Sugar Rush: Series 1

Channel 4 and the makers of As If bring Julie Burchill’s novel Sugar Rush to the screen as a late-night drama series, starring Olivia Hallinan and Lenora Crichlow. Each episode is a different journey inside Kim’s world as her wry observations take us into the mind of a screwed up, loved up, lustful adolescent experiencing the bright lights of Brighton and the rush of forbidden love for the first time. Being a teenage girl is tough. Being an un-cool, 15-year-old lesbian who’s completely infatuated with the most outrageous and popular girl in school is downright unfair… Sugar Rush explores the world of Kim and her earth-shattering lust for the gorgeous and sassy Maria Sweet, otherwise known as Sugar.Synopsis
Sugar Rush explores the world of Kim and her earth-shattering lust for the gorgeous and sassy Maria Sweet, otherwise known as Sugar. And if Sugar wasn’t enough to blow Kim’s mind, there’s also her dysfunctional, embarrassing family; a mini-freak for a brother, an obsessively house-proud dad and a mum who’s behaving as if she’s the one who’s 15 years old. Each episode is a different journey inside Kim’s world as her wry observations take us into the mind of a screwed up, loved up, lustful adolescent experiencing the bright lights of Brighton and the rush of forbidden love for the first time.