Spin-offs
The success of the series spawned Grumpy Old Women, first as a Christmas special and then as a full series in 2005. It repeated the formula of the original, featuring famous middle-aged women talking about their pet-hates.
The grumpy old men and women together made a series Grumpy Old Holidays in which they talk about the frustrations of air travel, packing and so on. This first aired on 18 June 2006.
A companion book to the series, written by Stuart Prebble, Grumpy Old Men (The Official Handbook) was published in 2004, followed by Grumpy Old Men: The Secret Diary in 2005 and Grumpy Old Christmas in 2006, also by Stuart Prebble. The first series and its accompanying Christmas special was also released on DVD, and an audiobook based on the first two series was also made available, read by Arthur Smith.
Following the success of Grumpy Old Men/Women, the producers, Liberty Bell TV, have made a number of other series based on the same format, including Grumpy Old Holidays, It's Grim Up North, My Appalling School Report, He Says, She Says and The Meaning Of Life. All of these were broadcast on BBC2, except the last-named which aired on BBC1.
The Grumpy Guide to Christmas was shown on BBC2 on 23 December 2009.
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