Comedy

Desperate Housewives

5 Episodes

Dark comedy drama exploring the complicated reality behind the apparent domestic bliss of a group of housewives in a fictitious American suburb

Sirens

6 Episodes

A team of world-weary paramedics are forced to confront the dregs of society - not to mention their own inadequacies - in this comedy drama

The Cleveland Show

5 Episodes

Cleveland Brown, from Family Guy, waves goodbye to Peter Griffin and heads back to Virginia with his teenage son to rekindle his romance with high school sweetheart Donna in this animated comedy series

Shameless

10 Series, 113 Episodes

Paul Abbott's critically acclaimed, offbeat drama about the rollercoaster lives and loves of the dysfunctional Gallagher clan

How I Met Your Mother

2 Episodes

This comedy about five friends living in New York City takes place in a continual flashback narrated by the future Ted telling the story of the erstwhile Ted's love life

Rules of Engagement

4 Episodes

US sitcom about modern relationships as seen through the eyes of two couples and a single guy

Fresh Meat

8 Episodes

Comedy drama series from the creators of Peep Show about the hilarious, and often painful, truths of being a student

School of Comedy

3 Series, 13 Episodes

New comedy sketch show starring adolescent comedic actors Will Poulter (Son of Rambow), Jack Harries and a host of other rising stars who take on the world of adults

Comedy Lab

28 Episodes

Platform for new comedy talent that has helped launch the careers of top performers such as Ricky Gervais, Dom Joly and Jimmy Carr, as well as uncovering such gems as Modern Toss and Fonejacker

Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy

3 Episodes

Psychedelic character-based comedy show half filmed and half animated, with music provided by Kasabian's Sergio Pizzorno

Allen Gregory

4 Episodes

Allen Gregory De Longpre may be just seven years old, but he's travelled the world and considers himself intelligent, sophisticated, worldly, artistic and romantic. But now he faces his biggest challenge: elementary school.

Happy Endings

4 Episodes

US comedy. Alex and Dave's wedding was going to be the happiest day of their lives; until Alex left Dave at the altar...

New Girl

4 Episodes

US comedy about a woman who moves in with three single guys after breaking up with her boyfriend

10 O'Clock Live

1 Episode

A weekly, live comedy and current affairs show hosted by David Mitchell, Jimmy Carr, Charlie Brooker and Lauren Laverne

The Inbetweeners

3 Series, 18 Episodes

Sitcom about a bunch of middle-class adolescent lads. Welcome to a world of futile crushes, sibling brawls, getting drunk too quickly and casting constant aspersions about your friends' sexuality...

Bo' Selecta!

4 Series, 24 Episodes

Meet Transylvania's most avid fan, the celebrities he stalks and those he impersonates using nothing but insulting rubber masks and a maniacal vigour. It's Avid Merrion. Thank you please.

Charlie's Angels

1 Episode

Based on the original 70s TV series of the same name, Charlie's Angels features three beautiful women who get the chance to escape their chequered pasts

Pete Versus Life

2 Series, 11 Episodes

Pete is an average bloke - apart from the lying, selfishness and laziness. He tends to overperform in these areas. But what really sets Pete apart is the two sports commentators who analyse every move he makes...

Felix & Murdo

1 Episode

In this sitcom set in Edwardian London, Ben Miller and Alexander Armstrong play a pair of 'modern' men who indulge in a drink and drugs spree while simultaneously competing in the 1908 Olympics... with no training whatsoever

PhoneShop

2 Series, 12 Episodes

Mug punters beware. The PhoneShop is ready, and most definitely open for business...

The World of Lee Evans

4 Episodes

Manic physical comedian Lee Evans stars in a series of short comedy dramas that showcase the unique talents of this former boxer turned Perrier Award-winner and film star

Comic Strip Presents...

23 Episodes

Outrageous and hilarious films from the Comic Strip team, who helped make Channel 4's early reputation as champions of alternative comedy

Father Ted

3 Series, 17 Episodes

One small island off the west coast of Ireland. Three priests. One housekeeper. A bunch of nuns - and the most consistently awful weather on the planet. Welcome to the world of Father Ted!

Fonejacker

3 Series, 16 Episodes

Turning miscommunication into an art-form, the Fonejacker is a man on a mission. He's addicted to making prank telephone calls to spread comical confusion throughout the nation...

