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- StarsSimon PeggJessica HynesJulia DeakinFriends Tim and Daisy, 20-something North Londoners with uncertain futures, must pretend to be a couple to live in the only apartment they can afford.
- StarsDavid MitchellRobert WebbJames BachmanA comedy sketch show featuring David Mitchell and Robert Webb.
- CreatorJesse ArmstrongSam BainAndrew O'ConnorStarsDavid MitchellRobert WebbMatt KingMark and Jez are a couple of twenty-something roommates who have nothing in common - except for the fact that their lives are anything but normal. Mayhem ensues as the pair strive to cope with day-to-day life.
- StarsJulian BarrattNoel FieldingMichael FieldingSurreal British comedy in which Vince Noir and Howard Moon have adventures filled with oddball characters while working as Zoo Keepers, before pursuing a musical career and running a second-hand shop.
- CreatorDylan MoranStarsDylan MoranBill BaileyTamsin GreigBernard Black runs a book shop, though his customer service skills leave something to be desired. He hires Manny as an employee. Fran runs the shop next door. Between the three of them many adventures ensue.
- CreatorRicky GervaisStephen MerchantStarsRicky GervaisAshley JensenStephen MerchantAndy Millman is an actor with ambition and a script. Reduced to working as an extra with a useless agent, Andy's attempts to boost his career invariably end in failure and embarrassment.
- CreatorRicky GervaisStephen MerchantStarsRicky GervaisMartin FreemanMackenzie CrookThe story of an office that faces closure when the company decides to downsize its branches. A documentary film crew follow staff and the manager David Brent as they continue their daily lives.
- StarsRik MayallAdrian EdmondsonNigel PlanerThe crazy and sometimes surreal comedic adventures of four very different students in Thatcher's Britain.
- CreatorMatt LucasDavid WalliamsStarsMatt LucasDavid WalliamsTom BakerMatt Lucas and David Walliams, the creators of this character-comedy sketch show, delight in all that is mad, bad, quirky and generally bonkers about the people and places of Britain.
- StarsDan ClarkDavid ArmandLeila HoffmanThis series revolves around a neurotic twenty-nine year old man named Don. As he tries to make his way through life, his overactive mind and inappropriate behavior is always getting him into trouble.
- DirectorTerry GilliamTerry JonesStarsGraham ChapmanJohn CleeseEric IdleKing Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table embark on a surreal, low-budget search for the Holy Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles.
- DirectorTerry JonesStarsGraham ChapmanJohn CleeseMichael PalinBorn on the original Christmas in the stable next door to Jesus Christ, Brian of Nazareth spends his life being mistaken for a messiah.
- CreatorGraham ChapmanEric IdleTerry JonesStarsGraham ChapmanJohn CleeseTerry GilliamThe original surreal sketch comedy showcase for the Monty Python troupe.
- StarsDom JolyLara DoréeLydia BrightTrigger Happy TV follows Dom Joly as he unleashes his twisted humour on the unsuspecting British public.
- StarsJohn CleesePrunella ScalesAndrew SachsHotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away.
- DirectorMichael WinterbottomStarsSteve CooganLennie JamesJohn ThomsonIn 1976, Tony Wilson sets up Factory Records and brings Manchester's music to the world.
- DirectorAnton CorbijnStarsSam RileySamantha MortonCraig ParkinsonA profile of Ian Curtis, the enigmatic singer of Joy Division whose personal, professional, and romantic troubles led him to die by suicide at the age of 23.
- DirectorElaine ConstantineStarsElliot James LangridgeSteve CooganAntonia ThomasSet in 1974, an authentic and uplifting tale of two friends whose horizons are opened up by the discovery of black American soul music.
- CreatorRicky GervaisStarsRicky GervaisTom BasdenTony WayAfter Tony's wife dies, his nice-guy persona is altered into an impulsive, devil-may-care attitude that takes his old world by storm.
- StarsKarl PilkingtonRicky GervaisStephen MerchantBritish comedy duo Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant send their simple and closed-minded friend Karl Pilkington on a trip around the world to experience a variety of people and cultures.
- CreatorRicky GervaisStephen MerchantKarl PilkingtonRicky Gervais and Stephen Merchant talk to Karl Pilkington about important things in life whilst Karl provides anything but intelligent answers. Comedy at its finest with wonderful animation.
- StarsSteve CooganSimon GreenallFelicity MontaguA failed television presenter, now presenting a programme on local desperately tries to revive his broadcasting career.
