Gap Year (2017)

The backpacking trip that keeps falling apart. Tom Basden's E4 comedy-drama follows a motley gang of travelers on a three-month trek across China, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Nepal, with Tim Key in a scene-stealing role. It's warmer than most picks here, but the jokes come from the things that go wrong on a long trip: plans collapsing, falling out with the people you came with and pretending you're having the time of your life. A single eight-episode season, good for anyone who has come home from a gap year with stories they'd rather not tell.