Welcome return of the series based on Julie Burchill's bestselling book of young queer love. The first series was entertaining but never really met expectations. The second series is a whole different ballgame.

Welcome return of the series based on Julie Burchill''''s bestselling book of young queer love. The first series was entertaining but never really met expectations. The second series is a whole different ballgame. The writing is sharper and funnier, the characters have grown into themselves and the acting, especially from the excellent Olivia Hallinan in the role of our heroine Kim, is engaging. If you gave up on the first series, get back into it with this one.

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 on since we first met Kim, and she''''s no longer a fifteen year old homophobic gay virgin. She''''s now a seventeen year old horny queer ready to unleash her libido on Brighton''''s lesbian scene, 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. That is when she''''s not saving Sugar from her probation officer, persuading Matt that playing Marilyn Manson backwards won''''t make him privy to satanic messages and discovering the hideous truth behind her parents apparently saved marriage.

Kim''''s attempts to eye up girls are a wash-out, but her luck changes when she literally bumps into a gorgeous stranger, Saint. 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 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 and Nathan 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.

2 discs Run Time: 300 minutes cert 18

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