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BBC Three

12 shows, 12 sequences, oldest first.

4 of these moved between networks during their run and appear under each one.

1 sequence

Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps

2001–2011BBC ThreeComedy

Six friends in a Runcorn pub, and the sitcom BBC Three ran for nine series while the critics ignored it.

  • Season 9
1 sequence

Little Britain

2003–2006BBC Three / BBC OneComedy

A radio series moved to television, narrated as though it were a documentary about a country nobody has heard of.

  • Season 1
1 sequence

The Mighty Boosh

2004–2007BBC ThreeComedy

A stage show that became a radio series that became a television series, and kept the crimping in all three.

  • Season 1
1 sequence

Torchwood

2006–2011BBC Three / BBC OneSci-Fi

The Doctor Who spinoff that wanted to be taken seriously, opening with Cardiff, a rift and a great deal of blue light.

  • Season 1
1 sequence

Being Human

2008–2013BBC ThreeHorror

A vampire, a werewolf and a ghost sharing a Bristol rental, introduced with the flatness of a house-share advert.

  • Season 1
1 sequence

The Fades

2011BBC ThreeHorror

The unburied dead accumulating in the air above a British town, and a teenager who can see them.

  • Season 1
1 sequence

Bad Education

2012–BBC ThreeComedy

Jack Whitehall as a teacher less mature than his pupils.

  • Season 1
1 sequence

Cuckoo

2012–2019BBC ThreeComedy

A daughter returning from a gap year married to an American with no discernible occupation.

  • Season 1
1 sequence

Bluestone 42

2013–2015BBC ThreeComedy

A bomb disposal detachment in Helmand, played as a workplace comedy without pretending the work is safe.

  • Season 1
1 sequence

In the Flesh

2013–2014BBC ThreeHorror

Cured zombies sent home to the villages that killed them, opened in twelve seconds.

  • Season 1
1 sequence

Fleabag

2016–2019BBC Three / Prime VideoComedy

Phoebe Waller-Bridge's series, which opens by looking directly at you and skips the formality of a title sequence entirely.

  • Season 1
1 sequence

Normal People

2020BBC Three / HuluDrama

Twenty-four seconds and a card, for an adaptation that treats silence as its main instrument.

  • Season 1