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: 11/3/2024Network: Channel 4Status: Ended
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Local Zero
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7.33
587 votes

#1 - Local Zero

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

Jeremy wants to get closer to Nancy so he tries to impress her by joining in her volunteer work which involves working in a soup kitchen for the homeless. Mark manages to get Johnson to think he is an alcoholic.

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Warring Factions
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7.35
995 votes

#2 - Warring Factions

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

Mark and Jeremy find themselves in competition for the same woman: Toni from next door. This is not the entire problem with Mark and his love life, rather, he is also lusting after Sophie, a co-worker, but finds himself at a loss with how to put his feelings into action. Jeremy is also pre-occupied, but not with love, with his music.

Directors: Jeremy Wooding
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Burgling
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7.39
575 votes

#3 - Burgling

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

It's not so long since Mark's new bride Sophie stumbled from the car, looking in appalled fascination at her husband of ten minutes and sobbed, "He's horrible!" As we return for the fifth series of this engagingly filthy comedy, Mark (David Mitchell) is getting drunk and maudlin on wedding champagne as his flatmate Jeremy (Robert Webb) urges him to go out on a double-date: "Beggars can't be choosers, she's an actual woman." Mark - remember, this is a man who once based his romantic strategy on the Siege of Stalingrad - arms himself with a copy of the Friends of the British Museum magazine and goes forth again to search for love.

Directors: Becky Martin
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Dream Job
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7.40
761 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. They then attempt to solve each other's problems with the help of phone stalking and pepper spray.

Directors: Jeremy Wooding
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Funeral
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7.42
619 votes

#5 - Funeral

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

In the last episode of the series, death and terminal illness prove to be the keys to romantic success for Mark and Jeremy. Jeremy gets in with the Christians and Mark finds the perfect venue for a first date with Sophie – a funeral. Everyone's having a great time until the paramedics arrive.

Directors: Jeremy Wooding
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Jeremy Makes It
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7.43
623 votes

#6 - Jeremy Makes It

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

Jeremy is hired by an old school friend to make a soundtrack for a film he's making. Mark makes a new friend at work who turns out to hold a fair amount of prejudice. Meanwhile, Sophie spends time with Jeff.

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Conference
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7.47
472 votes

#7 - Conference

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

Johnson returns, immediately taking a shine to Big Suze, proposing a deal involving her to Jeremy. Mark is caught up in Johnson's "Project Zeus" with his reputation at the workplace hanging in the balance. Geoff makes his first appearance of the season, and Sophie spends some alone time with Jeremy in the hotel room.

Directors: Becky Martin
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University Challenge
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7.50
599 votes

#8 - University Challenge

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

Mark, determined to forget Sophie, makes an effort to go out with April - but manages to blur the line between enthusiastic new boyfriend and stalker. Jeremy joins a new band, Executioners Bong, but insists that he is neither a roadie nor the equivalent of Bez.

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The Man Show
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7.50
617 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.

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On the Pull
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7.51
774 votes

#10 - On the Pull

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

Mark and Jeremy go to a party to try and find some long lost love, or perhaps someone for the night. At the party Mark meets a cool goth 'teenager' named Valarie, who wants to take their acquaintance to the next level: bowling! This gives Jeremy a chance to hook up with Toni, and allows Mark to take his mind off of Sophie … or will it?

Directors: Jeremy Wooding
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Mark Makes a Friend
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7.52
742 votes

#11 - Mark Makes a Friend

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

Mark attends a work conference and in the process makes a new friend, Alan Johnson, which upsets the 'El Dude' partnership. This forces Jeremy to consider who could replace Mark as flatmate and best friend. Super Hans is the potential replacement, but he doesn't match up as well. Mark grows a moustache, like his new hero, Johnson whilst Jeremy is haunted by flashbacks to 'the one bad thing' that happened when he was wrecked with Super Hans.

Directors: Jeremy Wooding
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Chairman Mark
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7.54
499 votes

#12 - Chairman Mark

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

Jeremy, desperate to avoid living with Superhans, sparks up an old relationship with Mark's siser Sara, and moves in with her and her five-year-old son, Joshy. Mark, meanwhile, in an attempt to deal with a damp patch on his bedroom wall, launches a campaign to be elected chairman of the freehold committee of Apollo House.

Directors: Becky Martin
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Mugging
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7.58
611 votes

#13 - Mugging

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

Mark has a run-in with some muggers, who steal his precious blackberry - and put him off his stroke with Sophie as a result... Meanwhile, Jeremy faces a tricky dilemma over the love of his life and a potential threesome.

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Sophie's Parents
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7.59
534 votes

#14 - Sophie's Parents

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

Mark continues to dread the impending doom of his wedding day, still questioning his actions from the previous season. Both Mark and Jeremy meet Sophie's parents and brother- leading to disaster with arson, sex with a parent and drunken arguments.

Directors: Becky Martin
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Mole-Mapping
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7.60
342 votes

#15 - Mole-Mapping

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

Mark is intent on winning the woman of his dreams, regardless of the fact that she already has a husband, and goes to some extraordinary lengths to do so - including a joint trip to the skin clinic for mole-mapping. On the other hand, Jeremy is determined to get his life on track and not ruin his new relationship. However, trouble seems to follow him around, and when Super Hans asks him to help out a friend, it could spell the end for the El Dude Brothers.

Directors: Becky Martin
Writer: Jon Brown
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Jurying
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7.61
506 votes

#16 - Jurying

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

Jeremy gets called for jury service but soon complicates things by falling for the defendant. Elsewhere, Mark & Sophie go clubbing.

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Sectioning
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7.63
558 votes

#17 - Sectioning

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

Mark and Sophie are finally beginning to go steady when Sophie is moved away from London for work. Mark is devastated, so Sophie offers phone sex as a solution, which Mark nervously accepts. Meanwhile, Jeremy is forced to consider getting an old friend sectioned.

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Spin War
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7.63
520 votes

#18 - Spin War

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

Mark and Sophie return to work, while Jeremy renews his acquaintance with the depraved Super Hans, in yet another filthy, funny episode.

Directors: Becky Martin
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Jeremy's Broke
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7.64
432 votes

#19 - 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
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Sistering
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7.64
589 votes

#20 - Sistering

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

Mark's plans for an enjoyable and productive week off work go out the window when his sister comes to stay. Jeremy clearly has the hots for her, and when Mark warns him to back off, Jeremy just wants her more...

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Gym
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7.67
496 votes

#21 - Gym

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

In order to avoid spending time with Sophie, Mark gets a gym membership. Whilst there he discovers that Jeremy's ex-wife Nancy is working there. Mark tells Jeremy who then becomes desperate to get back together with her. He decides to take a job as a cleaner at the gym and sets about stopping her from dating Mark's personal trainer Matt.

Directors: Becky Martin
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The William Morris Years
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7.68
434 votes

#22 - 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
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The Love Bunker
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7.73
600 votes

#23 - The Love Bunker

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

Simon, Dobby's ex-boyfriend, invites Mark, Dobby, Jeremy and Superhans to join him and his friends for a paintballing weekend. Mark is convinced that Simon is using the weekend as a cover to get back with Dobby, and Jeremy is convinced he can life coach Neil, Simon's best friend.

Directors: Becky Martin
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Wedding
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7.73
645 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...

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Dance Class
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7.73
687 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. Mark believes you can only love one person. Besides, he and Sophie, the object of his unrequited love, are getting on really well, especially since he starting hacking into her emails.

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