Fresh Meat (2011)

Comedy · Drama

Six students — Vod Nordstrom, Oregon Shawcross, Josie Jones, Kingsley Owen, JP Pembersley, and Howard McGregor — are freshmen (save for second year Howard) at Manchester Medlock University. Having applied late to accommodation, they live in a shared, off-campus house in Whalley Range rather than the halls of residence.

IMDb rating: 7.8 (21,347 votes)
Episode average: 7.5 -0.3 vs IMDb
Seasons: 4
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 4 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2011)

7.40 avg 8 episodes 7.1 → 7.5 41 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #1.1	7.1	333
2	Episode #1.2	7.3	255
3	Episode #1.3	7.2	229
4	Episode #1.4	7.5	217
5	Episode #1.5	7.3	209
6	Episode #1.6	7.5	207
7	Episode #1.7	7.8	215
8	Episode #1.8	7.5	193

Season 2 (2012)

7.60 avg 8 episodes 7.5 → 7.8 40 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #2.1	7.5	203
2	Episode #2.2	7.5	181
3	Episode #2.3	7.3	166
4	Episode #2.4	8.0	197
5	Episode #2.5	7.6	168
6	Episode #2.6	7.5	176
7	Episode #2.7	7.6	166
8	Episode #2.8	7.8	165

Season 3 (2013)

7.54 avg 8 episodes 7.7 → 7.4 39 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #3.1	7.7	188
2	Episode #3.2	7.4	152
3	Episode #3.3	7.4	151
4	Episode #3.4	7.4	147
5	Episode #3.5	7.9	193
6	Episode #3.6	7.2	149
7	Episode #3.7	7.9	164
8	Episode #3.8	7.4	152

Season 4 (2016)

7.48 avg 6 episodes 7.4 → 8.2 41 min avg

Big finale

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #4.1	7.4	156
2	Episode #4.2	7.4	146
3	Episode #4.3	7.3	139
4	Episode #4.4	7.1	130
5	Episode #4.5	7.5	140
6	Episode #4.6	8.2	165