October highlights on All 4

13 October 2017

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To celebrate the launch of The End of The F***ing World, E4 Presents a collection of darkly comic dramas that celebrates our hottest messes and irresistible outsiders. If E4 did Suicide Squad – this is what it’d look like. Teen rebels with an insatiable desire to kill; young-offenders with superhuman powers; outsiders and oddballs united by rebellion; and the maddest, fattest diary you’ll ever read.  It’s time to get obsessed with some really messed up heroes.

The End of the F***ing World: This darkly comic eight-part road trip tale invites viewers into the confused lives of teen outsiders James and Alyssa as they decide to escape from their families and embark on a road trip to find Alyssa’s estranged father. Based on a series of graphic novels, this is a brilliant addition to the rich tradition of road trip narratives, featuring some compelling and hilarious cameos.

Misfits: When five young outsiders on Community Service get caught in a strange storm they discover that they have developed superpowers, in this classic comedy drama spread across five magnificent, mayhem-filled series.

My Mad Fat Diary: Set in the mid-90s at the height of Cool Britannia, this drama based on real-life diaries takes a hilarious, honest look at teenage life through the eyes of funny, music-mad, troubled 16-year-old Rae (Sharon Rooney).

This Is England ’86: Shane Meadows' first ever television series revisits characters from his award-winning film, following joys and agonies in the lives of Shaun, Lol, Woody and their friends later in the 1980s.

Walter Presents: Friend & Foe

These for thrillers from Walter Presents, two French and two Danish, all feature once close friends who are now the bitterest of adversaries.

Norskov: Raw, brooding ten-part drama in which police detective Tom Noack returns home to Norskov, an industrial port in northern Denmark, after 20 years away, to clean up the town's all-consuming drug problem. This fabulously atmospheric Nordic noir thriller features a storyline rich with betrayal and revenge.

Elite Squad: Two cops: one plays by the book; the other is all instinct and rough justice. Once best friends but now sworn enemies, they tackle organised crime in this powerful eight-part French detective drama.

Spin: This award-winning French political thriller sees two once-close spin doctors go to war to get their candidate elected following the assassination of the President, in this fast-paced rollercoaster ride of political intrigue, state secrets, illicit affairs and cliffhangers galore.

Heartless: A beautiful, eight-part supernatural thriller set in an elite Danish boarding school. Twins Sofie and Sebastian are no ordinary students. They were born with a curse and carry a dark and fatal secret: in order to live, they need to suck the energy out of other people. However, if they don’t stop their sucking in time, their victims spontaneously combust and burn to ashes

Funny Stuff: Man vs Life

Modern life – sometimes it gets the better of all of us. This new collection of comedy and entertainment shows takes on the most frustrating bits of today’s world. Coz… you’ve got to laugh, right…?

Rage Room: Russell Kane and celeb guests play jury to the fury in a cathartically destructive gameshow, as peeved Brits pitch to smash the hell out of a place containing their modern day gripe.

Trigger Happy: The iconic hidden camera show returns with all new characters. Quick-fire comedy from the socially unacceptable Dom Joly, as he unleashes his twisted humour on an unsuspecting British public.

Bad Robots: Hidden camera show in which technology acts up, much to the bemusement of unsuspecting members of the public.

Modern Toss: Jon Link and Mick Bunnage’s partly-animated and entirely inappropriate foray into the world of comedy sketch surrealism features a cast of characters including Mr Tourette the master signwriter, Underground Wolf Gobbler, Drive-By Abuser, and Alan the cartoon scrawl.