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After Life (TV series)
After Life is a 2019-2022 Netflix dark comedy-drama created, written, and directed by Ricky Gervais, who stars as Tony, a Tambury newspaper writer grieving his wife Lisa's death from cancer across three seasons.
Alice and Steve
Alice and Steve is a six-part British comedy-drama ('wrong-com') by Sophie Goodhart for Disney+ and Hulu, streaming from 8 June 2026, starring Nicola Walker and Jemaine Clement as best friends feuding over Alice's 26-year-old daughter Izzy, with a Canneseries Best Series win and a second season confirmed in August 2026.
Am I Being Unreasonable?
Am I Being Unreasonable? is a British BBC One comedy thriller (2022) created by and starring Daisy May Cooper and Selin Hizli, about grieving mother Nic, her toxic friendship with Jen, and a secret death; two series aired, a third and final confirmed.
Amandaland
Amandaland is a BBC One sitcom (2025-present) spun off from Motherland, starring Lucy Punch as divorced influencer Amanda Hughes, relocated from Chiswick to "SoHa" (South Harlesden), with Joanna Lumley as her mother Felicity; it won the 2026 BAFTA for best scripted comedy.
Ann Droid
Ann Droid is a 2026 BBC One sitcom created by and starring Diane Morgan as Linda, a second-hand eldercare robot for widow Sue (Sue Johnston), co-written with Sarah Kendall, six episodes, renewed for series 2.
Babylon (TV series)
Babylon (2014) is a British Channel 4 comedy-drama about the Metropolitan Police, created by Danny Boyle, Robert Jones, Jesse Armstrong, and Sam Bain, starring James Nesbitt and Brit Marling; one season.
Back (TV series)
Back is a British sitcom created by Simon Blackwell for Channel 4, starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb as foster brothers competing for control of their family pub.
Back to Life (TV series)
Back to Life: British dark comedy-drama (BBC Three/Showtime, 2019–2021), created by and starring Daisy Haggard with Laura Solon; ex-con Miri Matteson returns home after 18 years in prison; two six-episode seasons, Metacritic 88.
Bad Education (TV series)
Bad Education (TV series) is a British television sitcom created by Jack Whitehall for BBC Three, running from 2012 to 2024, centered on a secondary school and its students.
Bait (TV series)
Bait is a 2026 Prime Video British comedy-drama, six 25-minute episodes created by and starring Riz Ahmed as Shah Latif, a British-Pakistani actor auditioning for James Bond; Sundance premiere, 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, Emmy-nominated.
Big Boys (TV series)
Big Boys is a semi-autobiographical Channel 4 comedy drama (2022-2025) created and narrated by Jack Rooke, based on his Edinburgh shows Good Grief and Happy Hour, starring Dylan Llewellyn and Jon Pointing as friends at Brent University.
Boarders
Boarders is a BBC Three British teen comedy-drama (2024–2026) created by Daniel Lawrence Taylor about five Black inner-city London teens on scholarships to elite boarding school St Gilbert's; three seasons, streamed in the US on Tubi.
Brassic
Brassic is a British Sky comedy-drama (2019-2025, 7 series, 50 episodes) co-created by Joe Gilgun and Danny Brocklehurst, following Vinnie, a Lancashire man with bipolar disorder, and his petty-criminal friends in the fictional town of Hawley.
Breeders (TV series)
Breeders is a British comedy-drama (2020–2023) created by Simon Blackwell, Chris Addison and Martin Freeman, starring Freeman and Daisy Haggard as parents Paul and Ally Worsley; four series of ten 30-minute episodes on Sky and FX.
Can You Keep a Secret? (TV series)
Can You Keep a Secret? is a 2026 BBC One sitcom created by Simon Mayhew-Archer, starring Dawn French and Mark Heap as retirees who fake a death for £250,000 insurance; six episodes, Paramount+ US debut February 2026.
Catastrophe (2015 TV series)
Catastrophe (2015 TV series): British-American Channel 4/Amazon sitcom by and starring Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney, about an accidental pregnancy, marriage, and parenting; four seasons, 2015-2019, BAFTA-winning, Metascore 87.
