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COLLECTION · Series · 2001

As If

Jamie, Sooz, Nicki, Alex, Sasha and Rob - all friends, all around eighteen, and all stars in their own drama.

Source: TMDB
* 7.7 (6)ComedyDramaUnited Kingdom
Countries
United Kingdom
Studios
Channel 4 · E4 · Columbia TriStar International Television · Carnival Films
Runtime
22–30 min/ep
Release
22/01/2001
Score
7.7 / 10 (6)
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Seasons and episodes
Season 1
18 episodes · 2001

So, you reckon you've got this whole life business sewn up. You're the right side of 18, you've got your mates, and your social life is bubbling along quite nicely. Well, you're in your prime, aren't you? AS IF!

Episode 1. Episode 1
2001-01-22

This episode is all from the point of view of Jamie, a typical teenager whose main thoughts are girls and parties. Jaime's latest crush is Nicki, who's just split up with her latest boyfriend.

Episode 2. Episode 2
2001-01-23

In this episode we are shown life from Sooz's point of view for the first time. On the outside, Sooz is a grungy, tough, unique, rebellious teenager with multiple peircings and dreadlocks. On the inside we learn she is quite insecure, and…

Episode 3. Episode 3
2001-01-24

While still not ready to tell his parents he's gay, Alex tries to meet an attractive man he saw on the club, even though all his friends keep telling him it'll never happen. When he finally gets a date with the guy (after joining the gym…

Episode 4. Episode 4
2001-01-25

Jamie finally gets a real date with the woman he's been chatting on the internet for the past weeks. He's apprehensive because he lied about his age and job, and still has to put up with all the teasing from his friends who keep telling…

Episode 5. Episode 5
2001-01-26

Sooz flirts with a french guy at a party, but Nicki takes advantage of her shyness and steals the guy from Sooz. Louise, the annoying girl, is once again bothering everyone to sing a petition to help cows, so to get rid of the girl the…

Episode 6. Episode 6
2001-01-29

Sasha's mom is away for the weekend, and it's the perfect opportunity for Sasha to ask Rob to come over so they can talk -- and get back together, which is what Sasha really wants. Sooz and Al listen to Nicki and Sasha talking so they…

Episode 7. Episode 7
2001-01-30

Ever since Alex met Dan, their relationship has been nothing but lies. Alex still doesn't have the courage to tell Dan the truth about him. Meanwhile, the school computers have been stolen and Officer Parker arrives at the school to…

Episode 8. Episode 8
2001-01-31

Nikki is still seeing Gary behind Louise's back, but when she meets an attractive man at the coffee place she doesn't think twice before posing as a model to go out with him and blow her friends off.

Episode 9. Episode 9
2001-02-01

Pushed by Sasha, Rob decides to go back home after staying with Jamie for awhile. His father wants him to help paint a room in the house, but Rob already made plans with Sasha.

Episode 10. Episode 10
2001-02-02

Rob suggests that Nicki and Sasha take Sooz out to the nightclub they are going when he can't make it, but the girls aren't too sure. Sooz decides to go because it's a really good club, and the girls head off for a night out. Jamie meets…

Episode 11. Episode 11
2001-02-05

Jamie is going crazy with the thought that Gabi maybe pregnant with his child. He's at first terrified with the possibility of becoming a father at age 18, but after thinking it over he decides to be there for her.

Episode 12. Episode 12
2001-02-06

The group decides to play truth or dare. Nicki and Sasha only want to laugh at the other's secrets, and everyone else feels uncomfortable and embarrassed. Among dares such as kisses and revealing imtimate secrets, Nicki and Sasha laugh at…

Episode 13. Episode 13
2001-02-07

Rob, Sooz and Jamie are working in a posh resturant. It's a boring job between the rude customers and the bossy maitre, so Rob and Sooz, who have been flirting all night, quit.

