Angry Boys
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| Created by | Chris Lilley |
| Written by | Chris Lilley |
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| Starring | Chris Lilley |
| Theme music composer | Chris Lilley |
| Composer | Bryony Marks |
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| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
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| Editor | Ian Carmichael |
| Running time | 28 minutes |
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| Network | HBO (United States) ABC1 (Australia) |
| Release | 11 May – 27 July 2011 |
| Related | |
| We Can Be Heroes | |
Angry Boys is an Australian television mockumentary sitcom miniseries written by and starring Chris Lilley, continuing the mockumentary style of his previous series. In Angry Boys, Lilley plays multiple characters: S.mouse, an American rapper; Jen, a manipulative Japanese mother; Blake Oakfield, a champion surfer; Ruth "Gran" Sims, a guard at a juvenile detention facility; and her teenage grandsons, South Australian twins Daniel and Nathan Sims.
Filmed in Melbourne, Los Angeles, and Tokyo, the series is a co-production between the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and American cable channel HBO, with a pre-sale to BBC Three in the United Kingdom. Angry Boys premièred on 11 May 2011 at 9:00 pm on ABC1.