From the people that brought you Grumpy Old Men and Grumpy Old Women, comes Grouchy Young Men, a brand new one-hour special for Comedy Central that gives fresh batch of tetchy testosterone the chance to let off some steam.

 

Proving that grumpyness is by no means a state of being confined to just the oldies, these twenty to thirty-something men have a catalogue of complaints that make them mad as hell, from today’s unfathomable hunger for fame to the minefield of modern dating.  

 

Narrated by Peep Show’s Robert Webb, the programme features contributions from some of the grouchiest social commentators, comedians and celebrities around, featuring Dan Snow (The One Show), Matt Willis (ex-Busted, I’m a Celebrity… winner), Russell Kane (Live at the Apollo), Alun Cochrane (8 Out Of 10 Cats), Jim Jeffries (fresh from his HBO special), Jack P Shepherd (Coronation Street’s wild child David Platt), ex Viz editor Alex Collier, Sacha Dhawan (The History Boys) and Carl Donnelly.

 

It’s a tough time for the 21st Century’s tetchy younger men - caught as they are between their increasingly decrepit parents and the snotty-nosed school kids clogging up the bus.

 

But this comedic look at what infuriates the modern grumbler offers respite from the double standards and sheer frustration of it all. Here’s Alex Collier bemoaning his parents’ lack of basic computer skills: “You would get all the usual stuff – ‘Oh, you treat this place like a hotel.’ ‘Oh, you treat us like taxi drivers.’  Now I’ve left home, they treat me like their own personal IT assistant.”

 

Alun Cochrane has had his fill of facebook would-be friends “We haven’t got enough in common - broadband and insomnia is just not enough. I need more, and furthermore I’ve actually got flesh and blood friends that I’m trying to shake off.”  And Jack P. Shepherd just wants to be left alone: “I like ignorant people cos they don’t talk to me and I don’t want to be talked at.” 

 

Grouchy Young Men premieres exclusively on Comedy Central on April 12th at 10pm.