The Best TV Shows on BBC Three

Every BBC Three Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Check out the most acclaimed shows on BBC Three, with a catalog of over 20 series updated for November 2025. Premiering in 2000 and 2001, Angry Kid and Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps are among BBC Three’s most celebrated shows. A broadcaster of distinction, BBC Three has aired more than 20 shows between 2000 and 2024.

  • Angry Kid
    Angry Kid (2000)8.4

    A unique peep show into the warped mind of a school kid on the verge of adolescence as he tries to cope with the teenage trials of body odour, love bits, and travel sickness. This snot-nosed, ginger-haired troublemaker is in a state of constant conflict with authority, usually represented by his long-suffering short-tempered Dad.

  • Fleabag
    Fleabag (2016)8.3

    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.

  • Ideal
    Ideal (2005)8.1

    Sitcom about a small-time dope dealer and his strange collection of acquaintances.

  • Doctor Who Confidential
    Doctor Who Confidential (2005)8.1

    Doctor Who Confidential is a documentary to complement the revival of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Each episode was broadcast on BBC Three on Saturdays, immediately after the broadcast of the weekly television episode on BBC One. The running time of the first two series was 30 minutes, being extended to 45 minutes in the third. BBC Three also broadcast a cut-down edition of the programme, lasting 15 minutes, shown after the repeats on Sundays and Fridays and after the weekday evening repeats of earlier seasons.

  • Normal People
    Normal People (2020)8.1

    Marianne and Connell weave in and out of each other's lives in this exploration of sex, power and the desire to love and be loved.

  • 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.

  • The Real Hustle
    The Real Hustle (2006)7.6

    A team of hustlers - Alexis Conran, Paul Wilson and Jessica-Jane Clement, try out some notorious scams on ‘marks’, filmed with hidden cameras. The aim is to reveal how scams work so that the viewer can avoid being ripped off by the same con.

  • Gavin & Stacey
    Gavin & Stacey (2007)7.5

    Gavin is an ordinary boy from Billericay, Essex. Stacey is an ordinary girl from Barry Island, South Wales. They’ve spoken on the phone every day at work for months but they’ve never actually met… until now.

  • Bluestone 42
    Bluestone 42 (2013)7.5

    Bluestone 42 is a comedy drama about a British bomb disposal detachment in Afghanistan. So what’s the average working day for a hero? Make your keen young colleague deal with the boring paperwork? Wind up your fellow employees? Flirt with the new girl on the team? Or deal with an unseen enemy who’s trying to blow you up? Bluestone 42 is a comedy drama about a bunch of soldiers who just happen to be risking their lives diffusing hidden bombs. But who says they can’t have some fun alongside the serious professional stuff? This hilarious and often surprising series follows the adventures of a bunch of diverse characters living and working together at an army base in Afghanistan. This is a show about something easily forgotten; soldiers really enjoy being soldiers, but it’s not just a show for soldiers and it’s not just about the Army: it’s also a show for anybody who has ever fallen in love, experienced status battles at work or had a fear of failure. It is packed with the lively workmate banter and relationship minefields that most people will recognise. Even if they don’t face danger on a daily basis...

  • A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
    A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (2024)7.4

    Five years after the death of schoolgirl Andie Bell, Pippa Fitz-Amobi sets out to uncover what really happened to her. Sal Singh, Andie's boyfriend, admitted to the murder before taking his own life, but Pip doesn't believe he's responsible and teams up with Sal's brother Ravi to uncover the truth. If Sal Singh isn't a murderer and the real killer is still out there, how far will they go to keep Pip from finding out the truth?

  • Torchwood
    Torchwood (2006)7.3

    The exploits of a team of people whose job is to investigate the unusual, the strange and the extraterrestrial.

  • Little Britain
    Little Britain (2003)7.1

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

  • Being Human
    Being Human (2009)7.1

    Deciding to turn over a new leaf, a group of friends who also happen to be vampires and werewolves move into a house together, only to find that it is haunted by ghosts of people who have been killed under mysterious circumstances. As they deal with the challenges of being supernatural creatures, their desire to be human bonds them.

  • RuPaul's Drag Race UK
    RuPaul's Drag Race UK (2019)7.1

    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.

  • 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.

  • Bad Education
    Bad Education (2012)6.9

    Young teacher Alfie Wickers is "the worst teacher ever to grace the British education system" – at Abbey Grove School, in Watford, Hertfordshire.

  • Cuckoo
    Cuckoo (2012)6.8

    Cuckoo is every parent's worst nightmare - a slacker full of outlandish, New Age ideas. Ken is the over-protective father of a girl who's impulsively married an American hippie on her gap year.

  • Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
    Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps (2001)6.7

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

  • Bodies
    Bodies (2004)6.4

    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".

  • 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.