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Season 1

  • S01E01 Episode 1

    • September 21, 2011
    • Channel 4

    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.

  • S01E02 Episode 2

    • September 28, 2011
    • Channel 4

    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!

  • S01E03 Episode 3

    • October 5, 2011
    • Channel 4

    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.

  • S01E04 Episode 4

    • October 12, 2011
    • Channel 4

    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.

  • S01E05 Episode 5

    • October 19, 2011
    • Channel 4

    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.

  • S01E06 Episode 6

    • October 26, 2011
    • Channel 4

    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.

  • S01E07 Episode 7

    • November 9, 2011
    • Channel 4

    Oregon resolves to break off her affair with Professor Shales, but he wrong-foots her by leaving his wife and turning up on her doorstep. Brian begs Howard to resume their friendship.

  • S01E08 Episode 8

    • November 16, 2011
    • Channel 4

    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.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Episode 1

    • October 9, 2012
    • Channel 4

    It's the beginning of the Spring Term and Kingsley has returned with a whole new image. Josie has decided to turn over a new leaf by becoming friends with Heather, a girl from her course and a self-styled 'mental dental'. JP's great friend Giles has transferred from Exeter. Vod is skint and Paul Lamb, the invisible flatmate has gone, so it's time to find a replacement...

  • S02E02 Episode 2

    • October 16, 2012
    • Channel 4

    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.

  • S02E03 Episode 3

    • October 23, 2012
    • Channel 4

    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.

  • SPECIAL 0x1 Howard FM The First Ever Show!

    • October 25, 2012
    • Channel 4

    Howard tries to figure out why he has trouble sleeping.

  • SPECIAL 0x2 Howard FM 2nd Show Howard Loses His Pen Lid

    • October 25, 2012
    • Channel 4

    Howard has an interesting fact to share regarding hair loss.

  • SPECIAL 0x3 Howard FM 3rd Episode Graduation Advice For English Students

    • October 25, 2012
    • Channel 4

    Howard gives some useful graduation advice.

  • SPECIAL 0x4 Student Counsellor: Careers

    • October 25, 2012
    • Channel 4

    Some interesting advice on how to find a job while studying.

  • SPECIAL 0x5 Student Counsellor: LGBT

    • October 25, 2012
    • Channel 4

    The student counsellor has an interesting take on how not to come out to your friends.

  • SPECIAL 0x6 Student Counsellor: Budgeting

    • October 25, 2012
    • Channel 4

    The student counsellor discusses how she dealt with student debt.

  • SPECIAL 0x7 Vod's Unconventional Video CV

    • October 25, 2012
    • Channel 4

    Vod is a bit of a legend, according to her.

  • SPECIAL 0x8 JP's Ridiculous Recruitment Tape For A New Housemate

    • October 25, 2012
    • Channel 4

    JP has a message for a potential roomie.

  • SPECIAL 0x9 Vod Dresses Howard As Prince

    • October 26, 2012
    • Channel 4

    Vod makes a good point. Funny t-shirts are NEVER funny.

  • S02E04 Episode 4

    • October 30, 2012
    • Channel 4

    It's the Easter break and JP invites the gang to stay at his country house, but it's not as idyllic as it seems.

  • SPECIAL 0x10 Howard FM Episode 4 A Guide to Love and Relationships

    • October 31, 2012
    • Channel 4

    Howard offers wisdom on love and relationships.

  • SPECIAL 0x11 Howard FM Episode 5 Rules For Surfing The Internet

    • October 31, 2012
    • Channel 4

    Howard discusses the Internet, and destroying baby mice.

  • SPECIAL 0x12 Student Counsellor: Bereavement

    • October 31, 2012
    • Channel 4

    The student counsellor discusses the different levels of grief.

  • SPECIAL 0x13 Josie's Drunken Wedding Message To Her Ex-Fiancé

    • October 31, 2012
    • Channel 4

    This is a little awkward...

  • S02E05 Episode 5

    • November 6, 2012
    • Channel 4

    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.

  • SPECIAL 0x14 Student Counsellor: Online Privacy

    • November 7, 2012
    • Channel 4

    The student counsellor talks about being careful online.

  • SPECIAL 0x15 Student Counsellor: Friendship and Betrayal

    • November 7, 2012
    • Channel 4

    The student counsellor provides advive on friendship and betrayal.

  • SPECIAL 0x16 Oregon's Poetry Slam Cover Letter

    • November 7, 2012
    • Channel 4

    Oregon creates a video-cover letter to present her poems.

