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  • Jason Sudeikis in Ted Lasso (2020)

    1. Ted Lasso

    2020– 35 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.8 (402K)
    American college football coach Ted Lasso heads to London to manage AFC Richmond, a struggling English Premier League soccer team.
    CreatorsBrendan HuntJoe KellyBill LawrenceStarsJeremy SwiftJason SudeikisHannah Waddingham
  • Gary Oldman and Jack Lowden in Slow Horses (2022)

    2. Slow Horses

    2022– 37 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.3 (113K)
    A dysfunctional team of MI5 agents navigate the espionage world's smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.
    StarsGary OldmanJack LowdenKristin Scott Thomas
  • Simon Farnaby, Jim Howick, Martha Howe-Douglas, Ben Willbond, Charlotte Ritchie, Mathew Baynton, Laurence Rickard, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, and Lolly Adefope in Ghosts (2019)

    3. Ghosts

    2019–202335 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.4 (30K)
    A group of spirits restlessly squabble in an abandoned country house. To their despair, a young couple inherits the house with hopeful plans to renovate it into a luxury hotel.
    CreatorsMathew BayntonJim HowickLaurence RickardStarsLolly AdefopeMathew BayntonSimon Farnaby
  • Trying (2020)

    4. Trying

    2020–202433 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.0 (14K)
    All Jason and Nikki want is a baby, but it's the one thing they just can't have. So, they decide to adopt. With their dysfunctional friends, screwball family and chaotic lives will the adoption panel think they're ready to be parents?
    CreatorAndy WoltonStarsRafe SpallEsther SmithSian Brooke
  • Phoebe Waller-Bridge in Fleabag (2016)

    5. Fleabag

    2016–201912 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.7 (227K)
    Series 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.
    CreatorPhoebe Waller-BridgeStarsPhoebe Waller-BridgeSian CliffordOlivia Colman
  • The IT Crowd (2006)

    6. The IT Crowd

    2006–201327 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.5 (171K)
    The comedic misadventures of Roy, Moss and their grifting supervisor Jen, a rag-tag team of IT support workers at a large corporation headed by a hotheaded yuppie.
    StarsChris O'DowdRichard AyoadeKatherine Parkinson
  • Greg Davies and Alex Horne in Taskmaster (2015)

    7. Taskmaster

    2015– 182 epsTV-14TV Series
    9.0 (25K)
    Five comedians are set tasks challenging their creativity and wit. The tasks are supervised by Alex Horne but the Taskmaster, Greg Davies, always has the final word.
    StarsGreg DaviesAlex HorneKerry Godliman
  • Peter Capaldi in The Thick of It (2005)

    8. The Thick of It

    2005–201224 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.7 (28K)
    The Minister for Social Affairs is continually harassed by Number 10's policy enforcer and dependent on his not-so-reliable team of civil servants.
    CreatorArmando IannucciStarsChris AddisonJames SmithPeter Capaldi
  • Tanya Moodie, Lucy Punch, Paul Ready, Anna Maxwell Martin, Diane Morgan, and Philippa Dunne in Motherland (2016)

    9. Motherland

    2016–202220 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.0 (9.9K)
    This is a programme about navigating the trials and traumas of middle-class motherhood. It looks at the competitive side and unromantic take on parenting--not the cute, acceptable face of motherhood.
    CreatorsSharon HorganHolly WalshGraham LinehanStarsAnna Maxwell MartinLucy PunchDiane Morgan
  • David Mitchell and Robert Webb in Peep Show (2003)

    10. Peep Show

    2003–201554 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.7 (71K)
    Mark 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.
    CreatorsJesse ArmstrongSam BainAndrew O'ConnorStarsDavid MitchellRobert WebbMatt King
  • Carrie Fisher, Caroline Lena Olsson, Ashley Jensen, Frances Tomelty, Michaela Watkins, Sharon Horgan, Sarah Niles, Sanchia McCormack, Tina Simmons, Catherine Skinner, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Susannah Fielding, Claire Dargo, Yemisi Oyinloye, Sonny Hyman, Dexter Hyman, and Danielle Harrison in Catastrophe (2015)

    11. Catastrophe

    2015–201924 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.2 (25K)
    American man Rob gets Irish woman Sharon pregnant when they hook up for a week while he is on a business trip in London.
    StarsSharon HorganRob DelaneyMark Bonnar
  • James Buckley, Blake Harrison, Simon Bird, and Joe Thomas in The Inbetweeners (2008)

    12. The Inbetweeners

    2008–201018 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.4 (98K)
    Follows four friends and their antics during their final years of school.
    StarsSimon BirdJames BuckleyBlake Harrison
  • This Is Going to Hurt (2022)

