Fresh Meat
‘I said, put me in a corset asap’: Zawe Ashton on period dramas, pregnancy and embracing silliness
After a series of harrowing roles, the former Fresh Meat star is rediscovering her ‘joyful side’, with a Bridgerton-esque romp – and a baby on the way with Tom Hiddleston
Liv Little
20, Aug, 2022 @6:00 AM
Queen of comedy Charlotte Ritchie on Ghosts: ‘It’s loving, uncynical – and people fall over’
She got gross-out laughs in Fresh Meat, died superbly in Call the Midwife – and now she’s back communing with spirits in Ghosts. Is Charlotte Ritchie getting too famous to buy her own leggings?
Rebecca Nicholson
04, Aug, 2021 @5:00 AM
The 100 best TV shows of the 21st century
Where’s Mad Men? How did The Sopranos do? Does The Crown triumph? Can anyone remember Lost? And will Downton Abbey even figure? Find out here – and have your say
Kate Abbott, Hannah J Davies, Gwilym Mumford, Phil Harrison and Jack Seale
16, Sep, 2019 @5:00 AM
'I hate talking about class': Zawe Ashton on acting, privilege and being bullied
Best known for Fresh Meat, she now stars with Tom Hiddleston in Pinter’s Betrayal. Zawe Ashton talks about bullying, Michelle Obama and why she finds language such a turn on
Martha Hayes
03, Mar, 2019 @8:00 AM
Zawe Ashton: ‘I’m a card-carrying existentialist’
She was brilliantly tough as Vod in student comedy Fresh Meat. But the actor, writer, producer and director is much softer in the flesh – and riven by angst
Nosheen Iqbal
24, Jul, 2017 @5:00 AM
The 50 best TV shows of 2016: the full list
Guardian TV’s favourite programmes of the year
06, Dec, 2016 @12:31 PM
Death by smartphone: the .38 calibre mobile that really sends a message | Peter Bradshaw
The firearm that resembles a mobile is ingenious, but surely its creator has missed a trick – a phone that actually is a gun. It’s going to happen
Peter Bradshaw
01, Apr, 2016 @1:03 PM
Farewell, Fresh Meat – and good luck in the real world. It's terrible out there
The student houseshare sitcom wasn’t just a daft comedy. It was a surprisingly moving elegy to the very idea of university – even if our heroes were left with crippling debt and zero job prospects
Abigail Chandler
28, Mar, 2016 @3:13 PM
Catch-up and download: from Fresh Meat to The Night Manager
The hapless students face up to the prospect of real life, and Tom Hiddleston oozes charm in the latest Le Carré adaptation
Phil Harrison, Luke Holland and Gwilym Mumford
21, Mar, 2016 @9:00 AM
How our readers dressed as students: 'Homemade badges and a bit of Bowie'
Inspired by our writers, our readers explain their uni-era fashion choices, from 60s suits to 80s dungarees
James Walsh and Guardian readers
15, Mar, 2016 @12:01 PM
How I dressed as a student: our writers on what they once wore
From M&S sweaters covered in fag burns to channelling the Charlatans and All Saints, every student has their distinctive look. Here, five Guardian writers discuss their college clobber
John Crace Jess Cartner-Morley Chitra Ramaswamy Lauren Cochrane Simon Hattenstone
14, Mar, 2016 @6:04 AM
The week in TV: The Night Manager; Stag; Fresh Meat; The Prosecutors – review
Hiddleston, Colman and Laurie ooze talent for Le Carré, Stag is wholly rewarding and British justice is a real worry
Euan Ferguson
28, Feb, 2016 @7:00 AM
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