- DirectorMark GillStarsJodie ComerJessica Brown FindlayJack LowdenA portrait of Morrissey and his early life in 1970s Manchester before he went on to become the lead singer of seminal alternative rock band The Smiths.
- StarsSteve CooganRebecca FrontPatrick MarberAlan Partridge hosts his own chat show on the BBC. He insults and belittles almost all of his guests and is humiliated by the rest.
- StarsSteve CooganSusannah FieldingFelicity MontaguAlan is handed a career lifeline: the chance to stand in (temporarily) as co-host on This Time, a weekday magazine show. But can he capitalize on the opportunity?
- StarsAlexei SayleJohn SparkesPeter CapaldiIn this follow-up series to his previous hit, Alexei Sayle's Stuff, the comic makes a bold claim: 'I can guarantee you will not be disappointed. Not unless you're expecting something other than a fat man in a suit shouting at you'.
- DirectorDeclan LowneyStarsSteve CooganColm MeaneyTim KeyWhen famous DJ Alan Partridge's radio station is taken over by a new media conglomerate, it sets in motion a chain of events which see Alan having to work with the police to defuse a potentially violent siege.
- DirectorGordon FlemyngStarsPeter CushingRoy CastleJennie LindenAn eccentric inventor and his companions travel in his TARDIS to the Planet Skaro and battle the evil menace of the Daleks.
- CreatorJohnny SpeightStarsWarren MitchellAnthony BoothUna StubbsA working-class Cockney bigot with a biased and experienced opinion of everything shares them bluntly and carelessly.
- DirectorAdrian NobleStarsVanessa RedgraveTimothy SpallWendy MorganA portrait of the artist L.S. Lowry and the relationship with his mother, who tries to dissuade him from pursuing his passion.
- DirectorStephen FrearsStarsJudi DenchSteve CooganSophie Kennedy ClarkA world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent.
- StarsStephen FryHugh LaurieRichard DixonBertram Wooster, a well-intentioned, wealthy layabout, has a habit of getting himself into trouble and it's up to his brilliant valet, Jeeves, to get him out.
- DirectorLone ScherfigStarsSam ClaflinMax IronsDouglas BoothTwo first-year students at Oxford University join the infamous Riot Club, where reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of a single evening.
- DirectorToby HaynesStarsBenedict CumberbatchSarah BelcherMalcolm FreemanPolitical strategist Dominic Cummings leads a popular but controversial campaign to convince British voters to leave the European Union from 2015 up until the present day.
- DirectorLarry CharlesStarsSacha Baron CohenAnna FarisJohn C. ReillyThe heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
- DirectorLouis LeterrierStarsSacha Baron CohenMark StrongRebel WilsonA new assignment forces a top spy to team up with his football hooligan brother.
- DirectorLexi AlexanderStarsElijah WoodCharlie HunnamClaire ForlaniA wrongfully expelled Harvard undergrad moves to London, where he is introduced to the violent underworld of football hooliganism.
- StarsBobby SeagullEric MonkmanSimon CallowUniversity Challenge icons Eric Monkman and Bobby Seagull take a road trip with a difference.
- StarsStephen FryHugh LaurieDeborah NortonComedians Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie perform a variety of comedy skits and the occasional musical number.
- StarsShaun EvansRoger AllamJames BradshawSet from 1965 into the 1970s, the show follows Endeavour Morse in his early years as a police constable. Working alongside his senior partner DI Fred Thursday, Morse engages in a number of investigations around Oxford.
- StarsJohn ThawKevin WhatelyJames GroutChief Inspector Morse has an ear for Western classical music, a taste for beer, and a nose for crime. He and Detective Sergeant Robert Lewis solve intriguing cases in and around the Oxford area.
- StarsHugh GrantBen WhishawAlex JenningsBritish Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe is accused of conspiracy to murder his gay ex-lover and forced to stand trial in 1979.
- DirectorFrançois GirardStarsEddie IzzardGerran HowellStanley TownsendSeveral years after his childhood friend, a violin prodigy, disappears on the eve of his first solo concert, an Englishman travels throughout Europe to find him.
- StarsDavid MitchellRichard AyoadeMicky FlanaganPanel show in which celebrities must answer questions having to do with quotations.
- StarsIan HislopPaul MertonAngus DeaytonLong-running satirical news quiz featuring regular team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton. Originally chaired by Angus Deayton, the series has adopted "guest hosts" since 2002.
- StarsVictoria Coren MitchellJohn SimpsonTania StylesFinding the orgin of words
- DirectorJohn L. SpencerStarsRicky GervaisLive performance of British comedian Ricky Gervais filmed in London's Eventim Apollo.