Episode 14. Episode 14
2001-02-08

Everyone tries to cheer up Alex as he's depressed over Dan, but nothing seems to work. Nonetheless, the group plan a surprise party for his 18th Birthday at the H20 club. Jamie calls Dan asking him to show up.

Episode 15. Episode 15
2001-02-09

Sooz locks herself out of her house and the only one she can go for help is Nicki. Dressed in her cheerful clothes, Sooz meets Jamie at the café, and Sasha makes fun of her. Jamie realises how down and depressed Sooz is and tries to be…

Episode 16. Episode 16
2001-02-12

The group decides to break into the club for a swim. But their plans change when things don't go exactly as they hoped. When they're all ready to leave, nobody can find the keys, and there are mysterious sounds freaking them out.

Episode 17. Episode 17
2001-02-13

Nicki is being a man-eater again and wants to get some action with Chris (the same guy Sasha went out with), but can't risk ending up alone on Louise's welcome back party. She flirts with Jamie, her "plan B", who is so naive that actually…

Episode 18. Episode 18
2001-02-14

Jamie starts passing out flyers on the street, convinced that one in a hundred women that gets the paper will call him. Surprisingly, someone actually calls Jamie and meets with him at the coffee place, where she asks him about parties.

Season 2
20 episodes · 2002

Forget about Attatchments and This Life cos As If is back! Six young Londoners struggle with life's big issues. Love, friendship, careers and who's getting them in. Heads in the sky, pants on the floor - they may be getting older but are they any wiser? As If...

Episode 1. Episode 1
2002-01-06

Nicki meets a handsome musical producer named Riggs and is pretty soon all over him at a party. He invites her and Sasha to a private party the next night, but Sasha has second thoughts about going when Nicki says Rob can't go.

Episode 2. Episode 2
2002-01-13

Jamie is a bit freaked out after he has a dream about him and Sooz as a loving parent-couple in the future. Their affair is still a secret to all of their friends, which bothers Sooz, and they have a vague fight where she says he's not…

Episode 3. Episode 3
2002-01-20

Riggs won't stop hitting on Sasha, and she's finding it harder and harder to avoid giving into temptation. She gets mad at every move he makes, but at the same time is confused about her relationship with Rob.

Episode 4. Episode 4
2002-01-27

Alex chats with a guy on the internet and arranges to meet him. Sasha lends him keys to the flat for few hours while Rob's working and she's out. Jamie and Sooz have the same idea to use the flat while no one is around not knowing Alex…

Episode 5. Episode 5
2002-02-03

Sooz tells Jamie he's not satisfying her. He asks Rob for advice for a "mate of his" who has a problem with girlfriend. Sooz walks in on their conversation and asks if this "mate" had many satisfied customers in past.

Episode 6. Episode 6
2002-02-10

Sooz has a conflict: she wants to tell everyone about her relationship with Jamie, but at the same time she's mad at him for lying about seeing Gabi. She stalks Gabi to see what she has that makes her so attractive to Jamie, but finds…

Episode 7. Episode 7
2002-02-17

Nicki discovers the truth behind her dad's court appearance and is less than impressed. She walks out telling him that he's on his own. Sasha is less than the friend she ought to be to Nicki when Nicki needs someone to talk to,…

Episode 8. Episode 8
2002-02-25

Sasha didn't come home one night and Rob was really worried, then in the morning he had a go at her about it but couldn't be direct so he said he was cross because she'd left the bathroom in a mess.

Episode 9. Episode 9
2002-03-03

Alex and Mark go out for a meal and start having "serious" conversations, talking about love etc. Alex realises that Mark is hiding something. He first confesses that he is bisexual then that he has a girlfriend. Alex has a strop and…

Episode 10. Episode 10
2002-03-10

Rob throws Sasha out after hearing her and Riggs talking on her mix tape. Hurt, Sasha temporarily moves in with Riggs, but problems soon arise after she accidentally shrinks one of his favorite T's, and she sleeps at Nicki's for comfort.

