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Fresh Meat. Image shows from L to R: Kingsley (Joe Thomas), Vod (Zawe Ashton), Josie (Kimberley Nixon), JP (Jack Whitehall), Howard (Greg McHugh), Oregon (Charlotte Ritchie). Copyright: Objective Productions / Lime Pictures
Fresh Meat

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.

  • JustWatch Streaming rank this week: 947

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The Fresh Meat gang talk porn, booze and angry fans

Fresh Meat is back - Channel 4's cult comedy-drama returns on Monday for more twisted tales of piss-ups, pubs and politics.

Morgan Jeffery, Digital Spy, 2nd November 2013

Zawe Ashton, aka Vod, is the coolest thing on TV now

The plain-speaking, adventurously dressed star of Channel 4's student sitcom is bulldozing through barriers for black women on screen.

Bim Adewunmi, The Guardian, 2nd November 2013

The scheduling of the first two series of Sam Bain's and Jesse Armstrong's student comedy mimicked the university year by starting in early October, so it's a later-than-usual, but still hugely welcome, return for Vod, Oregon, Howard, JP, Kingsley and Josie - except that Josie has transferred to university in Southampton, her inclusion here a stroke of comic genius.

Renaming the house "Pussy Haven", JP (Jack Whitehall) starts a dry-slope skiing society with a strict admittance policy described as "eugenics run by FHM". Vod (Zawe Ashton) has meanwhile returned from her travels with an amorous South American she soon bores of, and Howard manages to land a proper date. The outcome is genuinely heartbreaking.

Gerard Gilbert, The Independent, 1st November 2013

Greg McHugh on playing TV's weirdest student

Fresh Meat has captured the quirks of student life like no show before it. Meet Greg McHugh, the man behind its unlikely oddball hero, Howard.

Gerard Gilbert, The Independent, 1st November 2013

i talk: fresh meat

Blogger and PR man Elliot Gonzalez shares his thoughts on Fresh Meat Series 3, Episode 1.

Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 30th October 2013

'Fresh Meat' series three: interviews with the cast

A new series of the Channel 4 comedy sees the college misfits facing more domestic dilemmas. But could the cast cope if they shared a fridge in real life?

Gabriel Tate, Time Out, 28th October 2013

Greg McHugh interview

Greg McHugh, one of the most popular characters on Scottish television, says he's off to broaden his horizons down south and shows us around the set of sitcom Fresh Meat.

Paul English, Daily Record, 26th October 2013

Freah Meat - box set review

The spirit of The Young Ones is channelled in this hilarious house-share sitcom that nails the student experience on the head.

David Renshaw, The Guardian, 26th September 2013

Fresh Meat and Peep Show films in development

A film adaptation of hit comedy drama Fresh Meat is in development, whilst a Peep Show movie has also been discussed, it has been revealed.

British Comedy Guide, 13th March 2013

Comic Relief: Fresh Meat cast on University Challenge

The cast of hit comedy Fresh Meat are taking up a university challenge with a difference to raise money for Red Nose Day.

Robert Dex, The Independent, 27th February 2013

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