7.0/10304 votesLoading...#1 - Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/2011
Public schoolboy JP, insecure Kingsley, wide-eyed Josie, socially awkward know-it-all Howard, hard-living Vod and desperate-to-be-cool Oregon embark on the most exciting period of their lives so far.
Director: David Kerr
Writer: Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain
7.1/10119 votesLoading...#2 - Episode 4
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 3/14/2016
Oregon's glittering future looks seriously under threat, and things aren't going well for Josie either. Howard is working on his CV, and Kingsley and Vod take over the grad ball.
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7.2/10234 votesLoading...#3 - Episode 2
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/2011
The housemates are in social Siberia so they decide to throw a party, spearheaded by Josie in the hope that she and Kingsley will get together, but her plans are scuppered by her boyfriend!
Director: David Kerr
Writer: Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain
7.2/10210 votesLoading...#4 - Episode 3
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/2011
Oregon and Prof Shales's flirtation reaches bizarre new levels when he pays her to clean his oven. And enticed by Ruth the alluring drama queen, Kingsley rashly switches courses to drama.
Director: David Kerr
Writer: Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain
7.3/10190 votesLoading...#5 - Episode 5
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/2011
Vod finds out about Oregon's affair with Shales, while Kingsley is pursuing Ruth at a student demo when they get kettled with Josie, and Kingsley's two-timing is exposed.
Director: David Kerr
Writer: Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain
7.3/10137 votesLoading...#6 - Episode 6
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 12/9/2013
The housemates get radical as they participate in a university sit-in which Oregon has organized to demonstrate against the forced deportation of a hot Tunisian guy.
Director: N/A
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7.3/10127 votesLoading...#7 - Episode 3
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 3/7/2016
It's dissertation time, and while Vod is having a last-minute wobble about her abilities, Oregon has other 'presidency' things on her mind and Josie is having an identity crisis.
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7.4/10199 votesLoading...#8 - Episode 4
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/2011
Kingsley is forced to confess to Josie that he is a virgin, and she offers to 'cure' him. But the deal is undercut when Kingsley unexpectedly winds up having sex with drama queen Ruth.
Director: David Kerr
Writer: Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain
7.4/10194 votesLoading...#9 - Episode 6
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/2011
Oregon is distraught to learn that her childhood horse is dying, culminating in the revelation that she isn't called Oregon at all, but Melissa.
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7.4/10153 votesLoading...#10 - Episode 3
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/23/2012
A geology careers fair sets the boys against each other as they battle for lucrative internships. Oregon is thrown together with Tony again, as she attempts to secure funding for her new magazine.
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7.4/10140 votesLoading...#11 - Episode 2
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 11/11/2013
Vod comes up with a plan to get rid of her holiday romance. Howard likes a girl but JP thinks she's out of his league, so he tries to poach her in order to restore the natural order of things.
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7.4/10139 votesLoading...#12 - Episode 3
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 11/18/2013
Realising how serious Javier has become since their wedding, Vod tries to dump him, but it's not that simple...
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7.4/10135 votesLoading...#13 - Episode 4
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 11/25/2013
Having been rejected by Sam for cheating in the quiz, JP makes it his mission to win her back.
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7.4/10145 votesLoading...#14 - Episode 1
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 2/22/2016
The housemates are nearing the end of their university lives, but before they face some hard-core studying, JP plans one last big blowout.
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7.4/10134 votesLoading...#15 - Episode 2
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 2/29/2016
Vod gets a job in a pub, and the others expect her to give them free drinks. Oregon creates a poetry prize in her own honour, and Kingsley discovers Rosa has an 18-year-old son.
Director: N/A
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7.5/10177 votesLoading...#16 - Episode 8
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/2011
Josie embarks on a 'girl power' booze and sex fest with help from Vod. JP helps Ralph organise the Love Cloud club night but it clashes with his dad's funeral.
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7.5/10187 votesLoading...#17 - Episode 1
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/9/2012
It's a new term. Kingsley has a new image. Josie turns over a new leaf. JP's friend Giles has transferred from Exeter. Vod's skint and it's time to find a replacement for invisible flatmate Paul Lamb.
Director: N/A
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- 7.5/10166 votesLoading...
#18 - Episode 2
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/16/2012
A spate of muggings on campus leave the gang concerned about their safety, while JP is confined to his bed with mumps. Kingsley makes an announcement that leaves Josie reeling.
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7.5/10161 votesLoading...#19 - Episode 6
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/13/2012
Spurred on by a righteous sense of getting-his-money's-worth, Kingsley makes an official complaint, but when a field trip goes awry, things come to a head for him and JP.
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7.5/10139 votesLoading...#20 - Episode 8
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 12/23/2013
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.
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7.5/10127 votesLoading...#21 - Episode 5
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 3/21/2016
The finals are fast approaching and things are falling apart.Tickets for the alternative grad ball Vodstock are selling well, but Vod may be promising things she can't deliver.
Director: N/A
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7.6/10156 votesLoading...#22 - Episode 5
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/6/2012
Things go from bad to worse when Josie makes a catastrophic error of judgement. A chance encounter leads Oregon to fall for a sexy librarian, JP makes a 'local' friend, Vod falls in love and Howard turns detective in a bid to catch an intruder.
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7.6/10153 votesLoading...#23 - Episode 7
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/20/2012
At an open mic gig at the Student Union, Kingsley performs a song written by Blur's Graham Coxon. And Vod gatecrashes a poetry seminar by the renowned poet John Frobisher.
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7.7/10149 votesLoading...#24 - Episode 8
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/27/2012
The end of the academic year is coming close and with it is the need for the housemates to make some huge decisions. Josie has 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.
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7.7/10175 votesLoading...#25 - Episode 1
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 11/4/2013
Howard and JP try to coax some female freshers to join their dry-slope skiing society, while Vod's summer fling turns up unexpectedly. And the gang go to visit Josie in Southampton where she's now studying. But her traffic-light party creates a few problems for Kingsley.
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The Worst Episodes of Fresh Meat
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A group of six students about to embark on the most exciting period of their lives so far: university!
Genres:DramaComedy
Network:Channel 4
Worst Episodes Summary
"Episode 1" is the worst rated episode of "Fresh Meat". It scored 7/10 based on 304 votes. Directed by David Kerr and written by Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, it aired on 9/21/2011. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Episode 4".