Episode 11. Episode 11
2002-03-17

Sooz bonds with her art teacher, someone who at first shares the same impressions of the world as her. But her teacher feels uneasy once Jamie shows up at the bar.

Episode 12. Episode 12
2002-03-24

Jamie is trying to be more romantic with Sooz, but he never seems to guess what mood she is in. He goes to Sooz's and sets up a romantic dinner, with flower petals on her bad. While waiting for her, he starts to go through her discs for…

Episode 13. Episode 13
2002-03-31

Nicki is spending some quality time with her father, since he feels like he should make up for all the lost time while she was growing up. Nicki's posture of being a "daddy's girl" falls apart when her father walks in on her and the…

Episode 14. Episode 14
2002-04-07

Sasha invites Rob to her birthday party, and in an act of nervousness he asks her if he can bring his girlfriend with him. Problem is that he doesn't have one, so he convinces mysterious Saffron to be his date to the party, even after…

Episode 15. Episode 15
2002-04-14

Alex lies to Mark and meets Dan, while Nikki has a creepy experience with a too-much-pierced friend of Riggs.

Episode 16. Episode 16
2002-04-15

Sasha's honeymoon with Riggs is over, she feels mistreated by him and his spoiled teenage daughter Portia only makes everything worse.

Episode 17. Episode 17
2002-04-21

Rob meets an attractive woman at a party and Sasha begins to wonder if she did the right choice when she chose Riggs.

Episode 18. Episode 18
2002-04-28

Jamie, Sooz, Nicki, Alex and Mark are out to dinner celebrating Jamie's birthday. Sooz is clearly not in a partying mood and after Jamie's speech in which he declares his love for her, she storms out of the restaurant.

Episode 19. Episode 19
2002-05-05

No synopsis

Episode 20. Episode 20
2002-05-12

At the bar, after overhearing Sooz make a nasty comment about her, Sasha follows her to the bathroom and tells her that Jamie slept with Nicki. She is devastated. Jamie later overhears Sooz telling Alex that although they had broken up…

Season 3
18 episodes · 2002
Episode 1. Episode 1
2002-07-23

In a morning-after-the-night-before sequence, we see Sasha thinking about when she turned down Riggs' proposal, Jamie thinking about his conversation with Sooz after he'd slept with Nicki and Nicki feeling confused about her predicament…

Episode 2. Episode 2
2002-07-24

Through the use of a split-screen format, we get to see the story from both Sooz and Jamie's point of view. Jamie and Sooz lie to each other that they are going on dates that night to make the other jealous.

Episode 3. Episode 3
2002-07-25

Nicki's mum is concerned about her daughter's attitude to men and sex, and the fact that she doesn't seem to have ever had a proper relationship (just sex) so she tries to talk to her. Jamie decides to get a job, especially because he…

Episode 4. Episode 4
2002-07-30

Alex decides to shop around for a new boyfriend and soon ends up checking out his old catch Dan. Mark is left in the dark, but when Jamie's new career leads him to the heart of the happy reunion, Alex is left to pay a hefty price.

Episode 5. Episode 5
2002-07-31

When Rob's attempt at a friendly get-together turns into a squabbling session, Jamie and Sooz make a swift exit and have some old-fashioned fun together.

Episode 6. 306 (Jamie's POV)
2002-08-01

No synopsis

Episode 7. Episode 7
2002-08-06

Jamie is overjoyed to have finally found a captive audience for his jokes. Sooz's condition worries the gang. Nicki puts her tact to the test.

Episode 8. Episode 8
2002-08-07

Sasha is the new scarlet woman now that Nicki has turned over a new leaf. Sooz tries make it on her, while Mark opts for a cosy twosome, leaving Alex to presume the worst of one of his friends.

Episode 9. Episode 9
2002-08-08

Rob turns into the landlord from hell, until he meets someone worth dropping a lot more than the rent for. Nicki and Mark come clean about their recent liaisons.

