Secret Life of Boys

Secret Life of Boys
Series 4 Title
Genre	Comedy
Starring	Elizabeth Bower Grant Burgin Erica Brown Reece Buttery Charlie Hiscock Neil Reynolds Gene Gurie Joel Guy Sam Atwell
Composer	Giles Lamb [1]
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	5
No. of episodes	46 (list of episodes)
Production
Production location	Northern Ireland
Editor	Emma Collins
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	Zodiak Kids & Family Productions UK (formerly The Foundation)
Original release
Network	CBBC
Release	7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) – 11 January 2021 (2021-01-11)

Secret Life of Boys is a British children's sitcom written by Anthony Q. Farrell and directed by Beryl Richards. It was produced by Zodiak Kids & Family Productions UK for CBBC and ABC. ^[2]

Series overview

Series	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	5		7 November 2015 (2015-11-07)	5 December 2015 (2015-12-05)
2	10		27 March 2017 (2017-03-27)	16 June 2017 (2017-06-16)
3	13		24 December 2018 (2018-12-24)	4 April 2019 (2019-04-04)
4	10		9 October 2019 (2019-10-09)	4 December 2019 (2019-12-04)
5	8		11 January 2021 (2021-01-11)	11 January 2021 (2021-01-11)

Cast

Cast list of Secret Life of Boys

Actor	Character	Series
		1	2	3	4	5
Elizabeth Bower	Aunt Corey	Main
Grant Burgin	Uncle Bob	Main
Erica Brown	Ginger Boxwell	Main			Recurring
Reece Buttery Charlie Hiscock	Robbie Hughes	Main
Neil Reynolds	Matt Stapleton-Hughes	Main
Gene Gurie	Ethan/Thane Hughes	Main
Joel Guy	Chris Hughes	Main
Sam Atwell	David Boxwell	Recurring

Reception

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2016	BAFTA Children's Award	INTERACTIVE: ORIGINAL	Won	[3]
2017	Broadcast Digital Award	Best Digital Children's Content	Won	[4]
	Kidscreen Award	Best Web/App Series	Won	[5]
	RTS NI Programme Award	Children’s / Animation	Won	[6]
2018	International Emmy Kids Award	Kids: Digital	Nominated	[7]
2019	Broadcast Digital Award	Best Digital Children's Content	Won	[8]
2020	Kidscreen Award	Best one-off, special or TV movie	Nominated	[9]

References

1. "Secret Life of Boys CBBC". gileslamb.com. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
2. "THE SECRET LIFE OF BOYS". Northern Ireland Screen. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
3. "CHILDRENS AWARDS". bafta.org.
4. "Best Digital Children's Content: Secret Life Of Boys". broadcastnow.co.uk.
5. "And the 2017 Kidscreen Awards winners are…". kidscreen.com.
6. "The Royal Television Society Northern Ireland Programme Awards 2017". rts.org.uk. 16 November 2017.
7. "2018 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® KIDS AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED". iemmys.tv.
8. "Best Digital Children's Content: Secret Life Of Boys". broadcastnow.co.uk.
9. "And the Kidscreen Award nominees are…". kidscreen.com.

External links

• Secret Life of Boys at BBC Online
• Secret Life of Boys at IMDb