It Was Only a Matter of Time: Channel 4′s Drifters, Britain’s Answer to Girls
So technically, the new Channel 4 green-lit show Drifters is a spin-off of The Inbetweeners, a popular British sitcom about lackadaisical male 20-somethings that was eventually turned into a movie, and is about to get its own bastardized American version, à la The Office.
But Drifters–which stars three of the actresses who appeared in The Inbetweeners film–sounds a lot like a certain American pop culture zeitgeist retooled for British fans. Including the fact that one of the star’s of the show–Jessica Knappett–is also its writer. Read More
