About this season
Teenage Kicks is a British sitcom starring Adrian Edmondson, Ed Coleman and Laura Aikman, filmed at Teddington Studios. Originally as a radio show for BBC Radio 2 in 2007, it was turned into a TV series by Phil McIntyre Productions for ITV. The show ran for 8 episodes beginning 28 March 2008 although the show was not recommissioned for any further series. The opening theme tune is "Teenage Kicks" by the band The Undertones.
Episodes (8)
1. Sex
Aired 28 March 2008 • 30 min
Vernon tries to get his love life back on track but things don't quite go according to plan. After speed dating does not bring the wanted success, he finds an interest in his daughter's married tutor.
2. Work
Aired 4 April 2008 • 30 min
Vernon is shocked by the size of the bill from the divorce solicitors but can't find a friend to lend him the money. When the debt is passed to Mad Frankie's Debt Collection Agency and Frankie turns nasty, there's no way out but to get a job
3. Sorry
Aired 11 April 2008 • 30 min
When the kids tell Vernon he was a bad father while they were growing up, he is mortified and sets about putting things right. He 'sorts out' a school bully, buys Milly a new dog, and takes them on a summer holiday to Wales... in February.
4. Health
Aired 18 April 2008 • 30 min
Vernon mistakes an Ecstasy tablet for a sweet and ends up in hospital, where he's told he only has 17 years left to live. Needless to say, Milly doesn't want to be lumbered with looking after an invalid dad for the best part of two decades, and forces him to start keeping fit. Adrian Edmondson stars
5. Student
Aired 25 April 2008 • 30 min
Determined to make the most of his new freedom, Vernon opts to return to student life, but discovers his options are limited once he's spent his loan and an obscure institution in the Scottish Highlands is the only place that will take him.
6. Fame
Aired 2 May 2008 • 30 min
Vernon gets the chance to relive his "glory days", when an old acquaintance needs a replacement guitarist for his band.
7. Exodus
Aired 9 May 2008 • 30 min
After his kids and David throw him out, Vernon turns to his friend Bryan, only he can't stay there because Bryan's wife won't' let him. He has to find somewhere else to sleep…
8. Goodbye Cruel Worm
Aired 16 May 2008 • 30 min
After being rejected by Milly, Max and David, and left alone in the flat all weekend, Vernon decides to end it all…