Items20The creator’s order
  1. 1Alma's Not Normal (2020)Alma's Not Normal (2020) 7.9/10 on IMDbFirst aired 7 Apr 2020Alma's plans to become a performer have to coexist with insecure work, a difficult family and the practical business of getting through a week. Sophie Willan makes Bolton life funny without sanding away its costs. The strongest reason to start here is that ambition belongs to a woman who does not…0
  2. 2This Country (2017)This Country (2017) 8.4/10 on IMDbFirst aired 8 Feb 2017Kerry and Kurtan live in a Cotswolds village that looks much more comfortable from a visitor's point of view. Limited work, boredom and tiny local status battles shape the mockumentary's jokes. It is an excellent comic antidote to treating rural Britain as either an expensive escape or a place…0
  3. 3Early Doors (2003)Early Doors (2003) 8.6/10 on IMDbFirst aired 12 May 2003A small Manchester pub gives ordinary conversation room to become funny without needing a spectacular event every episode. Jobs, money and loneliness sit behind the regulars' routines. The warmth comes from knowing the company rather than pretending their lives are picturesque, making it a good…0
  4. 4The Royle Family (1998)The Royle Family (1998) 8.2/10 on IMDbFirst aired 14 Sept 1998The Manchester family's sofa, meals and television habits are enough to sustain a whole comic world. Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash let money worries and unequal domestic labour emerge through what gets said while everybody is apparently doing very little. Its affection never requires the family to…0
  5. 5Shameless (2004)Shameless (2004) 8.0/10 on IMDbFirst aired 13 Jan 2004The original 2004 Manchester series gives the Gallagher children appetite, ingenuity and agency inside circumstances that repeatedly narrow their choices. Its early family-centred stories are the best starting point. The outrageous behaviour is entertaining in itself, while care, paid work and the…0
  6. 6Brassic (2019)Brassic (2019) 8.4/10 on IMDbFirst aired 22 Aug 2019Vinnie and his friends' schemes grow out of limited options, fierce loyalties and a talent for making the available solution much worse. The northern crime comedy is knowingly heightened rather than a realistic account of every working-class life. Choose it for resourcefulness and group chemistry,…0
  7. 7Rain Dogs (2023)Rain Dogs (2023) 7.0/10 on IMDbFirst aired 6 Mar 2023Costello's need for somewhere to live makes her friendship with the wealthy Selby dangerously unequal. Daisy May Cooper gives the aspiring writer stubborn talent and a difficult personality, rather than making her a spotless deserving-poor figure. Housing insecurity changes what a person can safely…0
  8. 8In My Skin (2018)In My Skin (2018) 8.2/10 on IMDbFirst aired 14 Oct 2018Bethan tries to control what school friends can see of her home, and that effort is as important as the usual adolescent search for belonging. The Welsh drama is funny, intimate and sometimes deeply upsetting. Its class insight is in the work of concealment: appearing ordinary can require more…0
  9. 9Ladhood (2019)Ladhood (2019) 7.3/10 on IMDbFirst aired 24 Nov 2019An adult Liam revisits his Leeds-area teenage years to understand habits he has carried into a more socially mobile life. The comedy catches the gap between learning new cultural signals and feeling comfortable using them. A particularly good fit for anyone who recognises the effort of moving…0
  10. 10Daddy Issues (2024)Daddy Issues (2024) 6.8/10 on IMDbFirst aired 15 Aug 2024Pregnant Gemma ends up sharing a home with her newly single father, whose practical skills leave plenty to be desired. Aimee Lou Wood and David Morrissey make the arrangement funny without giving either character limitless options. The Stockport setting and awkward dependence matter: starting again…0