The Inbetweeners, the acclaimed UK sitcom about a quartet of teenaged losers, is set to graduate to the big screen with a feature-length spin-off due in cinemas this summer. The Inbetweeners Movie begins shooting this week with a UK release scheduled for 19 August. The production is directed by Ben Palmer and has been scripted by Damon Beesley and Iain Morris, who devised the original sitcom.

First aired in 2008, The Inbetweeners spotlights the misadventures of four hormonal sixth-formers: Will, Simon, Neil and Jay. The show stars Simon Bird, James Buckley, Blake Harrison and Joe Thomas, all of whom will be reprising their roles in the picture. The Inbetweeners Movie follows the characters on a summer holiday to Crete.

Beesley and Morris have suggested that the Channel 4-backed film will bring down the curtain on the quartet, who have already endured a world of indignities through three acclaimed series of the TV show. "We hope the fans will appreciate the film which, we think, completes the story of Will, Simon, Neil and Jay," they said in a statement.