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Bad Boyes was a British children's television comedy series which aired on CBBC in the UK in 1987 and 1988, repeated in 1989 and 1990. It starred Steven Kember as Bryan Arthur Derek Boyes (hence 'BAD Boyes'), a 14-year-old Young Entrepreneur, Loveable Rogue and self-styled Best Dodger in the Universe. Bryan was never far from a Zany Scheme designed to make a fast buck, yet always created ever-increasing chains of trouble for himself, often involving innocent bystanders, crooks, bullies and his own particular nemesis, school bully Edward Slogg, better known as The Slug. Bryan was aided in his endeavours by his best friend and fellow dodger Bernetta Vincent (Nicola Greenhill) and abetted by his largely-oblivious parents and stern but hapless form teacher, Mr Wiggis.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Father-and-son writers Jim and Duncan Eldridge first created the character of Bryan as simply 'X' in three children's books published by Arrow Books in the 1980s: How to Handle Grown-Ups, What Grown-Ups Say and What They Really Mean and More Ways to Handle Grown-Ups. Each of these mock self-help manuals for the young climaxed with extracts from The Diary of X, advice written in the first person by a young teenage trickster and dodger. The BBC felt there was comic potential in the character, and X was given a television series, and a name. Bryan's parents and schoolfriend Weed (Weedon) also first appeared in these books, with the other characters being added for the television series.Two series were made, of six and ten episodes respectively, but following complaints from parents to Points of View about Bryan's unpunished bad behaviour and the naughtiness of some of the humour (allegedly leading to the involvement of the BBC Director-General), plans for a Christmas special and third series were abandoned. Bad Boyes has never been seen since 1990, nor released on video or DVD.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })The Eldridges novelised both series - series 1 as Bad Boyes and series 2 as Bad Boyes and the Gangsters and these were also published by Arrow Books. Jim Eldridge later worked again with producer/director Jeremy Swan and composer Jonathan Cohen on Uncle Jack (CBBC, 1990-1993).Bad Boyes provides examples of: | |
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