The WORST episodes of Peep Show

Every episode of Peep Show ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Peep Show!

Mark and Jez are a couple of twenty-something roommates who have nothing in common - except for the fact that their lives are anything but normal. Mayhem ensues as the pair strive to cope with day-to-day life.

Last Updated: 8/10/2025Network: Channel 4Status: Ended
Local Zero
star
7.30
596 votes

#1 - Local Zero

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/26/2004

Jeff is going on a work trip with Sophie to Aberdeen, and Mark - fearful they will sleep together - becomes desperate to stop them...

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Warring Factions
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7.34
1014 votes

#2 - Warring Factions

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/2003

Despite being bullied on the street by the local children, Mark sets himself the task of sleeping with Toni from next door, basing his seduction technique on the Battle of Stalingrad...

Directors: Jeremy Wooding
Burgling
star
7.38
586 votes

#3 - Burgling

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/2/2008

Mark rediscovers single life after his disastrous wedding to Sophie, and he and Jeremy become victims of crime.

Directors: Becky Martin
Dream Job
star
7.38
773 votes

#4 - Dream Job

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/2003

Jeremy 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 round the twist.

Directors: Jeremy Wooding
Funeral
star
7.40
631 votes

#5 - Funeral

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/24/2003

Death and terminal illness prove to be the keys to romantic success for Mark and Jeremy...

Directors: Jeremy Wooding
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Jeremy Makes It
star
7.41
632 votes

#6 - Jeremy Makes It

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/19/2004

Jeremy meets an old classmate, Gog, who he used to bully. Gog is now successful and invites Jeremy to work on his latest art house movie.

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Conference
star
7.45
483 votes

#7 - Conference

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/20/2007

At the annual JLB conference in Kettering, Johnson tells Mark he has to give a presentation in front of the entire board.

Directors: Becky Martin
University Challenge
star
7.47
612 votes

#8 - University Challenge

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/3/2004

Mark blurs the line between enthusiastic new boyfriend and stalker. Jeremy joins a new band, but insists that he is neither a roadie nor a Bez.

The Man Show
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7.48
629 votes

#9 - The Man Show

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/10/2004

Mark becomes depressed about Sophie living with Jeff, but Jeremy is not sure that self-mutilation is the answer. Besides, Jeremy and Jeff are getting on horribly well.

On the Pull
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7.49
791 votes

#10 - On the Pull

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/2003

Mark and Jeremy go on the pull and Mark finds himself smoking pot in the Lazerbowl toilets with a teenage goth...

Directors: Jeremy Wooding
Mark Makes a Friend
star
7.51
755 votes

#11 - Mark Makes a Friend

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/2003

Mark makes a friend at a business conference - but will it turn into more than just friendship? And Jeremy is forced to consider Super Hans as a replacement flatmate.

Directors: Jeremy Wooding
Chairman Mark
star
7.54
508 votes

#12 - Chairman Mark

Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/23/2012

Jeremy, desperate to find somewhere else to live, rekindles his old relationship with Mark's sister Sara, and moves in with her and her five-year-old son, Joshy.

Directors: Becky Martin
Mugging
star
7.55
622 votes

#13 - Mugging

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/11/2005

Some muggers steal Mark's precious BlackBerry, which puts him off his stroke with Sophie. Meanwhile, Jeremy faces a tricky dilemma over the love of his life and a potential threesome.

Mole-Mapping
star
7.56
351 votes

#14 - Mole-Mapping

Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/2/2015

Mark's determination to get the woman of his dreams isn't hindered by the fact that she has a husband.

Directors: Becky Martin
Writer: Jon Brown
Sophie's Parents
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7.58
547 votes

#15 - Sophie's Parents

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/13/2007

Mark and Sophie are engaged to be married. Unfortunately Mark is having doubts; crippling doubts.

Directors: Becky Martin
Jurying
star
7.60
521 votes

#16 - Jurying

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/9/2005

Sophie and her new gay friend, Dom, take Mark to a gay club, where he pretends to take drugs. Meanwhile, Jeremy is on jury service, where he starts an ill-advised affair with the defendant.

Jeremy's Broke
star
7.61
444 votes

#17 - Jeremy's Broke

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/16/2008

Jeremy finally runs out of money and finds himself on a downward spiral of hunger, homelessness and criminality. Meanwhile, Mark needs to find a girlfriend before his birthday party.

Directors: Becky Martin
Sistering
star
7.62
599 votes

#18 - Sistering

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/2/2005

Mark's plans for a productive week off work go out the window when his sister comes to stay and, of course, Jeremy clearly has the hots for her.

Sectioning
star
7.62
569 votes

#19 - Sectioning

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/18/2005

Jeremy is forced to consider getting an old friend sectioned. And he soon realises sectioning could be a good way of getting rid of other problem people...

Spin War
star
7.64
533 votes

#20 - Spin War

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/9/2008

Mark and Sophie return to work after their non-existent honeymoon and Mark tries to deflect the inevitable bad PR attached to a jilter. Meanwhile, Jeremy and Super Hans's band play their first gig.

Directors: Becky Martin
The William Morris Years
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7.64
443 votes

#21 - The William Morris Years

Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/11/2015

Time 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...

Directors: Becky Martin
Gym
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7.65
506 votes

#22 - Gym

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/27/2007

Mark is still having doubts about marrying Sophie, so he joins a gym in order to spend as much time away from her as possible.

Directors: Becky Martin
The Love Bunker
star
7.70
607 votes

#23 - The Love Bunker

Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/9/2012

Simon, Dobby's ex-boyfriend, invites Mark, Dobby, Jeremy and Super Hans to join him and his friends for a paintballing weekend.

Directors: Becky Martin
Wedding
star
7.71
656 votes

#24 - Wedding

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/17/2004

Jeremy and Nancy are getting married, for visa reasons. Mark, determined to save his friend, will do whatever it takes to stop them...

Dance Class
star
7.72
697 votes

#25 - Dance Class

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/12/2004

Can you love two people at the same time? Jeremy believes you can, and his gorgeous new American girlfriend puts his taboo bashing beliefs to the test.