    13. This Is Going to Hurt

    20227 epsTV-14TV Mini Series
    8.4 (21K)
    Set on Labour Ward with all its hilarity and heart-lifting highs but also its gut-wrenching lows, the show delivers a brutally honest depiction of life as a junior doctor on the wards, and the toll the job can take back home.
    CreatorAdam KayStarsBen WhishawAmbika ModRory Fleck Byrne
  • Billie Piper in I Hate Suzie (2020)

    14. I Hate Suzie

    2020– 11 epsTV-MATV Series
    6.9 (4.3K)
    A female celebrity has her whole life upended when her phone is hacked and a photo of her in an extremely compromising position emerges.
    CreatorsBillie PiperLucy PrebbleStarsBillie PiperLeila FarzadDaniel Ings
  • Zawe Ashton, Charlotte Ritchie, Kimberley Nixon, Greg McHugh, Joe Thomas, and Jack Whitehall in Fresh Meat (2011)

    15. Fresh Meat

    2011–201630 epsTV-MATV Series
    7.8 (20K)
    A comedy that follows a group of six students about to embark on the most exciting period of their lives so far, university.
    CreatorsJesse ArmstrongSam BainStarsZawe AshtonGreg McHughKimberley Nixon
  • Rowan Atkinson in Mr. Bean (1990)

    16. Mr. Bean

    1990–199515 epsNot RatedTV Series
    8.6 (143K)
    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.
    CreatorsRowan AtkinsonRichard CurtisStarsRowan AtkinsonMatilda ZieglerRobin Driscoll
  • Tamsin Greig, Paul Ritter, Simon Bird, and Tom Rosenthal in Friday Night Dinner (2011)

    17. Friday Night Dinner

    2011–202037 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.2 (24K)
    Two siblings share their Friday-night dinners at their parents' home and, somehow, something always goes wrong.
    CreatorRobert PopperStarsTamsin GreigSimon BirdPaul Ritter
  • Matt LeBlanc in Episodes (2011)

    18. Episodes

    2011–201741 epsTV-MATV Series
    7.8 (37K)
    A couple of British TV producers move to Hollywood to export their most popular series, and find it is not what they expected.
    CreatorsDavid CraneJeffrey KlarikStarsMatt LeBlancStephen ManganTamsin Greig
  • Ricky Gervais in Extras (2005)

    19. Extras

    2005–200713 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.3 (62K)
    Andy 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.
    CreatorsRicky GervaisStephen MerchantStarsRicky GervaisAshley JensenStephen Merchant
  • Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders in Absolutely Fabulous (1992)

    20. Absolutely Fabulous

    1992–201239 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.2 (22K)
    The wild misadventures of Edina "Eddy" Monsoon and her best friend Patsy Stone, who live in a nearly constant haze of drugged, drunken selfishness.
    StarsJennifer SaundersJoanna LumleyJulia Sawalha
  • Sandi Toksvig in QI (2003)

    21. QI

    2003– 358 epsTV-PGTV Series
    8.6 (35K)
    A comedy panel game in which being Quite Interesting is more important than being right. Sandi Toksvig is joined each week by four comedians to share anecdotes and trivia, and maybe answer some questions as well.
    StarsAlan DaviesStephen FrySandi Toksvig
  • Ryan Sampson, Tom Rosenthal, and Jon Pointing in Plebs (2013)

    22. Plebs

    2013–201938 epsTV-14TV Series
    7.8 (9.7K)
    "Plebs" follows three desperate young men from the suburbs as they try to get laid, hold down jobs, and climb the social ladder in the big city--that happens to be Ancient Rome.
    StarsTom RosenthalRyan SampsonTom Basden
  • Tom Ellis, Sarah Hadland, Patricia Hodge, Sally Phillips, and Miranda Hart in Miranda (2009)

    23. Miranda

    2009–201522 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.2 (18K)
    Socially inept Miranda always gets into awkward situations; working in her joke shop with best friend Stevie, being hounded by her pushy mother, and around her crush Gary.
    StarsMiranda HartPatricia HodgeSarah Hadland
  • Katy Carmichael, Julia Deakin, Nick Frost, Mark Heap, and Simon Pegg in Spaced (1999)

    24. Spaced

    1999–200114 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.5 (60K)
    Friends 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.
    StarsSimon PeggJessica HynesJulia Deakin
  • Sarah Alexander, Gina Bellman, Richard Coyle, Jack Davenport, Kate Isitt, and Ben Miles in Coupling (2000)

    25. Coupling

    2000–200428 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.5 (49K)
    Six best friends talk about all aspects of sex and relationships on their never-ending quest to find true love.
    StarsJack DavenportGina BellmanSarah Alexander

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