Peep Show (2003–2015)

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Plot

Award-winning sitcom. David Mitchell and Robert Webb play two dysfunctional flatmates who reveal all their inner thoughts - whether dark, stupid or embarrassing. Or, occasionally, all three...

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Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Peep Show S04E05HolidayS04E05 · 9.8Jeremy takes Mark on a stag weekend, with a rented canal boat. There, they meet two sisters, Aurora and Lucy, and their father. Jeremy falls in love with Aurora, whilst Lucy becomes sexually attracted to Mark. The father offers Mark a job in India, a way out of his impending marriage to Sophie, whilst Jeremy accidentally kills, and then eats a bit of Aurora's dog.
  2. 02Peep Show S03E03ShroomingS03E03 · 9.4Jeremy plans to throw a secret magic mushroom party in the flat, where he hopes to seduce his ex, Big Suze. But when Mark suddenly comes home from work with gastric flu, Jeremy's plans go to pieces.
  3. 03Peep Show S04E06WeddingS04E06 · 9.4It's Mark's wedding day. He is torn about whether he should go through with it or not. Jeremy discourages him but Mark continues. On the way to the reception, Sophie breaks down and runs away. Jeremy comforts Mark as the 'El Dude Brothers' are reunited.

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2003Aired 7.7Season avg
  1. S01E01Peep Show S01E01Warring FactionsSeptember 19, 2003 7.9Mark and Jeremy find themselves in competition for the same woman: Toni from next door. This is not the entire problem with Mark and his lov
  2. S01E02Peep Show S01E02The InterviewSeptember 26, 2003 7.5Jeremy faces a dilemma: money vs. art. Should he put all his time and effort into his music and try to 'make it' or should he be like Mark a
  3. S01E03Peep Show S01E03On The PullOctober 3, 2003 6.9Mark and Jeremy go to a party to try and find some long lost love, or perhaps someone for the night. At the party Mark meets a cool goth 'te
  4. S01E04Peep Show S01E04Mark Makes A FriendOctober 10, 2003 7.0Mark attends a work conference and in the process makes a new friend, Alan Johnson, which upsets the 'El Dude' partnership. This forces Jere
  5. S01E05Peep Show S01E05Dream JobOctober 17, 2003 8.3Jeremy tries to wow Toni with his new job in a music studio while Mark gets passed over for promotion in favour of Sophie, and goes slowly r
  6. S01E06Peep Show S01E06Season's bestFuneralOctober 24, 2003 8.5In the last episode of the series, death and terminal illness prove to be the keys to romantic success for Mark and Jeremy. Jeremy gets in w

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2004Aired 8.3Season avg
  1. S02E01Peep Show S02E01Dance ClassNovember 12, 2004 6.7Can you love two people at the same time? Jeremy believes you can, and his gorgeous new American girlfriend puts his taboo bashing beliefs t
  2. S02E02Peep Show S02E02Jeremy Makes ItNovember 19, 2004 8.8Jeremy is hired by an old school friend to make a soundtrack for a film he's making. Mark makes a new friend at work who turns out to hold a
  3. S02E03Peep Show S02E03Local ZeroNovember 26, 2004 8.4Jeremy wants to get closer to Nancy so he tries to impress her by joining in her volunteer work which involves working in a soup kitchen for
  4. S02E04Peep Show S02E04University ChallengeDecember 3, 2004 8.3Mark, determined to forget Sophie, makes an effort to go out with April - but manages to blur the line between enthusiastic new boyfriend an
  5. S02E05Peep Show S02E05Season's bestThe Man ShowDecember 10, 2004 9.0Mark becomes depressed about Sophie living with Jeff, but Jeremy is not sure that self-mutilation is the answer. Besides, Jeremy and Jeff ar
  6. S02E06Peep Show S02E06WeddingDecember 17, 2004 8.8Jeremy and Nancy are getting married, for visa reasons. Mark, determined to save his friend, will do whatever it takes to stop them...