Episode 10. Episode 10
2002-08-13

Tensions build between Sasha and Mark as they continue to share Rob's flat. Sasha is pissed that she's not been invited to Sooz's welcome back from hospital do, so she resolves to confront the matter directly by talking to Sooz. Meanwhile…

Episode 11. Episode 11
2002-08-14

Alex and Jamie have found out that stripping is a very profitable job. But things go very wrong when they "go to work" for the first time... they even get arrested. Also the gang organize a "party" for Sooz, only Sasha isn't invited but…

Episode 12. Episode 12
2002-08-15

Jamie gets a job waiting tables at a 'Table Dancing' club. His boss asks him to go on a special errand. Unfortunately Jamie is distracted by one of the dancers and doesn't catch the address of the Italian restaurant where he is supposed…

Episode 13. Episode 13
2002-08-20

Everyone insists on Sooz getting some therapy, but all she does is bitch about the nosiness of her friends. She finally gives in and goes to a therapy group secretly, where she meets an interesting guy named Seb.

Episode 14. Episode 14
2002-08-21

Nicki realizes that her relationship with Mark is the longest she's ever been in. That scares her a bit, specially when she finds out Alex is having a birthday party and didn't invite her.

Episode 15. Episode 15
2002-08-22

Alex catches Mark with Grant again. He doesn't want to interfere with Nicki or Mark's lives. However, Nicki overhears the whole thing at Rob's flat. Mark disappears, leaving Rob a note to say, "Thank You".

Episode 16. Episode 16
2002-08-27

Sasha is approached by a man in the pub, "Charlie Chapman", offering her a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. He promises he can make her become a presenter.

Episode 17. Episode 17
2002-08-28

Sooz is in jeopardy. Just when she is falling in love with Seb - he's hospitalised.

Episode 18. Episode 18
2002-08-29

Jamie has problems sleeping. He has visits from a "guide" that show the future to be of Alex, Nicki, Rob, Sasha, Sooz and himself. In the dream, Sasha is a superstar called Space Bitch, Nicki has kids, Alex is selling financial services…

Season 4
20 episodes · 2004

Big wide world The boys - and girls - are back in town! Jamie, Sooz, Nicki, Alex, Sasha and Rob return for a fourth series of this groundbreaking drama. Welcome to 20 new episodes bursting with more teen angst, sexual revelations and burning issues than you can shake a bottle of tequila at. Our six young Londoners are moving on and moving out. College is…

Episode 1. Episode 1
2004-03-13

Jamie discovers that he doesn't have the grades to get into university but he's too scared to tell everyone and fakes his leaving. Alex and Sooz move in together and throw a house-warming party, Rob faces eviction, while Nicki dates an…

Episode 2. Episode 2
2004-03-20

Nicki thinks she's got it made when she takes control of the flat finding situation and dates estate agent Christian. She's using him to find her and Sasha a flat, but thing is, he's using her too. Meanwhile Alex is happy about his new…

Episode 3. Episode 3
2004-03-27

Sasha's 'glamorous' new fashion job isn't quite what she expected and she finds herself working as an assistant to a mean window dresser. But she's determined to stick with it, even when she's told she must learn to drive. Meanwhile,…

Episode 4. Episode 4
2004-04-03

After having unprotected and unexpected sex with one of her best friends, Nicki must rush around the streets of London so she can take get the morning after pill. But she only has twenty-four minutes, and potential fathers, friends and…

Episode 5. Episode 5
2004-04-10

Alex does some assistant teaching at a private college, as part of his Uni course - but he doesn't realise the trouble it's going to cause him. It's there he meets cheeky student, Allen, who takes a shine. But there are student and…

Episode 6. Episode 6
2004-04-17

Sooz thinks she has lost her creativity and finds herself unable to paint, which she blames on her change in character. With Sooz unable to be a talented artist like she used to be, she realises she needs to find the dark place she once…

