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1. Shrink (2017)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy
With an overwhelming amount of debt from medical school and no residency, David Tracey decides to work towards a psychologist license by completing 1,920 hours of unbilled sessions.
Stars: Tim Baltz, Sue Gillan, Mary Holland, Hans Holsen
Votes: 1,064
2. Documentary Now! (2015– )
TV-14 | 23 min | Comedy
"Documentary Now!" parodies the current obsession with documentaries. Season one features six different stories and stylistic approaches paying tribute to the doc format.
Stars: Helen Mirren, Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, Deb Hiett
Votes: 7,994
3. Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy (2012–2014)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
The adventures of Noel and his friends Smooth, Andy Warhol, and Dolly.
Stars: Noel Fielding, Michael Fielding, Dolly Wells, Tom Meeten
Votes: 2,581
4. Severance (2022– )
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.
Stars: Adam Scott, Zach Cherry, Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman
Votes: 201,545
5. Gavin & Stacey (2007–2024)
TV-14 | 29 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Gavin and Stacey have been continuing their romance on-line and by telephone for the last six months. Now they want to be together but will their friends and family let them?
Stars: Joanna Page, Mathew Horne, Alison Steadman, Ruth Jones
Votes: 22,744
6. The Widower (2014)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A three-part drama based on the crimes of convicted murderer Malcolm Webster.
Stars: Reece Shearsmith, Kate Fleetwood, James Laurenson, Federay Holmes
Votes: 2,468
7. Hippies (1999)
30 min | Comedy
In 1969 London, the editor of an underground magazine and his friends get into wacky situations.
Stars: Simon Pegg, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Sally Phillips, Darren Boyd
Votes: 450
8. Fresh Meat (2011–2016)
TV-MA | 50 min | Comedy, Drama
A comedy that follows a group of six students about to embark on the most exciting period of their lives so far, university.
Stars: Zawe Ashton, Greg McHugh, Kimberley Nixon, Charlotte Ritchie
Votes: 19,540
9. Pulling (2006–2009)
30 min | Comedy, Romance
Donna has a drunken revelation on her hen night and decides that she has been missing out on the single life. So with just days to go, she calls off her wedding to fiancé Karl and moves in ... See full summary »
Stars: Sharon Horgan, Tanya Franks, Rebekah Staton, Cavan Clerkin
Votes: 1,724
10. Dead Set (2008)
TV-MA | 28 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
During a fictional series of Big Brother, a zombie outbreak occurs, but the house-mates are unaware of the impending doom outside of the Big Brother House.
Stars: Paul 'Bubble' Ferguson, Jaime Winstone, Andy Nyman, Riz Ahmed
Votes: 20,928
11. Big Train (1998–2002)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
A British sketch comedy show where people in ordinary situations suddenly find themselves in absurd situations.
Stars: Kevin Eldon, Mark Heap, Simon Pegg, Julia Davis
Votes: 4,076
12. Catastrophe (2015–2019)
TV-MA | 601 min | Comedy
American man Rob gets Irish woman Sharon pregnant when they hook up for a week while he is on a business trip in London.
Stars: Sharon Horgan, Rob Delaney, Mark Bonnar, Ashley Jensen
Votes: 23,721
13. Normal People (2020)
TV-14 | 28 min | Drama, Romance
Follows Marianne and Connell, from different backgrounds but the same small town in Ireland, as they weave in and out of each other's romantic lives.
Stars: Paul Mescal, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Desmond Eastwood, Aislín McGuckin
Votes: 91,224
14. Succession (2018–2023)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Drama
The Roy family is known for controlling the biggest media and entertainment company in the world. However, their world changes when their father steps down from the company.
Stars: Nicholas Braun, Brian Cox, Kieran Culkin, Peter Friedman
Votes: 273,792
15. Veep (2012–2019)
TV-MA | 28 min | Comedy
Former Senator Selina Meyer finds that being Vice President of the United States is nothing like she hoped and everything that everyone ever warned her about.
Stars: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tony Hale, Anna Chlumsky, Reid Scott
Votes: 63,570
16. Big Little Lies (2017–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The apparently-perfect lives of upper-class mothers of students at a prestigious elementary school unravel to the point of murder when a single mother moves to their quaint California beach town.
Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Zoë Kravitz
Votes: 224,514
17. Bang, Bang, It's Reeves and Mortimer (1999– )
30 min | Comedy
The pair's follow-up to The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer, this BBC comedy sketch show features more surreal vignettes, as well as an ongoing mockumentary series called The Club - a parody of popular British series of the time.