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season03Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2005Aired 8.3Season avg
  1. S03E01Peep Show S03E01MuggingNovember 11, 2005 6.8Mark has a run-in with some muggers, who steal his precious blackberry - and put him off his stroke with Sophie as a result... Meanwhile, Je
  2. S03E02Peep Show S03E02SectioningNovember 18, 2005 8.6Mark and Sophie are finally beginning to go steady when Sophie is moved away from London for work. Mark is devastated, so Sophie offers phon
  3. S03E03Peep Show S03E03Season's bestShroomingNovember 25, 2005 9.4Jeremy plans to throw a secret magic mushroom party in the flat, where he hopes to seduce his ex, Big Suze. But when Mark suddenly comes hom
  4. S03E04Peep Show S03E04SisteringDecember 2, 2005 7.3Mark's plans for an enjoyable and productive week off work go out the window when his sister comes to stay. Jeremy clearly has the hots for
  5. S03E05Peep Show S03E05JuryingDecember 9, 2005 8.8Jeremy gets called for jury service but soon complicates things by falling for the defendant. Elsewhere, Mark & Sophie go clubbing.
  6. S03E06Peep Show S03E06QuantockingDecember 16, 2005 9.3Mark worries he and Sophie are drifting apart and proposes. Elsewhere Super-Hans decides to give up drugs, and Jeremy once again gets intima

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season04Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2007Aired 8.3Season avg
  1. S04E01Peep Show S04E01Sophie's ParentsApril 13, 2007 7.0Mark continues to dread the impending doom of his wedding day, still questioning his actions from the previous season. Both Mark and Jeremy
  2. S04E02Peep Show S04E02ConferenceApril 20, 2007 6.7Johnson returns, immediately taking a shine to Big Suze, proposing a deal involving her to Jeremy. Mark is caught up in Johnson's "Project Z
  3. S04E03Peep Show S04E03GymApril 27, 2007 8.2In order to avoid spending time with Sophie, Mark gets a gym membership. Whilst there he discovers that Jeremy's ex-wife Nancy is working th
  4. S04E04Peep Show S04E04HandymanMay 4, 2007 8.8Jeremy meets his hero, techno musician Russell "The Orgazoid". He ends up working as his handyman, which leads Mark to become suspicious, as
  5. S04E05Peep Show S04E05Season's bestHolidayMay 11, 2007 9.8Jeremy takes Mark on a stag weekend, with a rented canal boat. There, they meet two sisters, Aurora and Lucy, and their father. Jeremy falls
  6. S04E06Peep Show S04E06WeddingMay 18, 2007 9.4It's Mark's wedding day. He is torn about whether he should go through with it or not. Jeremy discourages him but Mark continues. On the way

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

Season05Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2008Aired 8.2Season avg
  1. S05E01Peep Show S05E01BurglingMay 2, 2008 8.3It's not so long since Mark's new bride Sophie stumbled from the car, looking in appalled fascination at her husband of ten minutes and sobb
  2. S05E02Peep Show S05E02Season's bestSpin WarMay 9, 2008 8.7Mark and Sophie return to work, while Jeremy renews his acquaintance with the depraved Super Hans, in yet another filthy, funny episode.
  3. S05E03Peep Show S05E03Jeremy's BrokeMay 16, 2008 7.8Jeremy finally runs out of money and finds himself on a downward spiral of hunger, homelessness and criminality. Meanwhile Mark needs to fin
  4. S05E04Peep Show S05E04Jeremy's MummyMay 23, 2008 8.4Jeremy's tortured relationship with his very sweet mother comes under the spotlight. It emerges that Jez has been living off handouts from h
  5. S05E05Peep Show S05E05Jeremy's ManagerMay 30, 2008 7.7Jeremy and Super Hans get a band manager and play a Christian rock festival. Mark comes along as their roadie, and learns how to have sex pr
  6. S05E06Peep Show S05E06Mark's WomenJune 6, 2008 8.5Mark gets into online gaming and live role play with Dobby and wonders whether she may be The One. Meanwhile, Mark and Sophie finally sort o

Season 5 ranked & reviewed

Season06Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2009Aired 7.9Season avg
  1. S06E01Peep Show S06E01Jeremy at JLBSeptember 18, 2009 8.2Newly promoted Mark decides to enjoy his additional power and wealth by splashing out on a boiler, a 'creamy elephant' sofa and by finding J
  2. S06E02Peep Show S06E02Season's bestThe TestSeptember 25, 2009 8.8Mark makes a final play for Dobby, the object of his desires. Meanwhile, Jeremy meets a new love, Russian émigré Elena. Both guys are determ
  3. S06E03Peep Show S06E03Jeremy in LoveOctober 2, 2009 8.2Jeremy realises that he's in love with Elena and decides to be generally less selfish to win her affection. He also thinks it might be a goo
  4. S06E04Peep Show S06E04The AffairOctober 9, 2009 7.0Mark discovers that Jeremy's girlfriend Elena has a guilty secret. But should he tell him when Jez is clearly so happy? In addition to this,
  5. S06E05Peep Show S06E05The PartyOctober 16, 2009 8.5As a last desperate hurrah before the baby arrives, Mark and Jeremy decide to throw a party. Mark sees it as his final opportunity to reigni
  6. S06E06Peep Show S06E06Das BootOctober 23, 2009 6.6Time is running out for Jeremy as Elena and Gail's marriage is imminent. However, he thinks there may be a way to get Gail off the scene and

