I saw the trailer for this comedy series, and even with a stand up comedian who I enjoy acting for the first time I was a bit apprehensive, but then I heard more about it, including it being about university students, and coincidentally my brother was starting university, so I gave it a chance, and I stuck with it. From the creators of Peep Show, basically the series revolves around a group of six freshers, i.e. first year university students, who live together in their off campus home and attend Manchester Medlock University. These six are sweet natured dentistry student Josie (Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging's Kimberley Nixon), streetwise and hard living literature student Violet aka 'Vod' (Zawe Ashton), kind hearted and awkward geology/drama student Kingsley (The Inbetweeners' Joe Thomas), occasionally egotistical and self-proclaimed top man Jonathan aka J.P. geology student (Jack Whitehall), Scottish often socially inept and highly work focused non fresher geology student Howard (Greg McHugh), good natured and anxious but appearing cool literature student Melissa aka Oregon (Charlotte Ritchie). All entering adulthood they are all discovering more about each other and themselves, including how the wrong decisions can pan out, having sexual experiences with possibly the wrong people, taking drugs and drinking a lot, not paying much attention to their education, and much more besides that to anyone would be appalling behaviour. Also starring Tony Gardner as Professor Tony Shales, Peep Show's Robert Webb as Dan, Adam Gillen as Brian, Submarine's Gemma Chan as Ruth, Jack Fox as Ralph, Sugar Rush's Sara Stewart as Jean Shales, Hollyoaks' Emma Rigby as Rachel and Rob Beckett as Mike. The six lead stars, especially Whitehall, Ashton, Thomas and Nixon, are all great at being both dramatic and funny, the jokes throughout the series whether dialogue or physical/slapstick are all well written and performed, it is certainly a very watchable and enjoyable British situation comedy drama. Very good!
Review of Fresh Meat
