British TV Comedies on Netflix
Last updated March 09, 2025
Red Dwarf: Series 2
1988 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsSeries 2 unfolds as the mining vessel's crew, summoned by a distress signal, heads to the site of a downed spacecraft and takes on a new passenger: a service android named Kryten, who can't seem to relax.
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Little Britain
2003 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsWith an impressive lineup of quirky characters, including troubled teenager Vicky, clueless caregiver Lou, plus-sized female Bubbles and hotel manager Ray, this popular sketch comedy show cleverly pokes fun at all sectors of society.
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Red Dwarf: Series 1
1988 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsA lowly technician on the mining ship Red Dwarf, Dave Lister wakes up one day to find that a radiation leak has killed the rest of the crew and he's now the last human left in the universe.
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Red Dwarf: Series 3
1989 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsRimmer and Lester find themselves marooned on an ice planet and later decide to swap bodies. Kryten comes on board as a regular member of the crew, which encounters a shape-shifting mutant that feeds on negative emotions.
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Red Dwarf: Series 4
1991 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsThe crew encounters a heroic version of Rimmer from a parallel dimension, Kryten falls in love, and Lister's curry takes on a life of its own. Plus, Rimmer gets a chance to feed his megalomania when they stumble across a world of warring wax droids.
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Red Dwarf: Series 5
1992 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsRimmer is taken prisoner inside his own mind, Kryten is found wanting by the fearsome Inquisitor, and Lister uses the luck virus to escape quarantine. Cat, meanwhile, struts about the deck in a dazzling array of suits and sunglasses.
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Red Dwarf: Series 6
1993 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsRed Dwarf has been stolen and our intrepid heroes are hot on its trail. Starbug, unable to match its speed, has to take a shortcut to overtake it. Elsewhere, Rimmer creates a world populated by his clones and Lister gets married.
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Little Britain: Series 1
2003 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsFeaturing shamelessly puerile comedy sketches, the eight-episode premier season of this BBC3 series takes viewers on a hysterical tour of the British Isles, introducing a wealth of warped characters played by Matt Lucas and David Walliams.
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Red Dwarf: Series 8
1999 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsRed Dwarf itself was absent for most of the last series as the crew had mislaid it, but the mining spaceship now makes a welcome return, having been completely refitted and restored by Kryten's rogue nanobots.
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Little Britain: Series 2
2004 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsThe second season of this BAFTA Award-winning frenetic sketch comedy show written by (and starring) Matt Lucas and David Williams peppers the original cast of eccentrics with a few new quirky characters.
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Shameless: Series 1
2004 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsThe quirky Gallagher family includes a mum who's disappeared, a boozing dad and six very dissimilar kids: surrogate mother Fiona, moody Lip, in-the-closet Ian, bipolar Debbie, rowdy Carl and toddler Liam -- all living in a Manchester housing project.
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Red Dwarf: Series 9
2009 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsThe Red Dwarf crew travels through a portal that transports them to Earth in 2009. After realizing they're nothing but fictional TV characters, the gang frantically searches for the writer who created them.
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Red Dwarf: Series 7
1997 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsSeries 7 sees a change in crew as Rimmer flies off to fill the spaceboots of his galaxy-saving alter ego, Ace Rimmer, and Kochanski joins the ship, much to Kryten's consternation. Later, the crew finally learns who stole their ship.
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Red Dwarf
1988 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsLost in deep space aboard the gigantic mining ship Red Dwarf, hopelessly lazy technician Dave, the last human left in the entire universe, attempts to find a way back to Earth with his dead crewmate's hologram and a feline life-form by his side.
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The Office: Series 2
2002 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsMisguided middle manager David Brent is still up to his old tricks, but now there's a twist: Following a merger, David's co-worker Neil is now his boss. David does his best to put on a happy face, but the charade isn't terribly convincing.
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The Office (U.K.)
2001 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsSet in suburban London at a dysfunctional paper company, this caustic British sitcom follows the day-to-day troubles of the firm's uninspired desk jockeys while a documentary team captures every cringe-inducing moment on film.
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The Office: Series 1
2001 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsWhen it comes to workplace dysfunction, the Slough branch of the nondescript Wernham Hogg Paper Company is as good as it gets. But that doesn't stop office manager David Brent from believing he's the world's best boss.
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Twenty Twelve: Series 1
2011 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsHugh Bonneville, Jessica Hynes, Olivia Colman and Amelia Bullmore star in this six-part comedy drama about the people paddling hard beneath the water to make the Olympics happen in London in 2012.
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Pramface: Series 2
2013 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsTeens Laura and Jamie continue their unexpected journey into parenthood as they begin caring for baby Emily. Meanwhile, they have other issues to contend with, such as fitting in to new social circles, finding a sitter and jealousy.
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Pramface
2012 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsA few weeks after meeting Jamie at a party, 18-year-old Laura learns she's pregnant. But the bigger shock is finding out that her unborn child's father-to-be is only 16 years old. Are these two kids ready to be parents?
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Pramface: Series 1
2012 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsIt's a match made for comedy when Jamie Prince and Laura Derbyshire have a one-night-stand. But when 18-year-old Laura discovers a few weeks later that she's pregnant, she also learns Jamie is only 16. It's going to be a bumpy nine months.
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Twenty Twelve: Series 2
2012 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsThe documentary cameras continue to follow the men and women responsible for delivering the London Olympic Games as they battle increasingly difficult circumstances to keep the games on track and on budget.
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Mad Dogs
2011 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsWhen four childhood friends are invited to an island off the coast of Spain to celebrate their wealthy comrade's retirement, the trip quickly becomes a convoluted nightmare of lies, deception and murder.
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Twenty Twelve
2011 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsHugh Bonneville, Jessica Hynes, Olivia Colman and Amelia Bullmore star in this six-part comedy drama about the people paddling hard beneath the water to make the Olympics happen in London in 2012.
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Mad Dogs: Series 2
2012 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsFour long-time friends get together to celebrate the early retirement of a fifth friend. However, the group find themselves caught up in a world of crime and police corruption after he's murdered.
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