In Angry Boys, Lilley plays multiple characters: S.mouse, an American rapper; Jen, a manipulative Japanese mother; Blake Oakfield, a champion surfer; Ruth "Gran" Sims, a guard at a juvenile detention facility; and her teenage grandsons, South Australian twins Daniel and Nathan Sims.

Filmed in Melbourne, Los Angeles, and Tokyo, the series is a co-production between the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and US cable channel HBO, with a pre-sale to BBC Three in the United Kingdom.

Executive producers Chris Lilley and Laura Waters brought together the same team of collaborators from Summer Heights High and We Can Be Heroes to create six characters for the series.

[2] On 25 August 2009, The Daily Telegraph reported that Lilley had planned to release a follow-up series to Summer Heights High, after years of working on the format.

[2] A preview of the series premiered on 16 March 2011, introducing some of the new characters, and the return of identical twins Daniel and Nathan Sims from We Can Be Heroes.

In the twins' bedroom is the "Wall of Legends," pictures of the people they consider their heroes: surfer Blake Oakfield; Japanese skater Tim Okazaki; US rapper S.mouse; bikini model Emily Chase; their late dad; and their Gran.

Daniel organizes a "legendary" farewell party for Nathan and, enlisting Gran's help, invites all their "Wall of Legends" heroes.

(Richard Lawson), he comes from a wealthy suburban background in Calabasas, California and that he went to a predominantly white private school, sang gospel music at church, and begged him for the Wicked soundtrack.

During the show, S.mouse finds himself under pressure from his record company over his self-penned YouTube-released song, "Poo on You," the music video for which features him defecating on a police car.

Following the album's launch to a largely nonplussed crowd, S.mouse realizes that he isn't really expressing the real him and decides to read Daniel's letter about an Aboriginal child named Wally who was crushed by a truck.

Jen Okazaki is a soft-spoken Japanese wife and mother of three who moved with her family from Japan to Santa Barbara, California in the United States for a better life.

Ruth Sims, commonly referred to as "Gran," is Daniel and Nathan's 65-year-old grandmother who works as a prison officer at the Sydney Garingal Juvenile Justice Centre for teenage boys, where she has been employed for 25 years.

Gran also looks after 23 guinea pigs; Pauline, Patch, Lucy, Henry, Fudge, Narelle, Jaffles, Kerry Anne, Ken, Ruffles, Princess Mary, Courtney, Keith, Pia and the Babies, Trizzy, Joyce, Darrel, Sonia, Ratty, Bok Choy and Parsley.

Gran forms a close bond with new inmate Talib (Jake Glass), who was sent to the Garingal Juvenile Justice Centre for "wanking a dog."

Finally pushed to his limit, he beats up another named inmate Marlon and Gran is forced to give him two days in solitary confinement.

Garingal's head officer informs her that she must retire due to her worsening Alzheimer's symptoms as evidenced by her unwitting enabling of Justin's botched suicide attempt.

Oakfield feels that his surfing career wasn't the same after he had his testicles shot and amputated after a gang fight with their enemy, the Fennel Hell Men, so he quit.

After attending the court case hearing with Packo, it is revealed that Oakfield's mate and former Mucca Mad Boy member, Ashley (Christian Stack), was responsible for the shooting and is sent back to prison.

Nathan and Daniel Sims are identical twin brothers who reside with their family in the small town of Dunt, South Australia.

After having his testicles shot and amputated as a result of a gang fight with the Fennel Hell Men, Oakfield felt his surfing career wasn't the same anymore and decided to quit.

Jen owns a successful empire called, "GayStyle Enterprises", in which she sells penis-shaped whistles, perfume dispensers, water bottles and scrubbing brushes.

During the party, Nathan's arm gets stuck in a drain pipe, leaving Daniel with no choice but to call his mum to come back home from their long weekend holiday.

Jen is worried that Tim has been aggressive lately, his skating is not as good, he isn't concentrating on school work and is falling asleep most times.

Since Tim announced he was not gay and in fact, has a girlfriend named Omeya, the 6 million dollar Ooshi Cola ad campaign was cancelled and GayStyle Enterprises has been low on sales, which is upsetting Jen.

After hours of waiting to hear the single on the radio, S.mouse's father, Shwayne Snr., believes no one will play it, and tells S.mouse that he should get a real job instead.

Blake attends the court case hearing with Packo, and it is revealed that Ashley was sent back to prison after telling the truth about the shooting.

Jen does not enjoy the suburban lifestyle and hates being a household mum; however, she has begun training her second son, Luke, to become the next golfing superstar.

The show's premiere was highly anticipated, with "Angry Boys" and "Gran" becoming worldwide trending topics on Twitter as the first episode went to air.

Karl Quinn of The Age wrote, "Chris Lilley's Angry Boys is bold, aggressive, unafraid to trample on some very shaky ground.

"[39] Holly Byrnes and Shoba Rao of The Daily Telegraph praised the show, writing, "pushing the boundaries of political correctness to breaking point, Lilley has delivered exactly what his fans expect – and why TV critics have hailed him an 'outrageous comic genius'."