Inbetweeners actors Joe Thomas and James Buckley to reunite for Eighties-set E4 comedy

The duo will return to the channel which launched them back in 2008

The teens on holiday in Crete for sun, sex and more toe-curlingly embarrassing antics in the film

It may not be a full house but two of The Inbetweeners' cast members are to reunite on the channel that originally launched their beloved sitcom.

Joe Thomas and James Buckley - who memorably played Simon and Jay in the comedy series - are to team up for a new series that'll be co-written by The Inbetweeners' co-creator Damon Beasley.

Details on the series have come fresh from Buckley himself, reports The Sun, who has revealed that the show will debut on E4 in the latter stages of next year.

Speaking on the latest Dream Team, podcast, the actor said: "It's going to be set in Essex in the Eighties.”

The Inbetweeners originally ran from 2008 to 2010 before the gang returned in two successful feature films - the first in 2012 with the follow-up arriving in 2014; they became two of the highest-grossing British comedies of all time.

With a dedicated fanbase, the series made stars of both Thomas and Buckley as well as co-stars Simon Bird (Will) and Blake Harrison (Neil). Bird went on to star in Channel 4 sitcom Friday Night Dinner while Harrison recently appeared in the big-screen adaptation of classic comedy Dad's Army.