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.

Episode menu

Series 1, Episode 3

After slagging him off to Vod, Oregon ends up having sex with Professor Shales.

Further details

Fresh Meat. Image shows from L to R: Professor Shales (Tony Gardner), Oregon (Charlotte Ritchie). Copyright: Objective Productions / Lime Pictures

Oregon and Prof Shales's flirtation reaches bizarre new levels when he pays her to clean his oven.

Enticed by Ruth the alluring drama queen, Kingsley rashly switches courses to drama.

Josie enrols the other housemates in a charity dating scheme and is devastated when her date fails to show, although it later emerges he died shortly before, and she finds herself mourning the death of the potential partner she never met.

Meanwhile JP worries that he might have forced himself upon his charity date, and Vod and Howard, suspiciously paired with one another, go on a date to an all-you-can eat buffet...

Broadcast details

Date
Wednesday 5th October 2011
Time
10pm
Channel
Channel 4
Length
55 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Monday 10th October 2011 11:05pm C4
Tuesday 7th February 2012 12:10am E4
Thursday 4th April 2013 11:10pm E4
Friday 5th April 2013 2:00am E4
Monday 10th November 2014 10:00pm 4Music
Thursday 13th November 2014 11:05pm 4Music
Tuesday 18th November 2014 11:40pm 4Music
Sunday 23rd November 2014 10:00pm 4Music
Wednesday 13th May 2015 11:50pm 4Music
Monday 18th May 2015 12:25am 4Music
Saturday 20th August 2016 2:30am 4seven

Cast & crew

Cast
Jack Whitehall JP
Joe Thomas Kingsley
Charlotte Ritchie Oregon
Kimberley Nixon Josie
Zawe Ashton Vod
Greg McHugh Howard
Tony Gardner Professor Shales
Sara Stewart Jean Shales
Robert Webb Dan
Guest cast
Gemma Chan Ruth
Nicole Lecky Leila
India Wadsworth Kate
Dean Anthony Fagan Kamal
Joe Van Moyland Jerry
Ryan Sampson Rob
Writing team
Penny Skinner Writer
Arnold Widdowson Script Editor
Production team
David Kerr Director
Rhonda Smith Producer
Judy Counihan Executive Producer
Phil Clarke Executive Producer
Tony Wood Executive Producer
Andrew Newman Executive Producer
Sam Bain Executive Producer
Jesse Armstrong Executive Producer
Pete Drinkwater Editor
Michael McKenna Editor
Tom Sayer Production Designer
Christian Henson Composer

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