So Awkward

So Awkward
Genre
Created by Julie Bower
Written by
  • Julie Bower
  • Mark Oswin
  • Bede Blake
  • Matt Brito
  • Anthony McMurray
Directed by
Starring
Composer(s) Samuel Karl Bohn
Country of origin Britain
No. of series 2
No. of episodes 22
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Alan Marke
  • Jim Reid
  • Sue Nott
  • Chris Rose
Producer(s) Sally Martin
Editor(s)
  • Justin James
  • Lindsey Dillon-Massey
Running time 28 minutes
Production company(s) Channel X
Release
Original network CBBC
Picture format 16:9 1080i
Audio format Stereo
Original release 21 May 2015 (2015-05-21) – Present
External links
Website

So Awkward is a sitcom series on CBBC, first aired 21 May 2015. It stars Cleo Demetriou as Lily Hampton, Ameerah Falzon-Ojo as Jas (Jasmine) Salford, and Sophia Dall'aglio as Martha Fitzgerald and consists of 13 episodes. Series 1 began on May 21, 2015. Series 2 began on August 25, 2016. A third series has been confirmed.[1]

Plot

Filmed in Manchester, So Awkward is a TV series with three socially awkward 13 year old girls, Lily Hampton, Jas Salford and Martha Fitzgerald, trying to fit in at school and deal with day-to-day life at school, boys and parental dramas.

Cast

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
113May 21, 2015 (2015-05-21)August 6, 2015 (2015-08-06)
213August 25, 2016 (2016-08-25)November 17, 2016 (2016-11-17)

Series 1 (2015)

No. in
series		 No. in
season		 Title Directed by Written by Original air date[3]
11"Parentology"Rebecca RyworthJulie Bower21 May 2015 (2015-05-21)
Martha feels abandoned by her workaholic mother, so she tries to get into trouble at school to be noticed, with the help of Jas. Unfortunately, this is not as easy as it seems. When her mum realises that Martha is feeling abandoned she tries to fix it, but Martha realises that she would rather have her workaholic mother the way she was before. Meanwhile, Lily is tired of her mother knitting her embarrassing jumpers and asking her if she has a boyfriend. She gives up and pretends that Ollie is her boyfriend, with disastrous results
22"Friendundancy"Rebecca RyworthJulie Bower21 May 2015 (2015-05-21)
Mufti Day is arriving, and Lily doesn't want to wear one of Jas' quirky and weird outfits again. She runs into Natasha Jones, and accidentally suggests they all wear yellow, and ends up trying to change between Jas' and Natasha's outfits. She finally gives up when she forgets that Jas had transferred into her Art class the week before. Lily embraces Jas' zombie idea, and they end up setting a cool trend. Meanwhile Martha turns into a Goth, and Ollie decides that due to his fear of clothes he can't take the girls talking about clothes any more. Ollie gives the girls a 'friendundancy' form to sign.
33"A Minus"Jordan HoggBede Blake28 May 2015 (2015-05-28)
Martha is mortified when she gets an A- on her test, so she revises so much that she begins to faint all over the place. Mrs. Griggs gets worried about her, so she decides to make Matt her 'fun' tutor. At first Martha is annoyed, but she soon learns that she can have fun, and she helps get Matt's grades up. Lily is jealous that Martha is spending so much with Matt, and Ollie is jealous that Martha is always with Matt, so Jas comes up with a plan to put them together.
44"The Nox Factor"Jordan HoggJulie Bower4 June 2015 (2015-06-04)
Martha's mum buys three tickets to a science talk hosted by a famous scientist, Dr. Nox. Lily and Jas both fancy him, so they compete at being a better friend so Martha will take them. In the end, Martha goes to ask Mrs. Griggs who she should pick. After failing to convince Martha to take her, Mrs. Griggs confiscates the tickets, but accidentally leaves them in a book which she later returns to the library. Meanwhile, Ollie wants to prove to everyone else that he is better than Dr. Nox, with Matt's help.
55"Mr. Sicky Bear"Jordan HoggJulie Bower11 June 2015 (2015-06-11)
Jas really wants to be Juliet in the play in assembly, but catches a cold. She accidentally passes the cold on to Martha and they both have to take a few days off. Martha stays at Jas' house. When she gets there though, she discovers Jas' house is a mess and spends ages cleaning. She also washes a teddy that Jas' dad uses to cheer up Jas when she is sick, which deeply upsets Jas and her dad. Meanwhile, because Jas is sick, Ollie really wants Lily to be Juliet in the play. However, she doesn't want to betray Jas even though Romeo is Matt Furnish, her crush.
66"Love Machine"Jordan HoggBede Blake18 June 2015 (2015-06-18)
Lily is worried that she and Matt might not be compatible, so Jas adapts some plant compatibility software, which tells you how compatible you are with someone, or who your perfect match is from the entire school database. When Lily finds out that she and Matt are 97% compatible, she becomes worried and tries to figure out what the 3 percent is. When Jas enters Mrs. Griggs into the software, she is horrified to find out that the perfect match is her own father! She becomes worried when Mrs. Griggs gives her a letter to give to her dad, and hides it thinking that it was a date offer. However, when Lily has the same envelope, Jas finds out that it was just a request to help out at the school fair.
77"Library vs. Tree"Rebecca RyworthMark Oswin25 June 2015 (2015-06-25)
Martha is campaigning to get a new library built, but when campaigning works, they find out that Jas' favourite tree would have to be cut down. A fierce battle between Martha and Jas and their parents ensues. When it is all over they find that plans for the library have been cancelled, but then find out that the tree will still be cut down for a new sports centre.
88"Space Over"Rebecca RyworthJulie Bower2 July 2015 (2015-07-02)
When Lily finds out that Matt is going out with a girl called Greta Masters, she becomes very upset. Jas organises a sleepover to cheer her up, but Martha is upset because a rare comet sighting is on the same night. She attempts to sneak Ollie into the attic of Lily's house so that they can see the comet.
99"Fitzgerald vs Fitzgerald"Jordan HoggMatt Brito9 July 2015 (2015-07-09)
When the Careers advisor suggests that Martha cannot become a human rights lawyer and that she should aim lower, she campaigns against her mother to bring back the schools vending machine because Jas cannot focus without the chocolate from it. She is nearly beaten, but proves that her mother didn't sign it. Because Martha's mother used her signature stamp, it wasn't a legal document.
1010"Rox My World"Rebbeca RycroftBede Blake16 July 2015 (2015-07-16)
The girls have teamed up to enter a National Young Inventors competition. Lily and Martha fall out when Lily leaves the team to join Matt's team, and Martha replaces Lily with super-geek Roxanne Bunce. Roxanne has recently returned from a science exchange programme in France, and during that time she has undergone a major transformation - the super-geek has become super-cool, now calling herself Roxy. Matt Furnish falls head-over-heels for Roxy and comes to Lily for advice on how to impress her. Lily ends up giving the boy she likes lessons in how to chat up another girl. Meanwhile, Lily doesn't realise Jas in turn has been advising Roxy on how to secure Matt as a boyfriend.
1111"Good Girls"Rebecca RycroftMark Oswin30 July 2015 (2015-07-30)
When Lily loses her tie, she is encouraged unwittingly to 'steal' a tie by an older pupil whom she helped earlier. Meanwhile, Martha is called a snitch and denies this.
1212"Everyone Loves Clementine"Rebecca RycroftMatt Brito30 July 2015 (2015-07-30)
1313"Pouncing Tigers"Jordan HoggJulie Bower6 August 2015 (2015-08-06)

