As If was a British teen drama series broadcast on Channel 4 in its native UK. There were four series, the first broadcast in January 2001 and the last in July 2004. There were 76 episodes in total, each lasting 30 minutes.

It had a significant cult following and strong critical acclaim. It was considered very groundbreaking, and was often referred to as a "cooler", more sophisticated version of another British teen soap, Hollyoaks.

Part of its identity was the style, such as surreal fly-on-the-wall style camera work. In the first series episode four won an RTS Television Award for Best Tape or Film Editing - Drama.

The series focused on six young adults who lived in London, with each episode told from a different character's point of view. Ironically soon after As If had finished, Hollyoaks began using similar techniques.

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