Sugar Rush

13 June, 2006 by The_Boss

Channel 4 Thursday June 15th 2006 10:50pm - 11:20pm

Sugar Rush , the riotous exploration of what it means to be young, horny and queer in 21st-century Britain, returns for a second series.

It's 18 months later and Kim (Olivia Hallinan) is 17, out, proud and living life to the full on the Brighton lesbian scene... in her dreams.
In truth, she's holed up in her bedroom with only her A Level revision and an electric toothbrush for company. Her best friend Sugar (Lenora Crichlow) isn't getting any action either, but she's got a good excuse: she's serving time in a Young Offenders Institute.

Kim's attempts to eye up girls are a wash-out, but her luck changes when she literally bumps into a gorgeous stranger, Saint (Sarah-Jane Potts). She's smitten and follows her to the women's sex shop where she works.

Kim's too nervous to ask her out, but Saint invites her to a mysterious club called the CC, which turns out to be the Clit Club, a beautiful bar full of beautiful women. Kim loves it, but there's just one problem. Saint's the club DJ, and greets other girls as enthusiastically as she greets Kim. It looks like this was no date after all... Kim drowns her sorrows at the bar, and rebounds into the arms of Anna (Anna Wilson-Jones).

Anna is edgy, dangerous and addictive, and Kim learns a thing or two about sex, drugs and lesbian lust. Kim gleefully reports her adventures to Sugar, but Sugar's reaction throws her. Is she jealous? Meanwhile, Stella (Sara Stewart) and Nathan (Richard Lumsden) are giving their marriage another go, for the sake of the kids.

Stella's embraced monogamy, but Nathan's low sexual self esteem is leading to boredom in the bedroom. There's only one thing for it: sex therapy.

Writer: Katie Baxendale (based on characters by Julie Burchill); Series Prod: Johnny Capps; Prod: Lowri Glain; Dir: Harry Bradbeer; Prod Co: Shine