“I was waiting for the dissent of people, being like, ‘Fuck this show, what a load of gay crap’”
Jack Rooke is bursting with excitement during his Attitude Award shoot. We’re celebrating the hit Channel 4 show Big Boys, which is also remarkably his first outing as a TV writer. “Attitude was one of the only gay magazines to get behind the show,” he says. You’re welcome, Jack.
Five years in the making, the coming-of-age sitcom Big Boys finally aired on Channel 4 in May this year. The series follows writer Jack Rooke’s namesake ‘Jack’ arriving for his first year at university, having delayed enrolment following the sudden loss of his dad the year before. The story echoes much of Rooke’s real-life experiences, having battled depression after his father Laurie passed away from cancer.
In , closeted Jack (’ Dylan Llewellyn) meets straight lad’s lad Danny (Jon Pointing) when the pair are lumped in the same shabby shared accommodation outside of the main uni halls. Awkward sexcapades, poppers-fuelled
