codebreaker

Fresh Meat Premiered on Channel 4 on September 21, 2011

About the Show:
The series follows a group of six students about to embark on the most exciting period of their lives thus far - University! Away from home for the first time, on the brink of adult life, they are about to discover who they really are. From the moment they ship up as freshers at their shared house, their lives are destined to collide, overlap and run the whole gamut of appalling behaviour and terrible errors of judgement.

Cast:

Actor’s name	Character’s name
Charlotte Ritchie	Oregon
Greg McHugh	Howard
Jack Whitehall	JP
Joe Thomas	Kingsley
Kimberley Nixon	Josie
Zawe Ashton	Vod

Source
Homepage
Link to discussion thread

Watch It Here

How to become a VIP Member.

[ Last edited by codebreaker at 12-13-2013 16:51 ]

codebreaker

Episode 1:
The six new students who are destined to become housemates congregate before the term begins, although second year Howard has already been living in the house for some time.

Episode 2:
The friends are concerned that they could becoming social lepers. They decide to throw a party, which Josie hopes will give her the chance to get together with Kingsley. Her plan doesn't work though when her boyfriend shows up. Howard has to pretend to be Vod's partner in an effort to fend off the unwanted attentions of a drummer.

Episode 3:
Oregon and Prof Shales's flirtation ends up reaching new levels after he pays her to clean his oven. Josie ends up enrolling her fellow housemates in a charity dating scheme and is upset after her date fails to show up. JP is concerned that he could have forced himself upon his charity date. After Vod and Howard end up being suspiciously paired with each other they end up going on a date to an all-you-can eat buffet.

Episode 4:
Kingsley has to admit to Josie that he is a virgin, and she ends up offering to change that status for him. Kingsley though unexpectedly winds up having sex with Ruth instead, but goes ahead with the plan to still sleep with Josie when he can't find the words to tell her what happened with Ruth. Oregon is not happy with Shales' cheap efforts at romanticism at a Travelodge. Howard is taken under JP's wing in an effort to 'humanise' him.

Episode 5:
Vod and Oregon's friendship is put to the test after Vod finds out that Oregon is secretly having an affair with Shales as they take part in a student protest march in London. Kingsley is after Ruth at the demo, but when they both get kettled with Josie, the truth about Kingsley's two-timing is revealed. JP's plans to use the demo as a free trip to meet up with his mates in a London bar end up being ruined when he finds himself caught up in the demo.

Episode 6:
JP learns that his father is suffering from some serious health issues. To try and deal with the news he decides to take his first acid trip. Oregon is upset to find out that her childhood horse is dying. After Vod has a drug overdose, she begins to question her own lifestyle and behaviour. Kingsley and Josie compete with one another to become student journalists. Josie ends up hitting a whole new low and accepts Dave's offer of marriage.

Episode 7:
Professor Shales, wife begins to feel suspicious and thinks that her husband is having an affair but with Vod and not Oregon. Oregon decides to end things with Shales, but he ends up leaving his wife and turning up on her doorstep. Kingsley ends up blurting out the details of Josie's indiscretion with JP which leaves her marriage plans in tatters. Brian attempts to convince Howard to give their friendship another chance.

Episode 8:
Josie starts a 'girl power' booze and sex fest, helped by Vod, who believes her university days are over. JP joins Ralph in organising the Love Cloud club night,which ends up clashing with his father's funeral. Shales has now moved into a new flat, believing that Oregon will join him. Howard is given the task of keeping a watch on Paul Lamb after he suffers a nervous breakdown. Kingsley finally decides to make a move on Josie at the Love Cloud party but he could be too late.

Source

waterlilybarb

Episode 1:
It's the beginning of the Spring Term and Kingsley has returned with a whole new image. Josie has decided to turn over a new leaf by becoming friends with Heather, a girl from her course and a self-styled 'mental dental'.

Episode 2:
Some recent muggings on campus leave the gang worried about their safety. JP is confined to his bed with a bad dose of the mumps. Kingsley makes an announcement which leaves Josie reeling.

Episode 3:
A geology careers fair manages to set the boys against one another as they battle for lucrative internships. Oregon is thrown towards Tony again, as she attempts to get funding for her new magazine.

Episode 4:
It's Easter and JP invites the gang to stay at his country house, but things are not as idyllic as it seems. Josie has decided to mark ex-fiancé Dave's new wedding day in her own unique way. Howard and Sabine find themselves home alone and she makes him an offer he can't refuse.

Episode 5:
Things manage to go from bad to worse after Josie makes a catastrophic error of judgement. A chance encounter sees Oregon falling for a sexy librarian. Vod falls in love, while Howard turns detective in an effort to catch an intruder.

Episode 6:
Spurred on by the idea of getting-his-money's-worth, Kingsley makes an official complaint, but after a field trip goes awry, things end up coming to a head for him and JP. Vod's future as a student is put in jeopardy unless she can find some clean urine. Oregon starts to fall for Dylan.

Episode 7:
Kingsley is forced by Heather to confront his dreams of being a musician after she signs him up for an open mic night at the Student Union. After she is not invited to attend a poetry seminar by the renowned poet John Frobisher, Vod becomes determined to gate-crash the event.

Episode 8:
The end of the academic year is coming close and with it is the need for the housemates to make some huge decisions. Josiehas to decide what to do with her life. Kingsley finds himself moving in to a one-bedroom flat with Heather, before some old feelings re-emerge just when he least expects them. Sabine manages to blow Howard's mind with her news. Oregon's relationship with Dylan comes to a head at Jean Shales' book launch.

Source
contributed by codebreaker

waterlilybarb

Episode 1:
JP has purchased the house and is now everybody's landlord as the students begin their second year. Candice, a new girl, moves in. Josie is now iliving n Southampton and her absence is felt by everyone. Howard and JP attempt to coax some female freshers to join their dry slope skiing society. while Vod's summer fling shows up unexpectedly.

Episode 2:
Vod thinkd of a way to try and get rid of her holiday romance. Howard likes a girl but JP believes that she is out of his league. Kingsley is unable to find the courage to end things with Heather, so dates both her and Josie, who is commuting from Southampton.

Episode 3:
Haviving discovered just how serious Javier has become since their wedding, Vod attempts to dump him. Howard is busy attemptng to think of a way to humiliate JP via a university quiz. A romantic boozey weekend in the country poses some questions for Kingsley and Josie.

Episode 4:
JP is determined to try and to win Sam back by signing up to take part in a medical drugs trial that he knows she'll be attending. Kingsley believes that this could also be a secure place to be honest with Josie about having two-timed her, but he fails to take into account his hypochondria. Howard becomes involved in a heated argument with another student about an obscure library book.

Episode 5:
Vod announces that her mother is going to be paying a visit and after she arrives she's not what anybody quite expected. Josie and Kingsley declare a relationship amnesty which entails them both being honest about everything so far. Howard is impressed by the feminism book that Candice gave him.

Episode 6:
The group become radical as they take part in a university sit-in organised by Oregon to demonstrate against the forced deportation of a good looking Tunisian guy. Josie ends up being taken hostage by Sabine during a PhD crisis she's currently having.

Episode 7:
Howard is about to celebrate his birthday, not that he's told anybody about it. Word soon gets out though and the housemates decide to throw him a party at Candice's behest. Oregon wants to hijack the whole event and make it into a political fundraiser for her own campaign to become President of the Student Union.

Episode 8:
Following last week's party some relationships and friendships are on the rocks. Oregon battles it out against Vod in the Student Union elections. Josie and Kingsley reach an unusual arrangement to overcome their relationship issues. Howard realises that it's now or never with Candice.

Source
contributed by codebreaker