Lately I have been hearing a lot about the British show Skins. I have watched it a few times over the seasons, and have enjoyed the Britishness of it (grime music, rude boy slang, club drugs) as well as the fairly realistic portrayal of youth and adolescence. It has an addicting soap opera flow and lots of  “snogging,” which makes it difficult to not enjoy. It also has a pretty hip soundtrack- much hipper than 90210 or any current teen show in America. This show is apparently really popular with the torrenting consumer as well. Another British show worth mentioning is the utterly hilarious Peep show which is hard to track down but watchable via youtube.