Series synopsis
So Awkward is a British comedy television series that premiered on CBBC on May 21, 2015. It stars Cleo Demetriou, Sophia Dall'aglio, Ameerah Falzon-Ojo and Jamie Flatters.
A sitcom about three very academically bright, but socially awkward teenage girls, trying to make sense of life, boys and fitting in. While other girls their age are going to parties, netball practice and sleepovers, Lily, Martha and Jas are busy with chess club, homework and Friday nights in watching documentaries.
Premise
A sitcom about three very academically bright, but socially awkward teenage girls, trying to make sense of life, boys and fitting in. While other girls their age are going to parties, netball practice and sleepovers, Lily, Martha and Jas are busy with chess club, homework and Friday nights in watching documentaries.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Cleo Demetriou as Lily Hampton
- Sophia Dall'aglio as Martha Fitzgerald
- Ameerah Falzon-Ojo as Jas Salford
- Jamie Flatters as Matt Furnish
- Archie Lyndhurst as Ollie Coulton
- Alex Carter as Mr. Malone
- Samuel Paul Small as Robert Edwards
- Susan Earl as Mrs. Griggs
Supporting cast
- Raif Clarke as Sid Bevan
- Kay Purcell as Mrs. Rennison
- Carla Mendonça as Mrs. Fitzgerald
- Gemma Paige North as Lou
- Charlie Nicholson as Rufus
- Clive Rowe as Mr. Salford
- Rosie Boore as Cassie Coulton
- Fisher Costello-Rose as Maxwell
- Nethra Tilakumara as Kat
- Janice Connolly as Mazel
- Emily Burnett as Jas Salford
- Vicky Hall as Mrs. Hampton
Guest cast
- John Ammirati as Teacher
Episodes
This series spans 6 seasons with 77 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 13 | May 21, 2015 | August 6, 2015 |
| Season 2 | 13 | August 25, 2016 | November 17, 2016 |
| Season 3 | 13 | August 31, 2017 | November 23, 2017 |
| Season 4 | 12 | August 23, 2018 | November 8, 2018 |
| Season 5 | 13 | September 12, 2019 | December 5, 2019 |
| Season 6 | 13 | August 6, 2020 | October 22, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Parentology Martha feels ignored by her workaholic mother so Jas helps her to rebel to get noticed. |
May 21, 2015 |
| 2 |
Friendundancy Cool girl Natasha Jones invites Lily to join her group and dress in yellow on Mufti Day. |
May 21, 2015 |
| 3 |
A Minus Martha is mortified when she gets a lowly A minus for her latest history assignment. |
May 28, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Dinner Date Lily is troubled because she's not sure whether she and Matt Furnish are actually going out or not. Jas volunteers to help. |
August 25, 2016 |
| 2 |
PSHE Hee Hee Martha is worried Mr Malone is not up to teaching PSHE classes thoroughly enough and that she will fail the subject. |
September 1, 2016 |
| 3 |
Locustium Insectium Jas has fallen in love with the school locusts and is tenderly looking after them. |
September 8, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Two Mrs Hamptons When she discovers her mum's school grades dropped the year she got her first boyfriend, Lily tries to avoid the same thing happening to her. |
August 31, 2017 |
| 2 |
Ms Perfect Lily complains Rob is too 'boy' - she finds his boisterousness and burping gross and decides to give him a dose of his own medicine. |
September 7, 2017 |
| 3 |
Science Chic A business studies competition is announced at school, and both Lily and Martha desperately want to be project manager. |
September 14, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Band Ollie, Rob, Jas and Sid enter Battle of the Bands with tuneless Mr Malone. Lily wants her mum's boyfriend Ken to like her. |
August 23, 2018 |
| 2 |
Let's Talk About Love Lily decides to tell Rob she loves him, but first she's going to build him a football stadium out of lollipop sticks. |
August 30, 2018 |
| 3 |
Where There's a Will On the day Martha asks Lily for the 7p she owes her, Lily inherits a lot of money. She becomes determined to prove Martha is petty. |
September 6, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Waitress Wars Lily is delighted to be waitressing at Mugshotsz café, until Jas joins her. Martha is stunned to discover Ollie has a girlfriend, and Rob is upset Sid might leave Cranmede School. |
September 12, 2019 |
| 2 |
Awardatarian Jas's lie to Lily snowballs into a charity sumo wrestling bake-off event! Martha and Ollie compete to win awards by teaching tech to pensioners, ex-punk Jonny and chatty Mazel. |
September 19, 2019 |
| 3 |
Head Boy Hearts Girl Head boy Hunter has a crush. Lily, believing it's her, plots to let him down without smashing his heart to bits. Martha and Kat compete to have a statue erected of an Amazing Woman. |
September 26, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Heads We Win Determined to be head girl, Martha goes head to head with best friend Lily. Meanwhile, Ollie has a terrible dilemma to resolve. |
August 6, 2020 |
| 2 |
Face Off Kat’s plan to outdo Martha backfires, while Jas and Lily help Martha and Ollie spend time apart to deal with their suppressed feelings for one another. |
August 6, 2020 |
| 3 |
Travel Bug Jas and Lily plan to go travelling together but soon discover that they don’t share the same idea of a perfect holiday. Lily asks Martha and Ollie to help persuade Jas to back out. |
August 13, 2020 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | CBBC |
|---|---|
| First aired | May 21, 2015 |
| Last aired | October 22, 2020 |
| Runtime | 28 minutes |
| Status | continue |
| Schedule | Thursday at 17:00:00 |