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Fresh Meat To Return For Second Series

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SECOND SERIES FOR FRESH MEAT AND BEAVER FALLS

NEW RUNS GREENLIT FOR HIT CHANNEL 4 and E4 DRAMA

FRESH MEAT
‘it has hit written all over it’ – Sunday Times
‘smart, sympathetic and pretty much adorable from the get-go’ – The Guardian
‘brilliant new comedy drama’ – The Sun

Channel 4’s critically-acclaimed smash-hit show Fresh Meat has been recommissioned mid way through its first eight-part run.

The Jesse Armstrong/Sam Bain created comedy drama centres on a group of six housemates embarking on the hilarious and painful business of being a student and features an ensemble cast of hot young talent.

Made by Objective Productions and Lime Pictures and produced by Rhonda Smith, the series is executive produced by Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong, Judy Counihan, Phil Clarke and Andrew Newman for Objective Productions and Tony Wood for Lime.

BEAVER FALLS
‘heart-warming and gut-wrenchingly funny .. you’re guaranteed to fall for Beaver Falls!’ – The Sun

E4, home to BAFTA award-winning series Skins, Misfits and The Inbetweeners gets set to get out the Factor 50 (safety first) as it heads back to Beaver Falls for a second six-week run.

It’s Summer 2012 and while all is not perfect between Barry (John Dalgleish), A-Rab (Arsher Ali) and Flynn (Samuel Robertson) the three of them are ready and raring for another summer of mischief. But with a night in jail, a shotgun wedding and a run-in with the locals, the Brits are going to have their hands full …

The 6 x 60’ series was created by Iain Hollands, produced by Liz Lewin and executive produced by Charlie Pattinson for Company Pictures.

Commenting on the recommissions, Channel 4 Head of Drama, Camilla Campbell, said: ‘I am delighted that our strong series output has been recognised with a double recommission. Our series continue to reach the heart of the 16-34 audience, and consistently bring loyal viewers to Channel 4 and E4.’

Fresh Meat: Channel 4 Announces New Comedy Drama

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From the award-winning creators of Peep Show, Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong, and with a brilliant young cast, Fresh Meat is Channel 4’s latest comedy drama series, currently filming on location in Manchester.

Spanning eight episodes, the series follows a group of six students about to embark on the most exciting period of their lives thus far – University! Away from home for the first time, on the brink of adult life, they are about to discover who they really are. From the moment they ship up as freshers at their shared house, their lives are destined to collide, overlap and run the whole gamut of appalling behaviour and terrible errors of judgment.

They are: JP (Jack Whitehall), public school boy with good teeth and an inflated sense of entitlement; Kingsley (Joe Thomas), charming, loveable and crushingly insecure; Josie (Kimberley Nixon), overly enthusiastic, determined to experience ‘new things’, however bad they are for you. Then there’s socially awkward and know-it-all Howard (Greg McHugh); straight talking, hard-living Vod (Zawe Ashton); and finally Oregon (Charlotte Ritchie), desperate to be cool and terrified of being boring.

C4 Head of Drama, Camilla Campbell, says: ‘I am delighted to be able to announce our exciting cast of the best of today’s talent for a brand-new comedy drama series for Channel 4.

“Sam and Jesse are bringing their customary incisive comedy to the drama output, and the result is a hilarious and painfully truthful series about being a student.”

Fresh Meat will be made by Objective Productions and Lime Pictures, and produced by Rhonda Smith.The series is executive produced by Judy Counihan and Phil Clarke for Objective Productions, and Tony Wood for Lime.