Fresh Meat
- TV comedy drama
- Channel 4
- 2011 - 2016
- 30 episodes (4 series)
Comedy drama following six mis-matched students who are starting university in Manchester and sharing the same house together. Stars Jack Whitehall, Joe Thomas, Charlotte Ritchie, Kimberley Nixon, Zawe Ashton and more.
Streaming rank this week: 1,685
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10 British comedy shows that deserve U.S. remakes
Many viewers in the UK (such as myself) aren't surprised when a U.S. remake of one of our series fails. Skins and The Inbetweeners both flopped in the U.S. because their charm was inseparable from their deeply British sensibilities. However, there are plenty of other UK sitcoms that have untapped potential that could thrive with a U.S. makeover. These are shows that don't just survive a transition - they could evolve into something even stronger, just like The Office, Shameless, and Ghosts.
Tom Russell, Screen Rant, 4th July 2025Unassuming detached house seen on 2010s sitcom
A house which was used in an iconic 2010s comedy still stands in a plush Manchester suburb - but do you recognise it?
https://www.thesun.co.uk/author/harry-torrance/, The Sun, 17th June 2025The 30 best British sitcoms to watch now
Our critics sift through the TV streaming platforms and choose which shows will keep you chuckling.
Daily Mail, 24th April 2024Best British TV comedies of the last 15 years
Den of Geek's contributors and readers choose the best of the best British TV comedies from the past 15 years.
Louisa Mellor, Rosie Fletcher, Elizabeth Donoghue, Jamie Andrew and Juliette Harrisson, Den Of Geek, 13th May 2022Fresh Meat at 10
A decade on from freshers, TV's top students remember their raucous heyday. "We were basically dirty, smelly Friends".
Beth Webb, NME, 23rd September 202113 best British comedy shows on Netflix right now
The beauty of British comedy is how fleeting it is. The US version of The Office dragged on into nine interminable seasons. The British original? Fourteen episodes and done.
Esquire, 22nd August 2020The 100 best TV shows of the 21st century
The Thick Of It is the highest rated British comedy in fourth place. Also listed: The Office (6), Fleabag (8), Peep Show (9), Nighty Night (16), Black Mirror (23), Spaced (29), Catastrophe (34), Brass Eye (37), Detectorists (38), Nathan Barley (47), Black Books (53), Inside No. 9 (66), Shameless (70), The Inbetweeners (74), Gavin and Stacey (81), Fresh Meat (86), Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (92), The Trip (95) and The Mighty Boosh (98).
The Guardian, 16th September 201913 utterly charming British comedies on Netflix
A look at some British comedies on Netflix.
Refinery 29, 15th January 2019Definitive guide to British comedy since Fawlty Towers
The British are coming, and they want to invade your television. With ... laughter.
Devon Ivie, Vulture, 21st November 2018Top 40 TV Shows of 2016: #29 Fresh Meat
As usual, these six episodes were wince-inducingly familiar for anyone who's every sat through a terrible job interview, thrown a half-arsed party or embarked on an ill-advised relationship, touched with moments of real pathos as the gang said one final farewell to their student home.
Huw Fullerton, Radio Times, 25th December 2016