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"The Inbetweeners made the leap to the big screen this week, and the early buzz on Will, Simon, Jay and Neil&amp;#039;s cinematic outing is positive! The film is also raking in the big bucks, but TV-to-film adaptations haven&amp;#039;t always been so successful... This week&amp;#039;s Friday Fiver takes a look at the times that our favourite telly shows took a trip to the multiplexes, often with baffling and downright painful results. The Simpsons Movie (2007) Alright, so this film adaptation of Fox&amp;#039;s long-running animated comedy wasn&amp;#039;t exactly a massive drop in quality from what we&amp;#039;re currently getting on television - The Simpsons has been declining steadily for at least ten years - but that&amp;#039;s not really an excuse. Fans had been waiting for a big screen outing from Springfield&amp;#039;s first family for years, and what they did they eventually get? About two decent jokes, both of which were in the trailer.      Scooby-Doo (2002) This live-action adventure for the cartoon mutt was an unmitigated disaster. The jokes fell flat, the special effects were unconvincing, and while Matthew Lillard might have nailed Shaggy, the rest of the leads were hideously miscast (Freddie Prinze Jr?!). Not even the final twist - *spoiler* the perpetually annoying Scrappy Doo is the villain behind it all - could save this movie.      The Avengers (1998) &amp;#039;60s series The Avengers is fondly remembered by its fans - Patrick Macnee was perfectly cast as the suave John Steed, accompanied by a number of lovely ladies (most famously Diana Rigg&amp;#039;s Emma Peel). The 1998 film adaptation is fondly remembered by precisely no-one. Any film with Sean Connery as the villain and Uma Thurman in a leather catsuit should be solid gold, but The Avengers movie is one big disappointment.      Thunderbirds (2004) First rule of film to TV adaptations - maintain what the fans loved about the original. And what did the Thunderbirds film (directed by Star Trek: The Next Generation actor Jonathan Frakes) do? It sidelined all of the characters you know and love from the original puppet series and focused instead on their infuriatingly precocious offspring. Plus, the classic Thunderbirds theme was ditched in favour of a Busted song. Nicely done, Mr. Frakes.      Holiday On The Buses (1973) But we couldn&amp;#039;t wrap up this list without mentioning possibly the most (in)famous TV to film adaptation. Another fine example of taking everything fans love and throwing it out the nearest window, this painful film spinoff from On The Buses saw Stan (Reg Varney), Jack (Bob Grant) and Blakey (Stephen Lewis) fired from the bus depot and working at a holiday camp. This one will go down in history as &amp;#039;how not to do it&amp;#039;.      Which are the best and worst TV to film adaptations? Share your opinions below! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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