boys are on board. To cut their losses the boys take a boat around the bay but Simon falls in. A new girl, Lauren, has joined the school, and Will has taken a particular shine to her. The only problem is that she has eyes for Simon. Jay is on the lookout for a legendary Swanage MILF, and Neil is desperately trying to deflect the advances of an over-friendly teacher, Mr Kennedy. Go on, then...

Following a disappointing Valentines Day a mix-up in the work experience programme means that Neil gets to work in a newspaper office whilst Will is stuck in a garage, where he gets stripped and thrown in a pond as an initiation ceremony. Unwisely he inadvertently invites a work colleague to the school disco, where Simon gets a pleasant surprise from a female admirer.A run-in with a younger boy, however, means that ultimately the boys end up facing their customary public humiliation. Go on, then...

It's Will's seventeenth birthday and he is planning a dinner party with a few of his close friends, and, of course, any girls that they can persuade to come. But it clashes with a more popular bash so that his only guests are Neil, Jay, Simon and Simon's exchange student Patrice. Out of boredom they gate-crash the other party but only one of them is asked to stay and then bedded by the hostess as a sex object. The other four are sent packing. Needless to say none of those four are French. Go on, then...

In a very desperate attempt to reinvent himself, Will decides that the lads should be oh so cool and become "the boys who go to clubs". Simon’s not so sure at first, but when Carli thinks it’s a cool thing he immediately changes his mind. Simon then drives the posse up to the bright lights and crowded rooms of the West End, where they encounter all the characters of a great night out: aggressive bouncers, tramps and angry bus passengers. Go on, then...

Will is asked to co-ordinate the school’s very own Duke of Edinburgh award scheme. Will agrees to the "honor" and immediately uses it as an opportunity to try and snare an older university student that he becomes infatuated with. He even tries by helping her out at the local retirement home. The other boys also help out getting themselves in trouble, all except for Simon who has trouble of his own at home. Much to his dismay, his mum and dad have separated. Go on, then...

Exams are looming, and Will is getting stressed. Jay has got other things on his mind, while Simon at last seems to be making some headway with Carli, helping her revise (albeit at the expense of his own revision). Looking back on the year, the boys realise that things haven’t been all bad, but that if they had their time again Jay would be less sensitive (yes, sensitive), Simon would take Carli’s word with a pinch of salt, Will would drink a lot less energy drinks and Neil would remember his kit for his PE exam. Go on, then...