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The Best TV Shows on E4

Every E4 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

A broadcaster of distinction, E4 has aired more than 20 shows between 2001 and 2016. For top-tier entertainment, E4 delivered As If and Big Brother's Big Mouth in 2001 and 2004. As of November 2024, our compilation of E4’s top-rated series boasts over 20 unique shows.

  • Skins
    Skins (2007)8.1

    Irreverent comedy drama which follows the messy lives, loves, delirious highs and inevitable lows of a group of raucous teenage friends in Bristol.

  • My Mad Fat Diary
    My Mad Fat Diary (2013)8.1

    Set in 1996 in Lincolnshire, the show tells the tragic and humorous story of a very troubled young girl Rae, who has just left a psychiatric hospital, where she has spent four months after attempting suicide, begins to reconnect with her best friend Chloe and her group, who are unaware of Rae's mental health and body image problems, believing she was in France for the past four months.

  • Big Brother's Big Mouth
    Big Brother's Big Mouth (2004)8.0

  • Tattoo Fixers: Extreme
    Tattoo Fixers: Extreme (2015)8.0

    A number of the UK's most talented tattoo designers help clients transform their tattoo mistakes into works of art. It is estimated that one in six British people who opt to go under the needle later regret their decision. Outrageous artwork, inappropriate quotes or the name of an ex-partner can be chosen in haste but the results are permanent. The talented inkers meet desperate customers at a pop-up studio for their consultations. After the meeting, the client chooses whose design ideas they like best and the artist gets to work. When the session is over, the new tattoos are revealed.

  • The Inbetweeners
    The Inbetweeners (2008)7.6

    Those who remember the awkward years of adolescence can relive those painful days in this British comedy series, where the cringe-inducing humor arises from the ill-fated antics of its four protagonists. Suburban teenage friends Will, Simon, Jay and Neil, students at Rudge Park Comprehensive, attempt to navigate the social scene, attract members of the gentler sex, and saunter among the cool crowd. However, despite their best efforts, the four hapless lads usually end up on the side of the nerds.

  • Misfits
    Misfits (2009)7.6

    When five young outsiders on Community Service get caught in a strange storm, they discover that they have developed superpowers.

  • Chewing Gum
    Chewing Gum (2015)7.3

    The life of Tracey, a religious, Beyoncé-obsessed 22-year-old living in an estate in Tower Hamlets, and the mishaps of her neighbourhood, friends and family. Oh, and obvs her boyfriend!

  • Dead Set
    Dead Set (2008)7.2

    Zombies are rampaging throughout Britain. Blissfully unaware of gory events outside, the Big Brother housemates are in for the ultimate eviction night...

  • As If
    As If (2001)7.0

    Jamie, Sooz, Nicki, Alex, Sasha and Rob - all friends, all around eighteen, and all stars in their own drama.

  • 8 Out of 10 Cats
    8 Out of 10 Cats (2005)7.0

    8 Out of 10 Cats is a British television comedy panel game produced by Zeppotron for Channel 4. It was first broadcast on 3 June 2005. The show is based on statistics and opinion polls, and draws on polls produced by a variety of organizations and new polls commissioned for the programme, carried out by company Harris Poll. The show's title is derived from a well-known advertising tagline for Whiskas cat food, which originally claimed that "8 out of 10 cats prefer Whiskas".

  • 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.

  • Virtually Famous
    Virtually Famous (2014)7.0

    Virtually Famous, currently presented by Chris Ramsey, is a British comedy panel game show with games based upon social media posts and videos.

  • Banana
    Banana (2015)7.0

    Through eight stand-alone stories, this series follows different aspects of LGBT life. Each episode focuses on the unique storyline of a diverse character dealing with life, loves and losses. Scotty is a young lesbian dealing with unrequited love, while Dean harbors family secrets and has an affair with a mystery man from Newcastle. Sian is torn between her lover and her overprotective mother. Helen has an ex who won't leave her alone.

  • Crazyhead
    Crazyhead (2016)6.6

    Amy and Raquel attempt to navigate their way through the choppy waters of their early twenties whilst simultaneously kicking the ass of some seriously gnarly demons. What could possibly go wrong?

  • PhoneShop
    PhoneShop (2010)6.5

    PhoneShop is a British sitcom that was first broadcast on Channel 4 as a television pilot on 13 November 2009, as part of the channel's Comedy Showcase season of comedy pilots. It was then followed by a six-episode series that was commissioned on E4 and broadcasting began on 7 October 2010.

  • Beaver Falls
    Beaver Falls (2011)6.3

    Three British graduates blag jobs at an elite American summer camp. The guys want a summer of fun, but they have to set an example to the gorgeous teenage offspring of California's rich and powerful.

  • Glue
    Glue (2014)6.1

    Overton is a small, countryside village where farming is its bread and butter and race horses are its beating heart. When the body of a local resident is found under a tractor, destructive forces are unleashed and the entire community is forced to watch their secrets exposed... chilling secrets that will change their particular way of life forever.

  • Made in Chelsea
    Made in Chelsea (2011)6.0

    Reality series following the lives, loves and awks of SW3's bright young things.

  • Hollyoaks Later
    Hollyoaks Later (2008)5.0

    Hollyoaks Later is a spin-off from the Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks. Broadcast on E4 with a late night slot, the series began in 2008, and was an annual event for the soap until 2013, when there was a break, until it returned with a special episode in 2020. Each of the original series was shown over five consecutive nights. The late night airing allowed for more sexual content, "edgier" storylines, and stronger language. Each series is a stand-alone story, although each ties in with events on the main show at the time, with the producers often taking advantage of the later broadcast time to tie up loose ends on the more violent and controversial storylines.

  • Married at First Sight UK
    Married at First Sight UK (2015)4.2

    Working with leading relationship experts, eight British singles are carefully match-made into four married couples, who each meet each other - for the very first time - at their wedding. We'll follow them as they marry, honeymoon, meet the in-laws and set up home, all the while getting to know one another more and more deeply, to see if the matchmakers have got it right and they will have a future together.