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The Best TV Shows on BBC Three

Every BBC Three Show Ranked From Best To Worst

BBC Three has delivered an expansive roster of over 20 shows, dating from 2001 all the way to 2024. Premiering in 2001 and 2002, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps and 15 Storeys High are among BBC Three’s most celebrated shows. Discover the best of BBC Three with our list of over 20 series, meticulously updated for April 2025.

  • Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents
    Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents (2011)10.0

    Teenagers take their first summer holiday abroad without their parents, who are secretly watching everything that unfolds.

  • 15 Storeys High
    15 Storeys High (2002)8.1

    15 Storeys High is a critically acclaimed British sitcom, set in a tower block. The main characters are Vince Clark, a misanthropic, cynical recluse played by Sean Lock, and Errol Spears, Vince's exact opposite and whipping boy, played by Benedict Wong.

  • Doctor Who: Unleashed
    Doctor Who: Unleashed (2024)8.0

    Following the same format of Doctor Who: Confidential, Steffan Powell takes audiences behind the scenes of each episode of BBC's Doctor Who.

  • The Mighty Boosh
    The Mighty Boosh (2004)7.6

    A British comic fantasy containing humour and pop-culture references. Episodes often featured elaborate musical numbers in different genres, such as electro, heavy metal, funk, and rap. The show has been known for popularising a style called "crimping"; short acappella songs which are present throughout all three series.

  • How Not to Live Your Life
    How Not to Live Your Life (2008)7.6

    Sitcom about 20-something Don, a man with bad luck and even worse instincts. Don's overactive imagination is always in full flow in the form of quick-fire fantasy sequences as he imagines what he would really like to say.

  • Twisted Tales
    Twisted Tales (2005)7.5

    Twisted Tales is a dark and stylish comedy drama series. With intense scripts written by a mix of established writers and upcoming talent, each story is a self-contained episode with a mysterious twist. The tales set out to spook the brain and tickle the funny bone, so be prepared to expect the unexpected. The series is very closely related to Spine Chillers, an earlier BBC Three series. In effect, Twisted Tales is a rebranded second series of the earlier successful production.

  • Him & Her
    Him & Her (2010)7.4

    An acutely observed, forensically honest, warts-and-all look at a working-class couple in their mid-20s.

  • People Just Do Nothing
    People Just Do Nothing (2014)7.4

    This mockumentary goes behind the microphone of Kurupt FM - the second most popular pirate radio station in West London, receiving up to eight texts per show and playing the finest in UK garage and drum 'n' bass. Co-founded by the MC Sniper and DJ Beats in 2002, the station has now built up a following of over a hundred people and has attracted the attention of the BBC who are making a documentary about the lives of those behind Kurupt FM

  • Pramface
    Pramface (2012)7.2

    Pramface is a BBC Three television comedy series starring Scarlett Alice Johnson, Sean Michael Verey, Ben Crompton, Bronagh Gallagher, Anna Chancellor and Angus Deayton. Written by Chris Reddy and produced by BBC/Little Comet, the six-part first series commenced transmission on 23 February 2012. The second series began on 8 January 2013, with the first episode 60 minutes long, as a special, and the remainder of the series consisted of the usual 30 minute episodes. The second series concluded on 19 February 2013. A third series was confirmed on 29 April 2013.

  • RuPaul's Drag Race UK
    RuPaul's Drag Race UK (2019)7.2

    RuPaul has made the trip across the pond in search of a queen with the most charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent in all the land.

  • Little Britain
    Little Britain (2003)7.1

    A zany comedy show with Matt Lucas and David Walliams, featuring characters from all over Little Britain.

  • Don't Tell the Bride
    Don't Tell the Bride (2007)7.0

    "Don't Tell the Bride" is a British reality television series in which couples are given money to fund their wedding ceremony. However, every detail of the event must be organized by the groom, who has no contact with the bride during the planning process.

  • Russell Howard's Good News
    Russell Howard's Good News (2009)7.0

    Russell Howard offers his unique perspective on the big stories dominating all of our news outlets, from online and print to broadcast, as well as picking up on those sometimes overlooked things. He uses clips, sketches and studio guests to look at things that have made him smile during the week.

  • Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
    Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps (2001)6.8

    Sitcom about the lives and loves of five twenty-somethings in Runcorn.

  • Bodies
    Bodies (2004)6.6

    Bodies is an award-winning British television medical drama produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC. Created by Jed Mercurio, the series began in 2004 and is based on his book Bodies. In December 2009, The Times ranked Bodies in 9th place in its list of "Shows of the Decade". The Guardian has ranked the series among "The Greatest Television Dramas of All-Time".

  • Snog Marry Avoid?
    Snog Marry Avoid? (2008)6.0

    Snog Marry Avoid? is a British reality television show broadcast on BBC Three, produced by Remarkable Television. The first four series were presented by Atomic Kitten member Jenny Frost, with Ellie Taylor presenting from the fifth series onwards. The show focuses mainly on transforming 'fakery obsessed' or 'slap addicts' in Britain into natural beauties by stripping them of their skimpy clothes and layers of make-up and giving them a makeunder instead of a makeover with the help of POD – the Personal Overhaul Device. POD's commentary is created by comedian Doug Faulkner and is voiced by the series 1-3 producer.

  • The Apprentice: You're Fired!
    The Apprentice: You're Fired! (2006)5.0

    The Apprentice: You're Fired!, sometimes named You're Fired!, The Apprentice: You're Hired! or You're Hired!, is a British television show made by the BBC and filmed at Riverside Studios as a spin-off from the reality TV hit The Apprentice. It was hosted by Adrian Chiles from 2006 to 2009, and Dara Ó Briain took over as host in 2010 after Chiles' move to ITV. The programme airs in a 30 minute slot after each episode of The Apprentice finishes. It was originally shown on BBC Three, but moved to BBC Two in 2007. Its format is similar to that of Big Brother's Little Brother and Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two. The final episode of each series is renamed "The Apprentice: You're Hired!" and involves interviews with the winner, the runner-up and Lord Sugar himself, and a reunion with all of the former candidates.

  • Extra Gear
    Extra Gear (2016)4.6

    Extra Gear is the brand new companion show to Top Gear, bringing tons of behind-the-scenes content to audiences for the first time. Hosted by Rory Reid and Chris Harris, the half hour after show presents exclusive new footage, interviews, and specially recorded films. Rory and Chris will also be joined by a celebrity guest or renowned figure from the motoring world to reflect on that week’s episode of Top Gear.

  • Spine Chillers
    Spine Chillers (2003)N/A

    Anthology series of black comedies, which sets out to deliver excellent stories with a darkly comic twist.

  • The Women's Football Show
    The Women's Football Show (2013)N/A

    The big names and the big games from the Women’s Super League, with highlights and analysis of all the action.