Citizen Khan

Series Similar to Citizen Khan

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

1. Friday Night Dinner

   2011 · Comedy, Family · ended

   Recommended for similar Family profile, highly rated (8).

   For the Goodman family, Friday Night Dinner is just like Sunday lunch: just take two days away, change the meal to dinner, and you've pretty much got it. Adam and his brother, Jonny, view Friday night dinner as a necessary annoyance - necessary because they get fed, and annoying because, well, they have to spend the evening with mum and dad.

2. Cradle to Grave

   2015 · Comedy, Family · ended

   Recommended for similar Family profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   In Cradle to Grave, 15-year-old Danny Baker is the guide through the ups and downs of life with the family. Fred ‘Spud' Baker is a proud south London docker with a penchant for cheeky scheming. Wife Bet loves him deeply but longs for the family to go 'straight' and play by the rules. With eldest daughter Sharon's looming wedding, the docks facing closure, and Danny's struggles to get closer to the opposite sex, times are tough.

3. After You've Gone

   2007 · Comedy, Family · ended

   Recommended for similar Family profile, also on BBC One.

   Family sitcom following the misadventures of the only man in Britain to get divorced and end up with his mother-in-law.

4. Summer Heights High

   2007 · Drama, Comedy, Family · ended

   Recommended for similar Family profile, hidden gem.

   Over one term, a documentary crew films the everyday activities of Summer Heights High and the revelations are hilarious, absurd and frequently shocking.

5. The Kennedys

   2015 · Comedy, Family · ended

   Recommended for similar Family profile, also on BBC One.

   Multi-generation family sitcom set in the 1970s, loosely based on Emma Kennedy's memoirs. The Kennedy family pursue every opportunity they can to climb the social ladder on their housing estate.

6. Crowded

   2016 · Comedy, Family · ended

   Recommended for similar Family profile, hidden gem.

   No more sex, booze and paying the bills naked. After 20 years of parenting, empty nesters Mike and Martina are finally reclaiming their wild side. But when both of their two grown daughters unexpectedly move back in and Mike's parents scratch their plans to spend their golden years in Florida, their roost is full again. From Executive Producer Sean Hayes, this new (and very timely) family comedy proves that life is crazy with a full house, especially the second time around.

7. The Suite Life on Deck

   2008 · Comedy, Children, Family · ended

   Recommended for similar Family profile, hidden gem.

   The Suite Life on Deck is a nautical series that finds Zack and Cody aboard the S.S. Tipton, a luxury passenger cruise liner owned by London's father. The ship cruises the world with tourists and students who attend classes at Seven Seas High, the one high school that London's dad thinks will make his daughter a better student. While out at sea, Zack and Cody still have their compass pointed towards mischief, and London learns to live a "fabu-less" lifestyle, including sharing a small room with Bailey, a country girl from Kansas.

8. Mum

   2016 · Drama, Comedy, Family · ended

   Recommended for similar Family profile, hidden gem.

   Subtle family sitcom following Cathy as she moves on from the death of her husband. Starting with the funeral in January and ending on New Year's Eve, the story unfolds through the events of a year.

9. Liv & Maddie

   2013 · Drama, Comedy, Family · ended

   Recommended for similar Family profile, hidden gem.

   Liv & Maddie follows 16-year-old identical twin sisters Liv, a Hollywood star who has returned home to Wisconsin, and Maddie, a hometown basketball star, as they experience the highs and lows of high school, bothersome brothers and each other's differences.

10. Peter Kay's Car Share

    2015 · Comedy · ended

    Recommended for similar Comedy profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem, also on BBC One.

    John and Kayleigh have been thrown together in a company car share scheme.