
Big Wide World
Episode 1 • Jan 14, 2013
Rae is discharged from psychiatric hospital. Back in the real world, all she wants is to be a normal teenager, but it's not that simple.
Set in 1996 in Lincolnshire, the show tells the tragic and humorous story of a very troubled young girl Rae, who has just left a psychiatric hospital, where she has spent four months after attempting suicide, begins to reconnect with her best friend Chloe and her group, who are unaware of Rae's mental health and body image problems, believing she was in France for the past four months.
16 episodes total
Status
Ended
First Aired
2013
Rating
8.1/10
137 votes • HD
Episodes
Episode 1 • Jan 14, 2013
Rae is discharged from psychiatric hospital. Back in the real world, all she wants is to be a normal teenager, but it's not that simple.
Episode 2 • Jan 21, 2013
Rae is determined to catch up with the rest of the gang in terms of her sexual experience, but worries her weight will stop her from getting a boyfriend. Then one of the boys in the gang asks her out.
Episode 3 • Jan 28, 2013
Rae and Chloe's friendship becomes difficult when Rae discovers who Chloe is secretly dating. Things start to get rocky and Rae finds herself drawn back to her old patterns of destructive behaviour.
Episode 4 • Feb 04, 2013
Rae is falling in love but doesn't know whether to admit it to the object of her desires. And Kester pushes Rae to examine what triggered her self-harming.
Episode 5 • Feb 11, 2013
Rae and Chloe battle it out in the fight for Finn's affections, but when Rae's mum prevents her from going to a rave with the rest of the gang, Rae thinks it's game over.
Episode 6 • Feb 18, 2013
Rae is in a dark place following Tix's deterioration and an argument with Chloe. To make matters worse, she loses her diary and begins to see her world crashing down around her.
Episode 1 • Feb 17, 2014
Rae's still madly in love with Finn, but will her insecurities sabotage their relationship before it's even begun? Meanwhile, Kester encourages her to face her demons and finally confront the truth about what happened to Tix.
Episode 2 • Feb 24, 2014
The long hot summer is over and Rae is starting her first year at sixth form college. She's determined that things will be different this year, but she quickly starts to struggle under the pressure.
Episode 3 • Mar 03, 2014
Without Finn in her life, Rae feels lonely in college and struggles to make friends. When the chance comes to be a part of the cool gang, she has to decide how far she'll go to fit in.
Episode 4 • Mar 10, 2014
As Rae grows closer to Liam, his new girlfriend Amy starts getting suspicious and threatening towards her. Meanwhile, Archie is struggling to cope after Rae outed him to Lois.
Episode 5 • Mar 17, 2014
Rae is desperate to be treated like an adult, so she's staying out late and pushing the boundaries at home. But when she starts to hang out with a group of older lads, things turn nasty.
Episode 6 • Mar 24, 2014
Rae is furious when it looks like Chloe is going to let her down again, but a surprise discovery forces her to see things through Chloe's eyes for a change.
Episode 1 • Jun 22, 2015
It's June 1998. Rae Earl has life as a teenager nailed, despite a disastrous university interview. However, change is on the horizon as the gang grows up...
Episode 2 • Jun 29, 2015
Rae takes drastic action that could jeopardise her future when Chloe's parents ban her from seeing their daughter in hospital.
Episode 3 • Jul 06, 2015
In the final episode, Rae finds herself back in hospital struggling to manage her illness and some brutal home truths from Katie Springer.
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