Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Bea Swanson This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Orla Zuniga It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

dancing_ostrich From getting married on a whim, sleeping with the wrong people, showing up to dental school drunk and drilling through someone's face, etc. these students make stupid decisions again and again.

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!

GameAndWatch I've just finished watching season two.The show has moments of greatness, is funny, but a tad contrived.The premise of the show is set up early on, in episode one. Which was very good. Students arrive and settle into their new accommodation with each other. We are introduced to each character, and immediately the Kinglsey/Josie will-they/won't-they romance.There are some nice touches with the characters. These include glimpses of humility: fallibility, chaos and lots of indirection. And some cloaked romance.What can feel tiresome is the relentless drinking, bad language, sexual innuendo and drug taking. (The show should carry a swear warning.) It doesn't need any of the former. The bits between the bits are the best parts.Most characters are likable. I'm not sure if any of them are lovable. They do grow on you warts and all.Many of them dither and vie for approval. Which is all very funny. Reading other reviews Oregon is overlooked. She is quite brilliant. J.P. is a likable posh toff with some brilliant lines (sadly Jack Whitehall's over exposure sullies the character). I can't much stomach the Slytherin cohorts. Some performances are far subtler. Heather is borderline creepy.Howard the basement dweller is a little reminiscent of Mike from Spaced. And Vod a touch of Vivian from The Young Ones. I could happily loose the pair. Josie starts off well, but is wasted later on.There are a few laugh out loud moments and some great gags/dialogue buried within. The supporting cast certainly have their moments.All in all it's a great set up for a series. Watch-able? Yes. Funny? At times. But I don't think it's a classic. It did stir up memories of student-ville. And as such, does something right, even if it is cringe worthy.

Jackson Booth-Millard 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!