The Best TV Shows on E4

Every E4 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Boasting a rich catalog, E4 features more than 20 shows, with broadcasting dates ranging from 2001 to 2020. Notable series such as As If and The Salon from E4 first graced the screens in 2001 and 2003. Explore our list of the top rated shows up to date from October 2025 that includes over 20 unique series.

  • Maxxx
    Maxxx (2020)8.8

    Sitcom that centres around formerly famous boyband star turned drug-shamed tabloid laughing stock Maxxx. He's down, but not out... he's trying to make a comeback to prove to the world - but mostly to his famous supermodel ex-girlfriend - that he's not the massive loser everyone says he is.

  • 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.

  • The Inbetweeners
    The Inbetweeners (2008)7.7

    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.

  • As If
    As If (2001)7.5

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

  • Big Brother's Big Mouth
    Big Brother's Big Mouth (2004)7.5

  • 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...

  • Chewing Gum
    Chewing Gum (2015)7.2

    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!

  • 8 Out of 10 Cats
    8 Out of 10 Cats (2005)7.1

    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".

  • Virtually Famous
    Virtually Famous (2014)7.0

    Virtually Famous was 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.

  • Dead Pixels
    Dead Pixels (2019)6.6

    Meg, Nicky and Usman's lives all revolve around their obsession for the massively popular fantasy game "Kingdom Scrolls" – a mystical, magical and most importantly virtual world of wizards and wyverns. But when gaming n00b Russell bumbles into their team, the group find themselves increasingly forced to deal with the real world.

  • PhoneShop
    PhoneShop (2010)6.3

    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.

  • 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)5.7

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

  • The Aliens
    The Aliens (2016)5.6

    Nearly 40 years ago aliens crash-landed in the UK. They look like us, but are forced to live in a ghetto. Border control officer Lewis falls in love with one.

  • Married at First Sight UK
    Married at First Sight UK (2015)5.2

    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.

  • 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.

  • The Salon
    The Salon (2003)N/A

    The Salon was a British reality TV show where various members of the public were invited daily to have treatments in a studio built beauty salon situated in Balham, south-west London, and in the second series, a purpose-built studio inside the Trocadero, Piccadilly Circus.