Season 6 ranked & reviewed

Season07Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2010Aired 8.4Season avg
  1. S07E01Peep Show S07E01Season's bestSt Hospital'sNovember 26, 2010 8.7Mark and Jeremy are at the hospital awaiting the birth of Mark's baby. Sophie is determined to have a natural birth and doesn't want Mark to
  2. S07E02Peep Show S07E02Man JamDecember 3, 2010 8.2Dobby, the object of Mark's desires, is now dating a graphic designer named Simon. Both Gerrard and Mark are determined to win her affection
  3. S07E03Peep Show S07E03A Beautiful MindDecember 10, 2010 8.4Jeremy holds a book group at the flat in an effort to try and impress Zahra but apart from Mr Nice, Jeremy has never read a book. Mark is co
  4. S07E04Peep Show S07E04Nether ZoneDecember 17, 2010 8.0Mark's baby's christening day arrives and he arranges to take Jeremy to the church with him. The duo end up getting locked in the hallway of
  5. S07E05Peep Show S07E05Seasonal BeatingsDecember 24, 2010 8.6Mark has invited his parents over for Christmas dinner. Everything has been planned down to the last detail but Jeremy has become over excit
  6. S07E06Peep Show S07E06New Year's EveDecember 29, 2010 8.3Mark is depressed about Dobby on New Year's Eve but Jeremy is determined that the 'El Dude Brothers' are going to have the best night ever.

Season 7 ranked & reviewed

Season08Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2012Aired 7.9Season avg
  1. S08E01Peep Show S08E01Jeremy TherapisedNovember 25, 2012 8.4Mark has asked Dobby to move in with him, and Jeremy is faced with the prospect of moving out to make way. But Jeremy has been dragging his
  2. S08E02Peep Show S08E02Business Secrets of the PharaohsDecember 2, 2012 7.6Mark gets a lucky break when his book, 'Business Secrets of the Pharaohs', is accepted by a 'publisher'. Jeremy, in an attempt to kick-start
  3. S08E03Peep Show S08E03The Love BunkerDecember 9, 2012 8.2Simon, Dobby's ex-boyfriend, invites Mark, Dobby, Jeremy and Superhans to join him and his friends for a paintballing weekend. Mark is convi
  4. S08E04Peep Show S08E04Big Mad AndyDecember 16, 2012 6.3Jeremy finally agrees to leave the flat and move in with Super Hans. Mark employs a decorator, Andy, to repaint the kitchen, and Jeremy help
  5. S08E05Peep Show S08E05Chairman MarkDecember 23, 2012 7.8Jeremy, desperate to avoid living with Superhans, sparks up an old relationship with Mark's siser Sara, and moves in with her and her five-y
  6. S08E06Peep Show S08E06Season's bestQuantocking IIDecember 24, 2012 9.0Dobby is offered a job in New York by ex-boyfriend Simon. Uncertain about the offer, Dobby suggests that she and Mark spend a weekend in the

Season 8 ranked & reviewed

Season09Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2015Aired 8.4Season avg
  1. S09E01Peep Show S09E01The William Morris YearsNovember 11, 2015 8.0Time has not healed the rift between former friends Mark and Jeremy. When Jeremy has to ask for a loan, Mark sees his chance for revenge...
  2. S09E02Peep Show S09E02Gregory's BeardNovember 18, 2015 7.9Mark and Jeremy are reunited in the flat, Super Hans prepares for his wedding day, putting Mark under pressure as his best man. But there's
  3. S09E03Peep Show S09E03ThreeismNovember 25, 2015 8.8Jeremy's love life takes a surprising turn, as Mark is dealing with his own matters of the heart.
  4. S09E04Peep Show S09E04Mole-MappingDecember 2, 2015 8.3Mark's determination to get the woman of his dreams isn't hindered by the fact that she has a husband. Jeremy on the other hand is getting a
  5. S09E05Peep Show S09E05Kid FarmDecember 9, 2015 8.6Jeremy and Hans publish their first track on a football video on YouTube, but they disagree of the authorship of the lyrics. Mark takes his
  6. S09E06Peep Show S09E06Season's bestAre We Going to Be Alright?December 16, 2015 9.0It's the last ever Peep Show from the El Dude Brothers. Jeremy is turning 40 - and it's hitting him hard - while Mark makes an audacious att

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