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Funny series on BBC iPlayer

Proper British comedy, from cringe to cosy. These are the funniest series on iPlayer right now. You're paying for it anyway, so you might as well laugh.

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  1. Bluey

    2018 · Series · 4 seasons · 7m episodes

    Bluey is an inexhaustible six year-old Blue Heeler dog, who loves to play and turns everyday family life into extraordinary adventures, developing her imagination as well as her mental, physical and emotional resilience.

    Streaming in the UK on

  2. Fleabag

    2016 · Series · 2 seasons · 27m episodes

    A portrait into the mind of a dry-witted, sexual, angry, porn-watching, grief-riddled woman, trying to make sense of the world. As she hurls herself headlong at modern living, Fleabag is thrown roughly up against the walls of contemporary London, with all its frenetic energy, late nights, and bright lights.

    Streaming in the UK on

  3. SpongeBob SquarePants

    1999 · Series · 20 seasons · 11m episodes

    Deep down in the Pacific Ocean in the subterranean city of Bikini Bottom lives a square yellow sponge named SpongeBob SquarePants. SpongeBob lives in a pineapple with his pet snail, Gary, loves his job as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab, and has a knack for getting into all kinds of trouble without really trying. When he's not getting on the nerves of his cranky next door neighbor Squidward, SpongeBob can usually be found smack in the middle of all sorts of strange situations with his best buddy, the simple yet lovable starfish, Patrick, or his thrill-seeking surfer-girl squirrel pal, Sandy Cheeks.

  4. Ghosts

    2021 · Series · 6 seasons · 21m episodes

    Samantha and Jay throw caution to the wind when they convert their recently inherited country estate into a bed-and-breakfast. Call it mislaid plans. Not only is the place falling apart, but it’s also inhabited by spirits of previous residents -- whom only Samantha can see and hear.

    Streaming in the UK on

  5. Red Dwarf

    1988 · Series · 12 seasons · 30m episodes

    The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.

    Streaming in the UK on

  6. Schitt's Creek

    2015 · Series · 6 seasons · 22m episodes

    Formerly filthy rich video store magnate Johnny Rose, his soap star wife Moira, and their two kids, über-hipster son David and socialite daughter Alexis, suddenly find themselves broke and forced to live in Schitt's Creek, a small depressing town they once bought as a joke.

    Streaming in the UK on

  7. The Office

    2001 · Series · 2 seasons · 30m episodes

    Nightmare boss. Tedious colleagues. Pointless tasks. Welcome to Wernham Hogg.

    Streaming in the UK on

  8. QI

    2003 · Series · 23 seasons · 30m episodes

    Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.

  9. Twisted Metal

    2023 · Series · 2 seasons · 31m episodes

    A motor-mouthed outsider with no memory of his past is offered a chance at a better life, but only if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. With the help of a badass axe-wielding car thief, he’ll face savage marauders driving vehicles of destruction and other dangers of the open road, including a deranged clown who drives an all too familiar ice cream truck.

    Streaming in the UK on

  10. Extras

    2005 · Series · 2 seasons · 30m episodes

    Andy Millman gave up his day job five years ago in the hope of achieving the big time, but he’s yet to land a speaking part, let alone saunter down the red carpet to pick up an Oscar. He remains optimistic however, as rubbing shoulders with the A-list on-set only serves to reinforce his belief that the big time is just a job or two away.

    Streaming in the UK on

  11. Ghosts

    2019 · Series · 5 seasons · 29m episodes

    A cash-strapped young couple inherits a grand country house, only to find it is both falling apart and teeming with the ghosts of former inhabitants.

    Streaming in the UK on

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