Chewing Gum (TV series)
Chewing Gum is a British E4 sitcom (2015–2017, 12 episodes) created, written by, and starring Michaela Coel, adapted from her 2012 play Chewing Gum Dreams; it follows religious, Beyoncé-obsessed Tracey Gordon in Tower Hamlets and won Coel two 2016 BAFTAs.
Citizen Khan
Citizen Khan: BBC One British sitcom (2012–2016, five series) created by and starring Adil Ray as self-appointed Muslim community leader Mr Khan in Sparkhill, Birmingham; the channel's first Asian sitcom, drawing complaints and five-series popularity.
Come Fly with Me (2010 TV series)
Come Fly with Me: BBC One mockumentary sketch comedy (2010–2011, 7 episodes) by Matt Lucas and David Walliams, parodying Airport and Airline at fictional airline FlyLo; BAFTA-nominated, later removed from streaming in 2020 over blackface.
Crashing (British TV series)
Crashing is a 2016 British Channel 4 sitcom, also known as Phoebe Waller-Bridge's first TV series before Fleabag. Six episodes follow property guardians living in a disused London hospital; Big Talk Productions produced it, directed by George Kane, Metascore 73.
Cuckoo (TV series)
Cuckoo is a BBC Three sitcom (2012–2019, 5 series) created by Robin French and Kieron Quirke, starring Greg Davies as Ken Thompson, with Andy Samberg, then Taylor Lautner, and Andie MacDowell as successive lead guests, set in Lichfield.
Daddy Issues (TV series)
Daddy Issues is a British BBC Three/BBC One sitcom created by Danielle Ward, starring Aimee Lou Wood and David Morrissey as a pregnant daughter and her divorced dad flatsharing in Stockport; two series aired 2024 and 2025, with a third and final series commissioned.
Derek (TV series)
Derek is a British mockumentary-style comedy-drama (2012–2014) created by and starring Ricky Gervais as care home worker Derek Noakes, with Karl Pilkington, Kerry Godliman, and David Earl, on Channel 4 and Netflix.
Derry Girls
Derry Girls is a Channel 4 sitcom (2018–2022) created by Lisa McGee, about teenage friends in 1990s Derry during the Troubles, starring Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Nicola Coughlan, and Siobhán McSweeney; three seasons, 19 episodes, BAFTA and International Emmy winner.
Detectorists
Detectorists is a British BBC Four sitcom, 2014–2022, written and directed by Mackenzie Crook, starring Crook and Toby Jones as metal detecting friends Andy and Lance in fictional Danebury, Essex.
Douglas Is Cancelled
Douglas Is Cancelled is a 2024 four-part ITV1/ITVX British comedy drama by Steven Moffat, starring Hugh Bonneville and Karen Gillan, about a news anchor facing backlash over an alleged sexist joke.
Drifters (TV series)
Drifters is a British E4 sitcom (2013-2016, 24 episodes) created, written by, and starring Jessica Knappett as Meg, with Lydia Rose Bewley and Lauren O'Rourke, about three female graduates in Leeds; distinct from the 2016 anime series of the same name.
Film Club (TV series)
Film Club is a 2025 six-part BBC Three comedy drama created by and starring Aimee Lou Wood with Ralph Davis, about an agoraphobic woman, Evie, running a themed weekly film club in her mother's garage while hiding her love for best friend Noa (Nabhaan Rizwan). Premiered 7 October 2025 via Gaumont; 90% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Fleabag
Fleabag (伦敦生活) is a 2016-2019 BBC Three/Amazon comedy-drama written by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge, adapted from her 2013 Edinburgh Fringe play, known for fourth-wall breaks and six 2019 Emmy wins.
Flowers (TV series)
Flowers is a British dark comedy-drama TV series (2016–2018, Channel 4, 12 episodes) created, written, and directed by Will Sharpe, who also plays Shun. It stars Olivia Colman and Julian Barratt as Deborah and Maurice Flowers and depicts depression and bipolar disorder.