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.
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!
Oregon and Professor 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In the last episode of the first series, 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.
It's a new term. Kingsley has a new image. Josie turns over a new leaf. JP's friend Giles has transferred from Exeter. Vod's skint and it's time to find a replacement for invisible flatmate Paul Lamb.
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.
The boys compete for lucrative internships at a geology careers fair. Meanwhile, Oregon is thrown together with Tony again, as she attempts to secure funding for her new magazine.
Howard tries to figure out why he has trouble sleeping.
Howard has an interesting fact to share regarding hair loss.
Howard gives some useful graduation advice.
Some interesting advice on how to find a job while studying.
The student counsellor has an interesting take on how not to come out to your friends.
The student counsellor discusses how she dealt with student debt.
Vod is a bit of a legend, according to her.
JP has a message for a potential roomie.
Vod makes a good point. Funny t-shirts are NEVER funny.
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...
Howard offers wisdom on love and relationships.
Howard discusses the Internet, and destroying baby mice.
The student counsellor discusses the different levels of grief.
This is a little awkward...
Josie makes a catastrophic error of judgement, Oregon falls for a sexy librarian, JP makes a 'local' friend, Vod falls in love and Howard turns detective in a bid to catch an intruder.
The student counsellor talks about being careful online.
The student counsellor provides advive on friendship and betrayal.
Oregon creates a video-cover letter to present her poems.
Spurred on by a righteous sense of getting-his-money's-worth, Kingsley makes an official complaint, but when a field trip goes awry, things come to a head for him and JP.
Howard's big topic this week: cohabitation.
Sabine is not enjoying living with her housemates...
At an open mic gig at the Student Union, Kingsley performs a song written by Blur's Graham Coxon. And Vod gatecrashes a poetry seminar by the renowned poet John Frobisher.
The show is getting popular, and complaints are starting to arrive.
The weird and wonderful music video of the original Graham Coxon song.
Hartnell Avenue give an exclusive interview.
The end of the academic year is approaching and the housemates have to make some big decisions...
Howard has some good news regarding dart boards.
Josie records a video diary on her first year at university.
Learn how to cope with change with some expert advice.
The student counsellor provides advice on leaving home.
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 visit Josie in Southampton.
A message from the CEO and Life President of Manchester Medlock University's Dry Slope Skiing Society, Jonathan JP Pembersley.
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.
Groom-to-be Javier has been sending messages back to his family before his wedding to Vod.
Realising how serious Javier has become since their wedding, Vod tries to dump him, but it's not that simple. Meanwhile, Howard comes up with a plan to humiliate JP at a university quiz.
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?
Having been rejected by Sam for cheating in the quiz, JP makes it his mission to win her back by signing up to take part in a medical drugs trial that he knows she'll be attending.
We've found Howard's training video from his fight preparations. Montage and all.
There's much excitement in the house when Vod announces that her mum is coming to stay. Nobody can quite believe she's even got a mum, and when she arrives she's not what anybody expected.
Watch Candice's introduction to Feminism we found on her phone.
The housemates get radical as they participate in a university sit-in organised by Oregon to demonstrate against the forced deportation of a hot Tunisian guy.
Kingsley's left his phone unlocked and we've found the music video for the politically charged, Drone/Alone.
Songwriter/Singer Kingsley's Secret Reservoir has been leaked including modern classic Drone/Alone and his experimental works. Relax he's no Bono.
It's Howard's birthday, not that he's told anybody. But word gets out anyway and the housemates throw him a party. Oregon is keen to hijack the whole event and turn it into a political fundraiser.
This is not a spin. This is a message from Director of Communications Vod on behalf of Student Bodies President candidate Oregon Shawcross.
In the series finale, relationships and friendships are on the rocks, and Oregon goes head to head against Vod in the Student Union elections.
Union President candidate Oregon Shawcross explains why you should vote for her.
The final series of the comedy-drama sees the housemates nearing the end of their university lives, but before they face some hardcore studying, JP plans one last big blowout.
Vod gets a job in a pub, and the others expect her to give them free drinks. Oregon creates a poetry prize in her own honour, and Kingsley discovers Rosa has an 18-year-old son.
It's dissertation time, and while Vod is having a last-minute wobble about her abilities, Oregon has other 'presidency' things on her mind and Josie is having an identity crisis.
Oregon's glittering future looks seriously under threat, and things aren't going well for Josie either. Howard is working on his CV, and Kingsley and Vod take over the grad ball.
The finals are fast approaching and things are falling apart. Tickets for the alternative grad ball Vodstock are selling well, but Vod may be promising things she can't deliver.
The finals are over and the results are in, but not everyone's happy. Will the housemates host the best grad ball of all time or will they have to flee Manchester in the night?
In this deleted final scene, the gang catch up three months after they leave university.
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.