Episode 7. Episode 7
2004-04-24

Sasha has a sleepless night, sensing that something is up, but she just isn't sure what. As she puts together the clues that she has, Sasha realises that Rob and Nicki have been messing around with each other. She's not happy that she…

Episode 8. Episode 8
2004-05-01

Jamie has been lying to his parents for a while now and they still think he's at University in Inverness. But his luck is about to run out and his lies are about to catch up with him. Although for Jamie, his life is about to get a whole…

Episode 9. Episode 9
2004-05-08

Sooz and Jamie face more relationship turbulence in this episode, when Sooz starts doubting the spark has gone between the two of them. Jamie makes a friend called Katie who he's kept quiet from Sooz. Also, Sooz meets a guy who she's…

Episode 10. Episode 10
2004-05-15

Rob finds himself stuck between his new girlfriend, Amber and his friends. And when he nearly ditches Nicki on her birthday for Amber, Nicki is furious. Rob and Amber both end up going to Nicki's birthday meal, but the couple have an…

Episode 11. Episode 11
2004-05-22

Nicki's trying to get over Rob and move on, so she gets herself two new jobs: one at a bar, and one in a bookshop. But it's at these two new jobs that she meets two new blokes; Toby and Max. However, both the guys know each other and play…

Episode 12. Episode 12
2004-06-05

Sooz and Tyler's friendship is getting stronger and he's giving her all sorts of ideas about how to manage her life and handle her money. However, the rents due and Tyler is hiding a little secret about his lifestyle. As Sooz deals with…

Episode 13. Episode 13
2004-06-12

For Jamie, life is about to get even more complicated and stressful. As his exam resits are only three weeks away, and none of his friends want to help him out. So Jamie takes desperate measures, and goes over the edge. Meanwhile, Sasha's…

Episode 14. Episode 14
2004-06-19

Alex joins a gay dining club to make new friends and meet a possible love interest, but to be part of the group he has to hold a dinner party, and decides to use Nicki and Sasha's house. Allen's got a crush on Rob, Sooz and Tyler are…

Episode 15. Episode 15
2004-06-26

Rob's got issues and doubts with marrying Amber, so he visits a counsellor to try and sort out his problems. He reveals the events of the night before; when the group, along with Katie, Allen and Tyler all stayed the night at Nicki's…

Episode 16. Episode 16
2004-07-03

Sooz is consumed with guilt after making a terrible mistake and putting her relationship with Jamie at serious risk. Sooz feels so guilty, she does the unthinkable and breaks down. And in an emotional heart to heart with Rob, it all comes…

Episode 17. Episode 17
2004-07-10

After being hurt by Nicki and Rob, Sasha decides on a new approach with her relationships. She plans to have meaningless one night stands, and then move on. Claiming she can't get hurt if things are quick and easy. But when Sasha begins…

Episode 18. Episode 18
2004-07-17

Allen is looking for the one, and he thinks he may have found him; a cute guy he see's in the Root Bar. But Alex has other ideas. Meanwhile, Amber confronts Rob, and Jamie's about to get two huge shocks.

Episode 19. Episode 19
2004-07-24

After successfully completing his exam results, Jamie discovers that he has been accepted into Inverness University, but he's not told Sooz yet. Is it really the end for one of TV's greatest couples. How will Sooz cope with having to face…

Episode 20. Episode 20
2004-07-31

Nicki has had a late Birthday present from her mum. It's an around the world ticket for one. Will she go before she learns about Rob's true feelings? Will the friends have a happy ending, or is there a shock in store?

Cast by season
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Paul Chequer
Jamie
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Emily Corrie
Sooz
Jemima Rooper
Jemima Rooper
Nicki
Orlando Wells
Orlando Wells
Alex
Caroline Chikezie
Caroline Chikezie
Sasha
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Benjamin Waters
Rob
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