Stars: Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer, Charlie Higson, Morwenna Banks
Votes: 612
18. Chernobyl (2019)
TV-MA | 41 min | Drama, History, Thriller
In April 1986, the city of Chernobyl in the Soviet Union suffers one of the worst nuclear disasters in the history of mankind. Consequently, many heroes put their lives on the line in the following days, weeks and months.
Stars: Jessie Buckley, Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Adam Nagaitis
Votes: 866,838
19. Friday Night Dinner (2011–2020)
TV-14 | 24 min | Comedy
Two siblings share their Friday-night dinners at their parents' home and, somehow, something always goes wrong.
Stars: Tamsin Greig, Simon Bird, Paul Ritter, Tom Rosenthal
Votes: 22,234
20. Black Mirror (2011– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Featuring stand-alone dramas -- sharp, suspenseful, satirical tales that explore techno-paranoia -- "Black Mirror" is a contemporary reworking of "The Twilight Zone" with stories that tap into the collective unease about the modern world.
Stars: Wunmi Mosaku, Monica Dolan, Daniel Lapaine, Hannah John-Kamen
Votes: 640,772
21. Roger & Val Have Just Got In (2010–2012)
29 min | Comedy
Comedy drama about the day to day lives of husband and wife, Roger and Val. After they've just got in from work.
Stars: Dawn French, Alfred Molina, Theo Efrimidis
Votes: 408
22. Breaking Bad (2008–2013)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine with a former student in order to secure his family's future.
Stars: Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Betsy Brandt
Votes: 2,139,653
23. Queer as Folk (1999–2000)
TV-MA | 48 min | Comedy, Drama
A groundbreaking gay adult drama which chronicles the lives of Stuart and Vince, as well as 15-year-old Nathan, who is in love with Stuart.
Stars: Aidan Gillen, Craig Kelly, Charlie Hunnam, Denise Black
Votes: 7,618
24. Hang Ups (2018)
30 min | Comedy
After the collapse of his previous group-therapy practice, Richard is no longer able to conduct the traditional 50-minute sessions most therapists have with their patients. Instead, he's ... See full summary »
Stars: Stephen Mangan, Bebe Cave, Fionn O'Shea, Karl Theobald
Votes: 926
25. Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle (2009– )
30 min | Comedy
The exciting return to television of the comedians comedian Stewart Lee.
Stars: Stewart Lee, Christopher Morris, Paul Putner, Kevin Eldon
Votes: 1,749
26. The Peter Serafinowicz Show (2007–2008)
TV-14 | Comedy
A series of sketches by British comedian Peter Serafinowicz
Stars: Peter Serafinowicz, Belinda Stewart-Wilson, Paul Putner, Bronagh Gallagher
Votes: 1,298
27. Tales of the Unexpected (1979–1988)
TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Short dramas each with a twist of some kind; across the first four seasons most of these are from short stories by Roald Dahl.
Stars: Roald Dahl, Andrew Ray, Forbes Collins, Richard Johnson
Votes: 2,502
28. This Country (2017–2020)
TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy
Comedy exploring the lives of young people in modern-day rural Britain; focusing particularly on Kerry and Kurtan, two cousins living in the Cotswolds.
Stars: Daisy May Cooper, Charlie Cooper, Paul Chahidi, Trevor Cooper
Votes: 7,876
29. Shkola (2010)
26 min | Drama, Romance
It is about the whole world: about children, about parents, about teachers, about growing up and loneliness. About the closed world where strangers can't get in. About the impossibility of finding a common language with those around you.
Stars: Sayat Abadzhyan, Viacheslav Khakhalkin, Anna Shepeleva, Aleksey Maslodudov
Votes: 959
30. The Leftovers (2014–2017)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Three years after the disappearance of 2% of the global human population, a group of people in a small New York community try to continue their lives while coping with the tragedy of the unexplained nature of the event.
Stars: Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman, Christopher Eccleston, Liv Tyler
Votes: 112,479
31. Is It Bill Bailey? (1998– )
30 min | Comedy, Music
Stand-up and sketch show from the bastion of bewilderment.
Stars: Bill Bailey, Simon Pegg, Forbes Masson, Geraldine McNulty
Votes: 296
32. Insecure (2016–2021)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Follows the awkward experiences and racy tribulations of a modern-day African-American woman.
