David Farnor | On 16, Apr 2022

The BBC is celebrating its 100th year with more than 1,000 box sets to watch on iPlayer.

More classic box sets than ever will be added to the streaming platform, with iconic favourites joining new shows across a range of genres. New shows include the final chapter of Peaky Blinders, This is Going to Hurt, Chloe, Mood, Louis Theroux’s Forbidden America, The Responder, Cheaters, Toast of Tinseltown, The Tourist and The Green Planet.

In the comedy arena, recent arrivals include much-loved 80s hit The Young Ones plus fellow sitcom, 2point4 Children. as well as 90s favourite dinnerladies, Keeping Up Appearances, The Royle Family, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and One Foot in the Grave as well as noughties hits like The Office, Gavin & Stacey, Miranda, Little Britain, My Family and Still Game. Delve deeper into the archive with iconic 70s sitcom Porridge, or watch a more recent classic from the 2010s with Citizen Khan, Detectorists and Still Open All Hours. During the year, these will be joined by Blackadder, Mum and Rev.

Drama range from going back to school in Waterloo Road to meeting London’s slickest con artists in Hustle or experiencing a modern take on a swashbuckling adventure in The Musketeers. There’s Luther, Happy Valley and Waking the Dead, along with Sherlock, Spooks and The Fall. For fans of Walford, take a trip down memory lane with a selection of classic EastEnders episodes, plus more than 350 episodes from 2008 to 2010.

There are also plenty of old 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 detective show New Tricks.

There’s a sizeable selection of factual box sets from the archive – from a Sir David Attenborough collection, featuring programmes such as Elsa the Lioness, Zoo Quest, Life on Earth, The Blue Planet and Planet Earth, to mouth-watering shows for foodies like Floyd on France, Madhur Jaffrey’s Flavours of India, Rick Stein’s Seafood Odyssey and Ken Hom’s Chinese Cookery. There’s also lots from Michael Palin, including Around the World in 80 Days and Michael Palin’s Hemingway Adventure and the Louis Theroux collection, featuring shows such as Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends and Louis Theroux: America’s Most Dangerous Pets.

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.”

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