Peep Show
Cringe comedyLaughs mined from social discomfort and embarrassment.This show: 10/10Central duoOne pair's chemistry carries everything.This show: 9/10CynicalDeeply distrustful of institutions and human motives.This show: 9/10Dry humorDeadpan, understated wit.This show: 9/10British TVThe British television sensibility: tone, restraint and format traditions.This show: 9/10Dark comedyFinding the laughs in grim and taboo material.This show: 8/10Morally grayNo clean heroes or villains anywhere in sight.This show: 8/10Unreliable narratorThe telling itself can't be trusted.This show: 7/10
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Starring
David MitchellRobert WebbMatt KingOlivia ColmanNeil FitzmauriceIsy Suttie
Written by
Jesse ArmstrongSam Bain
Starring
David MitchellRobert WebbMatt KingOlivia ColmanNeil FitzmauriceIsy Suttie
Written by
Jesse ArmstrongSam Bain
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Peep Show Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.0 | |
| S2 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 8.1 | |
| S3 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.6 | |
| S4 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 9.1 | 9.3 | |
| S5 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.3 | |
| S6 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 8.5 | 8.2 | |
| S7 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 8.2 | |
| S8 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.7 | |
| S9 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 9.0 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 8.3 |
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About
"Cringe comedy filmed from inside two broken minds"
Peep Show follows two mismatched flatmates in Croydon: Mark, a repressed, self-loathing office drone, and Jeremy, a feckless, delusional wannabe musician who never quite grows up. Shot entirely through the characters' own eyes with their internal thoughts narrated aloud, it turns everyday humiliations, bad decisions, and social anxiety into relentless, cringing comedy. The tone is bleak, petty, and often mean-spirited, but also very funny and weirdly tender underneath the awfulness. It rewards close attention to dialogue and reaction shots rather than plot, and gets darker and stranger the longer it runs.
Watch it for
the unfiltered internal monologues that expose exactly how petty and self-deceiving people really are.
Maybe skip if
you find sustained cringe, selfishness, and moral squalor hard to sit through for laughs.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
All Seasons
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Series 12003
7.97K62h 26m
Two dysfunctional flatmates, Mark and Jeremy, fumble through work, love, and life in South London, with their awkward thoughts laid bare in the show’s signature point‑of‑view style.
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Series 22004
8.26K62h 36m
Mark and Jeremy’s awkward misadventures continue in South London as Mark copes with Sophie’s shifting relationships and personal setbacks, while Jeremy pursues chaotic love, new opportunities, and questionable life choices—again seen through the show’s signature inner‑thought point‑of‑view style.
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Series 32005
8.26K62h 26m
Mark and Sophie finally start a relationship while Mark struggles with commitment and awkward life choices, and Jeremy juggles romantic complications, jury duty, and chaotic schemes—all shown through their unfiltered inner thoughts.
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Series 42007
8.76K62h 30m
With Mark and Sophie engaged, the season follows their fraught wedding preparations, growing doubts about the future, and a disastrously awkward ceremony, as Jeremy’s own escapades add to the chaos in typical cringe‑comedy fashion.
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Series 52008
8.15K62h 28m
After the fallout from the wedding, Mark awkwardly navigates new relationships while Jeremy runs out of money and pursues various schemes, leading both flatmates into fresh humiliations and misguided life choices with all thoughts laid bare.
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Series 62009
8.25K62h 27m
Mark and Jeremy face major life changes as Sophie’s pregnancy nears, Mark pursues Dobby while juggling career ups and downs, and Jeremy falls head‑over‑heels with a new love interest, leading both into chaotic choices and awkward situations seen through their signature inner thoughts.
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Series 72010
8.35K62h 26m
Mark is navigating fatherhood and awkward relationships while Jeremy pursues new love interests and half‑baked career ideas, leading to more chaotic misadventures in flat sharing life and friendships with their inner thoughts on full display.
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Series 82012
7.74K62h 25m
Mark and Dobby’s relationship hits bumps as they consider moving in together and Mark grows jealous of rivals, while Jeremy tries therapy and self‑improvement yet still finds ways to complicate their lives in classic cringe‑comedy fashion.
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Series 92015
8.24K62h 22m
In the final season, Mark and Jeremy reunite after a fallout and return to their dysfunctional routines, confronting fading hopes, awkward adult life decisions, and their enduring yet turbulent bond with humor and discomfort through their signature point‑of‑view style.
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
David Mitchell Mark Corrigan
Robert Webb Jeremy Usborne
Matt King Super Hans
Olivia Colman Sophie Chapman
Neil Fitzmaurice Jeff Heaney
Isy Suttie Dobby
Paterson Joseph Alan Johnson
Sophie Winkleman Big Suze
Jim Howick Gerard Matthew
Rachel Blanchard Nancy
Crew
Jesse Armstrong
Sam Bain
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