Series 2 (2016)

No. in
series		 No. in
season		 Title Directed by Written by Original air date
141"Dinner Date"Ian Curtis[4]Anthony McMurray[4]25 August 2016 (2016-08-25)[5]
Lily invites Matt round for dinner, but things don't go as planned. Meanwhile Martha's obsession with emulating her idol makes Ollie jealous.
152"PSHE Hee Hee"Ian Curtis[6]Anthony McMurray[6]1 September 2016 (2016-09-01)[7]
Martha fears Mr Malone is not teaching PHSE well enough, so is worried that she will fail, while Lily is worried that she can't make Matt laugh.
163"Locustium Insectium"Ian Curtis[8]Julie Bower[8]8 September 2016 (2016-09-08)[9]
Jas looks after the school locusts and becomes devoted to them; Lily's attempts to cover up the locusts' escape from her rapidly get out of hand. Meanwhile, Martha and Ollie get preoccupied by their competing phone apps.
174"The Kiss"Ian Curtis[10]Lucy Guy[10]15 September 2016 (2016-09-15)[11]
Lily is determined to kiss Matt to prove they really are boyfriend and girlfriend, Martha and Ollie do a project on the transfer of germs, and Mr Malone suspects Mrs Griggs is flirting with him.
185"Slang Gang"Ian Curtis[12]Anthony MacMurray[12]22 September 2016 (2016-09-22)[13]
Martha and Ollie build a slang generator machine to help them come up with a cool slogan for the school graffiti wall. Meanwhile, Jas tries to track down the inventor of a new slang word going round the school and Lily wonders what's in Matt's diary.
196"Girls & Boys"Ian Curtis[14]Adam G Goodwin and Jonathan Parkyn[14]29 September 2016 (2016-09-29)[15]
The girls are mistaken for boys when dressing up for drama, and Lily keeps up the pretense in order to get closer to Matt. Ollie, without his contact lenses and trying to avoid wearing his old glasses, strikes up a friendship with Lily's alter ego 'Liam'.
207"BFF"Ian Curtis[16]Matt Brito[16]6 October 2016 (2016-10-06)[17]
When Mrs Hampton volunteers to help out at the upcoming food festival at school Lily worries that her mother is going to embarrass her, but when Jas tries to help it only leads to jealousy. Meanwhile, Martha becomes an accidental rebel and risks her place on the chess team.

References

  1. ↑ http://kidscreen.com/2016/07/12/so-awkward-is-back-for-another-cringe-filled-season/
  2. 1 2 "Forecast students to star in new CBBC Sitcom". Forecast Academy. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "The Next Step — Episode Guide". Zap2it. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Series 2 Dinner Date Credits". BBC. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "So Awkward Series 2: 1. Dinner Date". BBC. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Series 2 PSHE Hee Hee Credits". BBC. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "So Awkward Series 2: 2. PSHE Hee Hee". BBC. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  8. 1 2 "Series 2 Locustium Insectium Credits". BBC. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "So Awkward Series 2: 3. Locustium Insectium". BBC. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  10. 1 2 "Series 2 The Kiss Credits". BBC. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  11. ↑ "So Awkward Series 2: 4. The Kiss". BBC. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  12. 1 2 "Series 2 Slang Gang Credits". BBC. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  13. ↑ "So Awkward Series 2: 5. Slang Gang". BBC. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  14. 1 2 "Series 2 Girls & Boys Credits". BBC. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  15. ↑ "So Awkward Series 2: 6. Girls & Boys". BBC. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  16. 1 2 "Series 2 BFF Credits". BBC. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  17. ↑ "So Awkward Series 2: 7. BFF". BBC. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
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