aggarwalmarut I felt that the series kept me cringing for more of the lovable characters and their stories episode after episode.Also what I liked is that it was close to reality with everyone not getting what they deserved in the end, the makers dared to do something different than cliches.

msbecca00 Although it's usually quite hard to find good things to watch on Netflix, I just so happened to stumble upon this show when I was ill one week and desperately needed something entertaining to pick me up. I was positively surprised. At first, I wasn't sure if I wanted to watch it but when I saw the familiar faces of Jack Whitehall, Joe Thomas, Charlotte Ritchie and Kimberley Nixon I had to check it out. After the first episode, I was instantly hooked. It is set at the fictional Manchester Medlock University and follows a group of students who live together in a student house. The first character we get introduced to is Vod (Zawe Ashton) who is a straightforward, quite irresponsible person with intimacy issues but a good heart. Then we have JP (Whitehall), a posh, highly sexual person obsessed with seeming like an alpha male (but who is secretly insecure). We also get introduced to Kingsley (Thomas) whose mother is ill, and whom he's spent his pre-university time taking care of. He can be quite pretentious and selfish and is, in my opinion, the most annoying character of them all, but in a mild and tolerable way. Then we have Kingsley's love interest Josie (Nixon), a down-to-earth Welsh girl. Like Kingsley, she can be quite selfish at times but cares a lot about her friends. We also have Oregon (Ritchie) who is a bit posh like JP but tries to hide it a lot of the time. At times she can be a bit pretentious like Kingsley but is most of the time a nice and helpful friend. Last but not least we have Howard (Greg McHugh), who is probably the most unrealistic character but also one of the funniest. His bizarre actions and thoughts often made me laugh. Even though Fresh Meat is a comedy show it does have some drama too every now and then, but not too much like many American comedy shows do. It's just the right amount, which is one of the greatest things about it. Some of the moments really make the characters seem more human, and many of them made me like especially JP more. What I like about Jack Whitehall's performance as him is that he is able to make JP seem like both an extremely cocky, perverse person and a very endearing and sweet person. In fact, one of the best things about the show is the dynamic and friendship in the group. Even though they all have so many (funny) faults, you kind of wish you could be part of the group. It's hilarious to see the characters struggle with daily student life and a nice thing about the show is that even though there are sometimes story lines that continue for a longer period of time, there's usually always something new happening in each episode. The actors do a great job, even just the comedic timing of certain facial expressions is brilliant. The humour is often quite sexual but personally, I think it's funny and the show is about young students so I think it should be expected. The writing is great, and the jokes are absolutely hilarious. As for how realistically it depicts English uni life, I don't know as I'm still too young for uni and live in Finland, but the show kind of makes me want to go to uni in Britain. Even though they experience a lot of trouble they make it seem so fun and despite their setbacks, they always stay together like a family. It could be just me but I got quite attached to the characters and was admittedly sad when I finished watching the last episode. But, since it's now one of my favourite shows I will definitely re-watch it after a while. I definitely recommend this show!

Blaze LaCoste Great show. I was honestly drawn in by Joe Thomas because of my absolute love for The Inbetweeners series. It has the same kind of dry vulgar comedy as that, but with a mix of new characters and new adventures. So if your a fan of that series you will definitely enjoy this one. I've just started it 4 years to late, but I will catch up soon and then be forced to wait for it to air state side! Amazing show,amazing characters, and amazing writing culminate into just an all around great story that I'm looking forward to getting to know more of. Wish we had this in the US. Until then I will gladly thank Netflix again and again for keeping up with all the well written shows from across the pond!

Georgina Eldridge I was expecting great things from this show - Channel 4 can really punch out an amusing British comedy, like Peep Show or the Inbetweeners (the series, don't get me started on the film).The opening scene was relatively funny. Then we met the female characters, who all have ridiculous names, ridiculous hair and behave in a ridiculous manner - someone actually poured half a bottle of extra virgin olive oil over a piece of meat to prove some kind of benign point. The jokes were forced, the storyline unbelievable and the acting only just "at par". I am extremely disappointed. I can't imagine people like this do exist, but if they do all I can say is I am glad I don't know them.