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Jan 25, 2020 · Last Updated on January 25, 2020 by Stefanie Hutson. It was a great year for British television. Today, as we close out the year, we wanted to take a look back at the new British TV series and miniseries that premiered in 2019. Please note that not all of these shows are legally available to stream in the US.
- Bumps
- Code 404
- Feel Good
- Hitmen
- In My Skin
Available to stream on BBC iPlayer A Comedy Playhouse commission for BBC One, Bumps comes from Psychobitches and Tracey Ullman’s Show writer-actor Lucy Montgomery (pictured) and The Life Of Rock With Brian Pern‘s Rhys Thomas. The half-hour pilot is a modern family comedy that centres on Amanda Redman’s character Anita, a divorcee in her sixties wit...
After 2019’s pilot, Sky ordered six episodes of this sci-fi comedy starring Daniel Mays (Line Of Duty, Vera Drake) and Stephen Graham (Boardwalk Empire, The Virtues), written by Mongrels and Not Going Out’s Daniel Peak. It’s a buddy cop drama set in the near future, which sees crime-fighting duo DI John Major (Mays) and DI Roy Carver (Graham) first...
Stand-up Mae Martin co-wrote her autobiographically inspired six-episode series with Joe Hampson, which formerly went by the working title Mae and George and is now called Feel Good. It aired on E4 in the UK and Netflix around the world, and follows Martin’s life as a comedian and recovering addict, and the complications of her new relationship wit...
Comedy double act Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins get in on the Killing Eve game as contract killers in this new Sky series. Unlike Villanelle though, these two are decidedly unsmooth operators. Their hits are, according to the press release, “inevitably derailed by incompetence, bickering, and inane antics.” Sherlock’s Amanda Abbington co-stars, alon...
Kayleigh Llewellyn’s autobiographically inspired 2018 pilot is now a four-part comedy series for the BBC. It’s the raw but ultimately uplifting story of teenager Bethan’s attempts to conceal from her schoolfriends a chaotic homelife with a mother sectioned in a mental health facility and a dad in the Hell’s Angels. Here’s a clipfrom the Comedy Slic...
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- After Life (2019 – Current) After Life follows the story of Tony, a widower who decides he's tired of playing nice. Ricky Gervais writes, directs, and stars.
- Avenue 5 (2020 – Current) Avenue 5 follows the passengers on a cruise ship as they travel through space. After a catastrophe, the passengers grapple for control with the ship's crew.
- Back to Life (2019 – ?) Mira has spent the last 18 years of her life in prison after committing a terrible crime in her teens. Returning home, she wants to move on and get her life started, but the community hasn't forgotten her crime.
- Clarkson's Farm (2021 – Current) This Amazon Prime docuseries follows Jeremy Clarkson as he attempts to manage his 1,000 acre farm in the worst weather British farmers have seen in decades.
15 April 2019. ( 2019-04-15) 5.50. Alison and Mike Cooper, a young married couple, are shocked to inherit the formerly great estate of Button House from a distant relative of hers. However, it is haunted by a collection of invisible and intangible ghosts who died across Britain's history from prehistoric times to 1993.
Jan 8, 2020 · New British comedy TV series from 2019: BBC, Sky, Channel 4, E4, Dave, Gold. From Back To Life to This Way Up via Dead Pixels, here are the new British TV comedies we enjoyed in...
Jan 2, 2019 · The TV shows to watch in 2019. 2 January 2019. By Eddie Mullan,Features correspondent. Amazon Prime Video. In Good Omens, David Tennant's demon and Michael Sheen's angel try to prevent the ...
Jun 16, 2021 · Whether you're a fan of standup, enjoy hilarious sketch shows, or if comedy drama is more your thing, there is something for everyone to enjoy. Here is our round up of the best BBC comedies available, how many series there are and how long each episode lasts.
