BBC's box set bonanza

iPlayer adds scores of shows for Christmas

The BBC is putting a raft of box sets on to iPlayer this Christmas as it takes on the might of Netflix.

The likes of Inside No. 9, The League Of Gentlemen, Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle and Outnumbered are being added to the contemporary offerings on the on-demand players.

In total more than 100 box sets will be made available across comedy, drama and children’s programming.

Charlotte Moore, BBC director of content, stressed the home-grown nature of iPlayer compared to US-dominated Netflix or Amazon Prime.

She said: ‘It’s a very special collection of British programming that we know people will love and a chance for everybody to spoil themselves with some real treats over the Christmas period.

The full list of comedy programmes to be made available is:
Bad Education
Blackadder Goes Forth
Bluestone 42
Citizen Khan
Cuckoo
Enterprice
Extras
Flat TV
Fleabag
Gavin & Stacey
Hold The Sunset
Inside No. 9
The League Of Gentlemen
Luisa Omielan's Politics For Bitches
Man Like Mobeen
The Mighty Boosh (Series 1)
Miranda
Mrs Brown’s Boys (Christmas Specials)
Outnumbered
People Just Do Nothing
Pls Like
Pramface
Siblings
Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle
Still Game (Series 7-8)
Still Open All Hours
Sunny D
The Young Offenders
This Country
Tourist Trap
Two Doors Down
Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps
Uncle
Upstart Crow
Vic & Bob’s Big Night Out (2017-18)