Stars: Issa Rae, Yvonne Orji, Jay Ellis, Natasha Rothwell
Votes: 22,404
33. The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle (2007– )
Comedy
Revolving around the life of Vivienne Vyle, a daytime TV presenter/agony aunt in the mold of Trisha, the show focuses on not only the problems of her guests but the problems Vivienne faces herself in regards to her love and home life.
Stars: Jennifer Saunders, Miranda Richardson, Conleth Hill, Jason Watkins
Votes: 406
34. Upstart Crow (2016–2020)
TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy, History
Satirical Blackadderesque sitcom about how friends, family, historical circumstances, and his arch-rival Robert Greene, who first coined the derogatory term "upstart crow", influenced William Shakespeare to write his famous plays.
Stars: David Mitchell, Gemma Whelan, Rob Rouse, Liza Tarbuck
Votes: 3,922
35. Banana (2015)
TV-MA | 24 min | Drama
Celebrate love without labels; join eight different couples on their journey of love, heartbreak, sex, and drama.
Stars: Fisayo Akinade, Freddie Fox, Vincent Franklin, Letitia Wright
Votes: 2,598
36. Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule (2010–2017)
TV-14 | 11 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
See Dr. Steve learn about restaurants, spend time with his family, conquer his fears, and more. Featuring guest appearances by Jan Skylar, Wayne Skylar, and David Liebe Hart.
Stars: John C. Reilly, Carol Kraft, Doug Foster, Scott Stewart
Votes: 6,890
37. Smack the Pony (1999–2017)
TV-14 | 24 min | Comedy
Three female comics perform sketches dealing with a wide variety of topics, from irritating flatmates to workplace issues to people who pretend to be ill to get free things or special treatment.
Stars: Fiona Allen, Doon Mackichan, Sally Phillips, Sarah Alexander
Votes: 2,258
38. Mr. Bean (1990–1995)
Not Rated | 25 min | Comedy, Family
Bumbling, childlike Mr. Bean has trouble completing the simplest of day-to-day tasks, but his perseverance and resourcefulness frequently allow him to find ingenious ways around problems.
Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Matilda Ziegler, Robin Driscoll, Matthew Ashforde
Votes: 133,809
39. Frankie Goes to Russia (2018)
Documentary, Comedy, Sport
Comedian Frankie Boyle visits Russia ahead of the 2018 World Cup. He explores Russian football and culture, and examines the current relationship between Russia and the West following recent controversial geo-political events.
Stars: Frankie Boyle, Valery Rodin, Sergei Kalenik, Denis McGoalach
Votes: 90
40. Olive Kitteridge (2014)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama
A middle-school math teacher Olive and her marriage with Henry which spans 25 years.
Stars: Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins, Ann Dowd, Ken Cheeseman
Votes: 26,131
41. Mum (2016–2019)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
After the death of her husband, a woman attempts to rebuild her life while surrounded by her sometimes problematic family and friends.
Stars: Lesley Manville, Peter Mullan, Sam Swainsbury, Lisa McGrillis
Votes: 3,702
42. Devs (2020)
TV-MA | 51 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A computer engineer investigates the secretive development division in her company, which she believes is behind the disappearance of her boyfriend.
Stars: Sonoya Mizuno, Nick Offerman, Jin Ha, Cailee Spaeny
Votes: 48,084
43. Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone (2022)
Documentary, History
What it felt like to live through the collapse of communism and democracy.
Votes: 980
44. How to with John Wilson (2020–2023)
TV-MA | 30 min | Documentary, Comedy
An anxious New Yorker attempts to give everyday advice while dealing with his own personal issues.
Stars: John Wilson, Kyle MacLachlan, Niko Nelson, Justin A. Martell
Votes: 13,338
45. Fun to Imagine (1983– )
Documentary
Richard Feynman, theoretical physicist, enjoys thinking aloud about the adventures science can offer.
Star: Richard Feynman
Votes: 121
46. The Curse (2023– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
A newlywed couple struggle to make their vision for eco-living a reality in a small New Mexico town.
Stars: Emma Stone, Nathan Fielder, Benny Safdie, Hikmah Warsame
Votes: 12,028
47. Nathan for You (2013–2017)
TV-14 | 30 min | Documentary, Comedy
Nathan Fielder uses his business degree and life experiences to help real small businesses turn a profit. But because of his unorthodox approach, Nathan's genuine efforts to do good often draw real people into an experience far beyond what they signed up for.
Stars: Nathan Fielder, Anthony Filosa, Salomon Flores, William Heath
Votes: 38,531
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