Black Books

3 Series, 18 Episodes

Bafta-winning sitcom about the antics of foul tempered and wildly eccentric bookshop owner Bernard Black, his long-haired and long-suffering assistant, Manny, and his best (in fact only) friend, Fran

Spaced

2 Series, 14 Episodes

Surreal cult sitcom starring Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson - and more pop culture references than you can shake a light sabre at

The Inbetweeners: Top Ten Moments

1 Episode

This one-hour special counts down the 10 top moments, taken from all three series of The Inbetweeners

Distraction

2 Series, 16 Episodes

Jimmy Carr hosts the game show where brave contestants attempt to rise above such trivial distractions as cactus buzzers, nude middle-aged dancers and electrocution

The IT Crowd

4 Series, 24 Episodes

Award-winning comedy from writer Graham Linehan. Banished from the ivory towers of Reynholm Industries, the IT crowd lurk below ground, avoiding work and social contact in equal measure...

Trigger Happy TV

3 Series, 16 Episodes

Quick-fire comedy from the socially unacceptable Dom Joly, as he unleashes his twisted humour on an unsuspecting British public. Don't trust this man, and beware of the giant squirrels...

Facejacker

5 Episodes

The man of mystery returns. But he's put down his phone and now he's up close and personal!

Balls of Steel

3 Series, 19 Episodes

Mark Dolan dares a team of fearless comedians and performers to gird up their loins for the ultimate test. He and his studio audience want to know just one thing - who has the biggest Balls of Steel?

Campus

6 Episodes

Campus first appeared as part of 4's Comedy Showcase season, and now makes its full series premiere. It's set in the hotbed of academic mediocrity that is Kirke University, with the mercurial yet stubby Vice Chancellor Jonty de Wolfe at the helm.

Comedy Showcase

8 Episodes

You saw them here first... Rising stars from the UK comedy scene showcase their talents in 30-minute specials, which can also act as pilot episodes for complete new series.

Channel 4's Comedy Gala

2 Episodes

Channel 4 assembles more than 20 of the nation's best known and most loved comedians for a spectacular Comedy Gala in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity

Friday Night Dinner

6 Episodes

New sitcom from Robert Popper about the gloriously idiosyncratic Goodman family. Starring Simon 'Will from The Inbetweeners' Bird, Tamsin Greig, Paul Ritter, newcomer Tom Rosenthal and guest star Mark Heap.

Plus One

5 Episodes

Inspired new comedy about love and revenge. What do you do when your girlfriend leaves you to marry Duncan from Blue? You find the perfect date to outshine them on their wedding day, that's what...

Beehive

5 Episodes

Shiny brand new all-girl sketch show. Alice Lowe, Sarah Kendall, Barunka O'Shaughnessy and Clare Thomson present their nutsy world of oddball characters and peculiar takes on celebrity.

Modern Toss

6 Episodes

A cast of maladjusted, foul-mouthed fools star in a bang-out-of-order cartoon sketch show

Banzai

3 Series, 25 Episodes

Cult Japanese-style no holds barred betting show, often involving celebrities - always involving hilarity. Place your bets on a series of bizarre, and generally politically incorrect, wagers.

The Morgana Show

5 Episodes

Sketch-based comedy show starring new talent Morgana Robinson who showcases her skilfully crafted range of characters and impersonations of stars, including Cheryl Cole and Fearne Cotton

Peep Show

7 Series, 42 Episodes

Award-winning sitcom. David Mitchell and Robert Webb play two dysfunctional flatmates who reveal all their inner thoughts - whether dark, stupid or embarrassing. Or, occasionally, all three...

Todd Margaret

6 Episodes

In The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, the titular American bluffs his way into a great job opportunity, heading up sales in his employer's London office. All he has to do is sell several thousand energy drinks before the boss arrives...

The Kevin Bishop Show

2 Series, 12 Episodes

Celebrities are subjected to more Bishop-bashing in this follow-up to the award winning Star Stories - a quickfire sketch show that takes a rollercoaster ride through the world of TV, film and popular culture

Star Stories

3 Series, 15 Episodes

Award-winning comedy from Kevin Bishop and friends that gleefully presses its nose against the steamy window of fame. The marriages, the affairs, the dirty secrets - the hottest A-list gossip is all here!

Bremner, Bird and Fortune: The Daily Wind-Up

3 Episodes

Rory and his team give their own comic take on the run-up to the election as it builds to its climax, including up-to-the-minute monologues, interviews and pranks.

Bremner, Bird and Fortune

6 Episodes

Rory Bremner joins the two Johns - Bird and Fortune - to crank up the satirical joke machine and pour scorn on The Establishment. Razor sharp political satire that bites the hands that bleed...

Free Agents

6 Episodes

A pair of emotionally damaged talent agents find a confusing mixture of solace and infuriation in (and out of) each other's arms

Bob and Margaret

13 Episodes

Animated comedy following husband and wife 40-somethings Bob and Margaret, as they struggle with everyday life and the occasional mid life crisis