The BBC is celebrating its 100th year with more than 1000 box sets to watch on iPlayer, including:

• Classic comedies like The Young Ones, 2point4 Children, Blackadder, Mum and Rev, which join favourites like dinnerladies, Keeping Up Appearances, The Royle Family and Gavin & Stacey
• Dramas including Clocking Off and New Tricks, adding to the huge selection of world-class dramas on iPlayer like Sherlock, Luther, Happy Valley and Spooks
• Factual programmes from the archive – including Sir David Attenborough and Louis Theroux collections

Dan McGolpin, Director of BBC iPlayer and Channels, says: “There’s no better time than during the BBC’s centenary year to discover a classic BBC series that you’ve never seen before or to watch one of your favourites again. From comedy series that re-wrote the rules, such as The Young Ones or The Royle Family through to ground-breaking comic drama for 2022 like This Is Going to Hurt, there’s something for everyone on BBC iPlayer.”

There’s thousands of classic box sets to watch on iPlayer to mark the BBC’s centenary year, including recent arrivals like much loved 80s sitcom The Young Ones, plus fellow sitcom, 2point4 Children. During the year, these will be joined by more comedy favourites, including Rowan Atkinson starring as Blackadder, Lesley Manville in Mum and Tom Hollander and Olivia Colman in Rev. 

There’s also great dramas on the way, including Clocking Off, the BAFTA award winning drama which followed the lives of a group of workers at a Manchester textile factory and every episode of classic detective drama New Tricks.