The Best Dark Comedy Movies and TV Shows on BritBox
Finding a good Dark Comedy movie and TV show to watch can be hard, so we've ranked the best ones and included where to watch them. Check out our list of the best Dark Comedy movies and TV shows of all time streaming on BritBox.

1. Inside No. 9
What it's about: An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.
Where to Watch: 29 episodes (97%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (HBO MAX, Hulu & BritBox). 6 episodes (20%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 5 services (iTunes, Google Play & 3 others).

2. Blackadder
What it's about: Through four series and a few specials, Edmund Blackadder and his greasy sidekick Baldrick conjure up cunning plans as Edmund tries to take advantage of desperate times. These situation tragedies had obvious parallels from the Dark Ages to Elizabethan times, the rule of mad George III, and The Great War.
Where to Watch: 24 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Prime Video, Hulu & BritBox). 24 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 4 services (iTunes, Prime Video & 2 others).

3. The League of Gentlemen
What it's about: The League of Gentlemen is a British comedy television series that premiered on BBC Two in 1999. The show is set in Royston Vasey, a fictional town in Northern England based on Bacup, Lancashire. It follows the lives of dozens of bizarre townspeople, most of whom are played by three of the show's four writers—Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, and Reece Shearsmith—who, along with Jeremy Dyson, formed the League of Gentlemen comedy troupe in 1995. The series originally aired for three series from 1999 until 2002 followed by a film in 2005. A three-part revival mini-series was broadcast in December 2017 to celebrate the group's 20th anniversary.
Where to Watch: 21 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Prime Video, Hulu & BritBox). 18 episodes (86%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 2 services (Google Play & YouTube).

4. Psychoville
What it's about: Psychoville is a British dark comedy television . Pemberton and Shearsmith each play numerous characters, with Dawn French and Jason Tompkins in additional starring roles.
Where to Watch: 14 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a subscription service (BritBox).

5. One Foot in the Grave
What it's about: One Foot in the Grave is a BBC television sitcom series The series features the exploits of Victor Meldrew and his long-suffering wife, Margaret. The programmes invariably deal with Meldrew's battle against the problems he creates for himself. Living in a typical household in an unnamed English suburb, Victor takes involuntary early retirement. His various efforts to keep himself busy, while encountering various misfortunes and misunderstandings are the themes of the sitcom. The series was largely filmed on location in Walkford, near New Milton in Hampshire, although several clues show that the series may have been set in Hampshire – possibly Winchester. Despite its traditional production, the series supplants its domestic sitcom setting with elements of black humour and surrealism.
Where to Watch: 40 episodes (89%) are available to stream on a subscription service (BritBox).

6. Don't Forget the Driver
What it's about: Coach driver and single dad Peter Green leads a life of ordinary routine until the discovery of a dead body on the docile Bognor shoreline and an unsettling meeting with a new arrival in town throws his life into chaos.
Where to Watch: 8 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a subscription service (BritBox).

7. The New Statesman
What it's about: The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time.
Where to Watch: 27 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a subscription service (BritBox). 26 episodes (96%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 1 service (Prime Video).