- CreatorDaisy HaggardStarsDaisy HaggardGeraldine JamesRichard DurdenAfter 18 years behind bars, Miri Matteson returns home and stumbles back into adult life in the claustrophobic coastal town she once knew in this half-hour comedy series.
- DirectorGavin HoodStarsKeira KnightleyMatt SmithMatthew GoodeThe true story of a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to push the UN Security Council into sanctioning the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
- StarsLee MackPatrick BaladiNeil FitzmauriceReal-time sitcom following the hapless Stuart struggling between his new family and ex-wife, who lives across the road
- StarsJames AcasterStuart LawsJoe ParhamJames Acaster presents four interwoven stand-up comedy specials.
- DirectorTom HooperStarsHugh JackmanRussell CroweAnne HathawayIn 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker's daughter. The decision changes their lives forever.
- StarsJames AcasterJosh WiddicombeNina WadiaTwo teams of comedians are tested on their ability to deal with a series of ridiculous hypothetical scenarios.
- CreatorPhoebe Waller-BridgeStarsPhoebe Waller-BridgeSian CliffordOlivia ColmanSeries adapted from the award-winning play about a young woman trying to cope with life in London whilst coming to terms with a recent tragedy.
- CreatorSteve LightfootStarsSimona BrownEve HewsonTom BatemanIt follows Louise, a single mum with a son and a part-time job in a psychiatrist's office. She begins an affair with her boss and strikes up an unlikely friendship with his wife.
- StarsAdrian EdmondsonRik MayallSteven O'DonnellTwo perpetually bored and broke flatmates waste their days in a futile struggle to get laid, earn cash, and not kill one another.
- DirectorPaul McGuiganStarsStephen McColeMaurice RoëvesGarry SweeneyThree twisted tales of abuse, drugs, displaced personalities, and insect life by Scottish writer Irvine Welsh.
- CreatorPeter FirminStarsBasil BrushBert HayesDerek FowldsJokes and comical stories told by the red fox puppet "Basil Brush" with the help of guests.
- CreatorIvan OwenStarsMichael WinsorMichael HayesAjay ChhabraWell loved fox Basil Brush returns in a modern day kids sit-com.
- CreatorBen EltonStarsRowan AtkinsonMina AnwarJames DreyfusVarious mishaps at a police station in an English town. The main character is the anachronistic, yet charming and funny Inspector Fowler. CID foil to Fowler, Inspector Grim is a bumbling, seething idiot.
- DirectorIan MacNaughtonStarsJohn CleeseMichael PalinGraham ChapmanAn anthology of the best sketches from the first and second seasons of Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969).
- 20121h 25mR5.8 (1.8K)45MetascoreDirectorBill JonesJeff SimpsonBen TimlettStarsGraham ChapmanJohn CleeseTerry JonesAn animated, factually incorrect biography of Graham Arthur Chapman, one of the founding members of the comedy group Monty Python.
- DirectorGerald ThomasStarsSidney JamesKenneth WilliamsCharles HawtreySir Sidney Ruff-Diamond looks after the British outpost near the Khyber Pass. Protected by the kilted Third Foot and Mouth regiment, you would think they were safe but the Khazi of Kalabar has other ideas.
- DirectorChristopher MorahanStarsJohn CleesePenny LeatherbarrowHoward Lloyd-LewisAn obsessively punctual comprehensive school headmaster sets out to give an important speech at the annual Headmasters' Conference.
- DirectorDan ReedRecent years have seen a sweeping change in Britain's drug culture. Out go the 'old' illegal drugs - cocaine, heroin, speed - swept aside by a younger generation who can get their hits not only more cheaply - but also legally.
- StarsOlivia ColmanMatthew HolnessCharlotte HudsonA series of short sketches from some of Britain's comedy kings including David Mitchell, Robert Webb, Olivia Coleman and Martin Freeman.
- DirectorEmerald FennellStarsBarry KeoghanJacob ElordiRosamund PikeA student at Oxford University finds himself drawn into the world of a charming and aristocratic classmate, who invites him to his eccentric family's sprawling estate for a summer never to be forgotten.
- CreatorAisling BeaStarsAisling BeaSharon HorganTobias MenziesA young woman puts her life back together after suffering from a nervous breakdown.
- CreatorRichard GaddStarsRichard GaddJessica GunningNava MauThe story follows writer and performer Richard Gadd's warped relationship with a female stalker and the impact it has on him as he is ultimately forced to face a deep, dark buried trauma.