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    Sep 18, 2023 4 minutes

    SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 23

    BIG BOYS

    First-year blues

    Screening: TVNZ 1, 8.35pm

    Streaming: TVNZ+

    A widely-praised UK comedydrama about two flatmates settling into their first years at university: Jack is shy, gay and still reeling from the death of his father; Danny is a confident, older “lads’ lad” who’s not as robust as he likes to crack on. It’s based on writer Jack Rooke’s successive autobiographical comedy shows at Edinburgh Fringe and effectively blends the twin streams of Rooke’s career. He is a comedian and, still in his late 20s, a respected voice on male mental health. He has a BBC documentary series and a Penguin-published

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