  • S02E06 Episode 6

    • November 13, 2012
    • Channel 4

    Kingsley is dissatisfied with the quality of teaching on his geology course and makes an official complaint, but when a field trip goes awry, things come to a head for him and JP. Josie deals with the fallout of her bad decision, and Vod's future as a student is put in jeopardy when she faces an upcoming drug test.

  • SPECIAL 0x17 Howard FM Episode 6 Tips On Living With Other People

    • November 14, 2012
    • Channel 4

    Howard's big topic this week: cohabitation.

  • SPECIAL 0x18 Sabine's Disgusting Video Diary Complaint

    • November 14, 2012
    • Channel 4

    Sabine is not enjoying living with her housemates...

  • S02E07 Episode 7

    • November 20, 2012
    • Channel 4

    Kingsley is forced by Heather to confront his dreams of being a musician after she signs him up for an open mic night at the Student Union. After she is not invited to attend a poetry seminar by the renowned poet John Frobisher, Vod becomes determined to gate-crash the event.

  • SPECIAL 0x19 Howard FM Episode 7 Howard Gets A Complaint

    • November 21, 2012
    • Channel 4

    The show is getting popular, and complaints are starting to arrive.

  • SPECIAL 0x20 Implodium Implodes Music Video starring Kingsley, Oregon and JP

    • November 21, 2012
    • Channel 4

    The weird and wonderful music video of the original Graham Coxon song.

  • SPECIAL 0x21 Hartnell Avenue Exclusive Interview

    • November 21, 2012
    • Channel 4

    Hartnell Avenue give an exclusive interview.

  • S02E08 Episode 8

    • November 27, 2012
    • Channel 4

    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.

  • SPECIAL 0x22 Howard FM Episode 8 The Final Episode of Term

    • November 28, 2012

    Howard has some good news regarding dart boards.

  • SPECIAL 0x23 Behind The Scenes: Josie's Online Video Diary

    • November 28, 2012

    Josie records a video diary on her first year at university.

  • SPECIAL 0x24 Student Counsellor: Coping with Change

    • December 3, 2012

    Learn how to cope with change with some expert advice.

  • SPECIAL 0x25 Student Counsellor: Living Away from Home

    • December 3, 2012

    The student counsellor provides advice on leaving home.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Episode 1

    • November 4, 2013
    • Channel 4

    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.

  • SPECIAL 0x26 Dry Slope Skiing Society

    • November 4, 2013
    • Channel 4

    A message from the CEO and Life President of Manchester Medlock University's Dry Slope Skiing Society, Jonathan JP Pembersley.

  • S03E02 Episode 2

    • November 11, 2013
    • Channel 4

    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.

  • SPECIAL 0x27 Javier's Pre-wedding Diary

    • November 11, 2013
    • Channel 4

    Groom-to-be Javier has been sending messages back to his family before his wedding to Vod.

  • S03E03 Episode 3

    • November 18, 2013
    • Channel 4

    Realising how serious Javier has become since their wedding, Vod tries to dump him, but it's not that simple...

  • SPECIAL 0x28 Josie's Diary

    • November 18, 2013
    • Channel 4

    Oh dear, Josie's left her phone unlocked and we've found her latest video diary. How did she do turning over a new leaf?

  • S03E04 Episode 4

    • November 25, 2013
    • Channel 4

    Having been rejected by Sam for cheating in the quiz, JP makes it his mission to win her back.

  • SPECIAL 0x29 Howard's Training Diary

    • November 25, 2013
    • Channel 4

    We've found Howard's training video from his fight preparations. Montage and all.

  • S03E05 Episode 5

    • December 2, 2013
    • Channel 4

    Vod announces that her mum is coming to stay and, when she arrives, she is not what anybody expected.

  • SPECIAL 0x30 Candice, Radical Feminist

    • December 2, 2013
    • Channel 4

    Watch Candice's introduction to Feminism we found on her phone.

  • S03E06 Episode 6

    • December 9, 2013
    • Channel 4

    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.

  • SPECIAL 0x31 Drone/Alone Music Video

    • December 9, 2013
    • Channel 4

    Kingsley's left his phone unlocked and we've found the music video for the politically charged, Drone/Alone.

  • SPECIAL 0x32 Kingsley Owen's Secret Reservoir

    • December 9, 2013
    • Channel 4

    Songwriter/Singer Kingsley's Secret Reservoir has been leaked including modern classic Drone/Alone and his experimental works. Relax he's no Bono.

