C4 orders third series of Fresh Meat

Fresh Meat is to return for a third series, star Jack Whitehall has revealed.

In an interview to plug his new stand-up DVD, he said: ‘We've just had a third series commissioned, so that's great. I don't know how many they plan to do, but I love doing it.’

But he also complained about the show's slot in the schedules, currently Tuesday evenings at 10pm,.

‘I just wish it had a better slot on Channel 4,’ he told Shortlist magazine. ‘Students will find it, but it would be nice if it got more of an audience who don't know about it, and I'm not sure it will get that on Tuesday night after Jewish Mum Of The Year.’

The show, about student life, averages more than a million viewers per episode, but is also popular on the 4oD catch-up service.

Whitehall’s BBC Three sitcom Bad Education has also been commissioned for a second series, which the 24-year-old comic is currently writing.

Published: 23 Nov 2012