Fleabag
2016–2019BBC ThreePrime VideoComedy
Phoebe Waller-Bridge's series, which opens by looking directly at you and skips the formality of a title sequence entirely.
Fleabag opens with a main title sequence of 31 seconds.
It arrived on BBC Three in 2016, when Gavin & Stacey, The Grand Tour and Bosch were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
31sThirty-one seconds, which is more than the show's reputation for skipping formalities would suggest it has.
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