  • S03E07 Episode 7

    • December 16, 2013
    • Channel 4

    Word gets out that it's Howard's birthday, and Candice insists they throw him a party. Unfortunately, not everyone sees the gathering in quite the same terms.

  • SPECIAL 0x33 A Message from Oregon Shawcross' Campaign Team

    • December 16, 2013
    • Channel 4

    This is not a spin. This is a message from Director of Communications Vod on behalf of Student Bodies President candidate Oregon Shawcross.

  • S03E08 Episode 8

    • December 23, 2013
    • Channel 4

    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.

  • SPECIAL 0x34 A Party Political Broadcast from Oregon Shawcross

    • December 23, 2013

    Union President candidate Oregon Shawcross explains why you should vote for her.

Season 4

  • S04E01 Episode 1

    • February 22, 2016
    • Channel 4

    Halfway through the second term, an unannounced visit from JP's older brother Tomothy makes the Hartnell Avenue residents realise how close to the end of the year and their university lives they really are. Howard has created a secret revision den in the cellar, but as a series of texts from Candice could upend his plans, it falls on Josie to educate him about the difference between what people say and what they actually mean. Meanwhile panicked Student Union President Oregon seeks the counsel of her support officer Rosa as she attempts to win a prestigious scholarship in the US, but will her self-penned motivational book be the answer? Vod comes up with a scheme to help with her money troubles, and Kingsley is on the lookout for love, but possibly in all the wrong places. But before the housemates knuckle down to some hard-core studying, JP has plans for one last big blow out.

  • S04E02 Episode 2

    • February 29, 2016
    • Channel 4

    As the housemates face difficult questions about life after university, Vod thinks a new job in a pub is the answer to her money worries, but she didn't plan for her housemates becoming regulars tapping her up for free drinks; especially heartbroken Howard, who seems to have developed a slight drinking problem since his break-up with Candice. President Oregon, looking at cementing her legacy, makes the rash decision to set up a poetry competition in her name, but when word gets out that she's cutting sports funding in order to do so the student body aren't impressed. Josie is on the hunt for some new housemates, but none of the hopeful candidates are up to her exacting tea-making standards, and there's a bump in Kingsley's blossoming relationship with Rosa when she drops the bombshell that she has a son. And he's how old?

  • S04E03 Episode 3

    • March 7, 2016
    • Channel 4

    The newly non-funded wheelchair rugby team protests against Oregon's presidency, Josie is having an identity crisis and takes the drastic measure of rebranding herself, and Vod decides to retreat to an anarchist commune, with the other two girls tagging along. The boys head to London, where Kingsley feels positive about a potential post at a radio station, JP visits his brother's firm to 'collect his job' and Howard tries to familiarise himself with the city before he goes for his interview at the Ordnance Survey.

  • S04E04 Episode 4

    • March 14, 2016
    • Channel 4

    Oregon's glittering future looks seriously under threat when societies that have had their funding cut table a motion to have her thrown out of office, and Howard has his work cut out trying to make his CV stand out. Tomothy goes to drastic lengths in his attempts to force JP to toe the line, Kingsley and Vod take control of the graduation ball, but it seems a disastrous haircut and a misjudged musical number could be the final nail in the coffin of Oregon's reign.

  • S04E05 Episode 5

    • March 21, 2016
    • Channel 4

    JP hires a revision barge and persuades Howard to join him aboard, Kingsley's relationship begins to disintegrate leaving him a physical wreck and Oregon has serious cramming to do if she is to qualify for a prestigious American scholarship in the US. Tickets for the alternative graduation ball Vodstock are selling very well, but Vod gets on the wrong side of hired security for the event and the housemates end up having to barricade themselves in the cellar.

  • S04E06 Episode 6

    • March 28, 2016
    • Channel 4

    In the last-ever episode of the comedy, the housemates' finals are over and most of them are enjoying their freedom as they wait to find out how they have fared - but not everyone is happy with the results. There are revelations galore on graduation day, but will they be hosting the ultimate alternative ball or will they have to flee Manchester under cover of darkness? Luckily, Vod has an idea on how to have the best party ever.

  • SPECIAL 0x35 Deleted Scene: Skype Call

    • March 29, 2016

    In this deleted final scene, the gang catch up three months after they leave university.

Additional Specials

  • SPECIAL 0x36 Fresh Meat 10th Anniversary Event at the BFI

    • January 27, 2022
    • Channel 4

    The writers - Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong - and cast, including Jack Whitehall, Joe Thomas and Zawe Ashton, of Channel 4's hit student sitcom Fresh Meat talk about making the show, 10 years after it was first aired.