Back to Life

Series Similar to Back to Life

If you enjoyed Back to Life, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. Class of '07

   2023 · Drama, Comedy · returning

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile.

   Class of '07 is a comedy about a never-ending high school reunion with life-and-death stakes. When an apocalyptic tidal wave hits during the 10-year reunion of an all-girls high school, a group of women must find a way to survive atop the island peak of their high school campus. Now freshly entangled in decade-old drama, their greatest threat to survival isn't the end of the world, but each other.

2. Big Mood

   2024 · Comedy · returning

   Recommended for similar Comedy profile.

   Best friends Maggie and Eddie have lived in each other's pockets for ten years, through thick, thin, and multiple challenging eyebrow trends. But with the rest of their lives looming, careers hanging in the balance, and Maggie's bipolar disorder making an unwelcome return to form, Eddie begins to question whether this friendship is really in their best interests.It's a pivotal point in both their lives, bringing to the surface those all-important questions – could sleeping with your former History teacher be the key to happiness? Is a basement Rat Hotel a functional alternative to pest control? How do you stop your new psychiatrist giving you worry dolls? With their twenties behind them, Maggie and Eddie's relationship faces the future – can it survive?

3. State of the Union

   2019 · Drama, Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile.

   State of the Union explores the world of Louise and Tom as they attempt to repair their crumbling marriage through weekly marital therapy sessions. Before each appointment, the couple meets at a pub where they delve into how they came together and, how eventually, their marriage fell into disrepair. Throughout each episode, audiences are provided with an honest and humorous take on contemporary relationships.

4. Am I Being Unreasonable?

   2022 · Drama, Comedy, Thriller · returning

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile.

   Nic is grieving a loss that she can't share with anyone whilst stuck in a depressing marriage. Only her son, Ollie who she adores, keeps her going. But when Jen arrives in town her life is lit up with laughter and through this kindred soul her dark secret starts to bubble up.

5. Some Girls

   2012 · Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Comedy profile, hidden gem, also on BBC Three.

   A comedy about group of quirky teenage girls who live on the same inner city estate.

6. Fried

   2015 · Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Comedy profile, hidden gem, also on BBC Three.

   Comedy series about the daily lives of the disgruntled employees at a London fried chicken shop.

7. Fleabag

   2016 · Drama, Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile, highly rated (8), also on BBC Three.

   Meet Fleabag. She's not talking to all of us - she's talking to you. So why don't you pop your top off and come right in?

8. How Not to Live Your Life

   2008 · Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Comedy profile, hidden gem, also on BBC Three.

   Sitcom about 20-something Don, a man with bad luck and even worse instincts.

9. Uncle

   2014 · Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Comedy profile, hidden gem, also on BBC Three.

   Uncle stars stand-up comedian and singer/songwriter Nick Helm as Andy, a dissolute out-of work musician who forges an unlikely alliance with his 12-year-old nephew Errol after being morally blackmailed into looking after him by his chaotic sister Sam – all on the day Andy was planning to kill himself.

10. United States of Tara

    2009 · Drama, Comedy · ended

    Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile.

    She's got a husband, two kids and multiple personalities. Emmy® and Golden Globe® winner Toni Collette never knows what or who will happen in this smart, unique and totally unpredictable Showtime Original Comedy Series from executive producer Steven Spielberg. Tara's Alters include "T" the wild-child teenager, "Buck" the rough and tumble biker dude, and "Alice" the type-A homemaker. But with a family that loves her just the way she is. Tara never gives up hope that someday she can just be herself.