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Irreverent comedy drama which follows the messy lives, loves, delirious highs and inevitable lows of a group of raucous teenage friends in Bristol.
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Irreverent comedy drama which follows the messy lives, loves, delirious highs and inevitable lows of a group of raucous teenage friends in Bristol.
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Episode 1
Maxxie is looking after Tony, but he has his own problems. He desperately wants to leave college and follow his dream to become a dancer, but his dad is giving him hell about it.
Directed by Aysha RafaeleWritten by Bryan ElsleyGuest stars Kaya Scodelario, Morwenna Banks, Harry Enfield, Fiona Allen, Georgina Moffat, Bill Bailey, Daniel Kaluuya, Wayne Powerdavis
Episode 2
Maxxie has a creepy feeling that someone is watching him. Someone close by. A hot boy maybe? No such luck! Sketch is Maxxie's stalker. She's prepared to do anything to get her man, and if she can't have him, she's going to make sure nobody can.
Directed by Aysha RafaeleWritten by Jack ThorneGuest stars Shane Richie, Georgina Moffat, Bill Bailey, Giles Thomas, Daniel Kaluuya, Maria Miles, Julian Ronnie
Episode 3
Sid hasn't coped at all well with the fact that his best friend Tony is a shadow of the man he was and that Cassie has moved away to Scotland, where as far as he can tell, she is having the time of her life.
Directed by Simon MasseyWritten by Bryan ElsleyGuest stars Maurice Roëves, Josie Lawrence, Kevin Eldon, Georgina Moffat, Michael Nardone, Peter Capaldi, Giles Thomas, Alice Glass
Episode 4
Michelle's mum has gone and done it again - another new husband. Before Michelle knows what's happening, her manipulative new step sister Scarlett is invading her life, co-opting her friends and offering unwanted advice.
Directed by Simon MasseyWritten by Sally TatchellGuest stars Arabella Weir, Morwenna Banks, Sia Berkeley, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Chris MacDonnell, Tim Wallers, Sally Broome
Episode 5
It's been a long road full of tribulations, drugs, petty theft, non attendance and resounding failure for Chris at college. So when the CCTV cameras catch him shagging Buck Tooth in the science corridor, the director calls time.
Directed by Harry EnfieldWritten by Ben SchifferGuest stars Siwan Morris, Joe Prospero, Harry Enfield, Daniel Kaluuya, Matt Kane, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Sarah Matravers, Stephen Critchlow
Episode 6
Tony's world is a strange one. Isolated and alone, he is desperate to find the way back to himself. He tries to act normal, but bumping into Sid and Michelle at a club sends him spiralling again.
Directed by Harry EnfieldWritten by Jamie BrittainGuest stars Sean Pertwee, Mariah Gale, Daniel Kaluuya, Janet Montgomery, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Duncan Barton, Oliver Mellor, Nick Figgis
Episode 7
Effy takes care of her depressed mom, tries to restore the relationship between Tony and Michelle, and mentors the new girl at school.
Directed by Simon MasseyWritten by Lucy KirkwoodGuest stars Morwenna Banks, Harry Enfield, Angus Harrison, Mark Ramsay, Rebecca Roy, Alexa Morden, Julie Stenton, Jan Ravens
Episode 8
Jal has a secret so big, she can't tell anyone until she works out what to do about it. But as revision, music school auditions and needy best friends press down on her, the secret starts to leak out.
Directed by Simon MasseyWritten by Daniel KaluuyaGuest stars Emily Jewell, Victoria Wicks, Giles Thomas, Daniel Kaluuya, Troy Glasgow, Claire Lubert, Wayne Powerdavis, Sean Verey
Episode 9
What's the matter with Cassie? She's back together with Sid, Chris is on the mend, Michelle and Tony are back with each other and exams are finally over. But can Cassie be happy?
Directed by Charles MartinWritten by Bryan ElsleyGuest stars Victoria Wicks, Giles Thomas, Daniel Kaluuya, Katheryn Mcgaffigan, Annie Hulley, Stephen Michael Kane, Carl Garrison, Marcelo Cabrera
Episode 10
It's the day of final report cards, and the friends decide not to look at their grades until they've said goodbye to Chris.
Directed by Charles MartinWritten by Jack ThorneGuest stars Nina Wadia, Mark Heap, Josie Lawrence, John Thomson, Rupert Holliday-Evans, Sean Verey
Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026
Nicholas HoultTony Stonem
Dakota Blue RichardsFranky Fitzgerald
Alexander ArnoldRich Hardbeck
Mike BaileySid Jenkins
Freya MavorMini McGuinness
April PearsonMichelle Richardson
E4United Kingdom
Company PicturesUnited Kingdom
