The summer is upon us, and with it comes months and months of boredom. Here's a list of shows which you can "acquire" to try and kill some time until your life starts again.

5. Testees

If you love over-the-top gross-out humour, you'll love this gem of a show. Tragically cancelled after it's first season, the show follows the lives of two friends who make a living from medical testing; often (coincidentally once an episode) with hilarious side-effects.

4. Garth Marenghi's Darkplace


Featuring a cast of very recognisable British comedy stars, Darkplace is a spoof horror series set in a haunted hospital. The show sets out to be intentionally shit, and is brilliantly funny and original because of it.

3. Community


The only programme on the list that's actually still on air (surprising, since everything good usually gets binned), currently awaiting its third series to begin, Community follows a gang of friends as they attend a community college. The series constantly subverts convention, and is very clever, as well as hilarious. Everyone should definitely be following this show.

2. Kenny Vs Spenny


Kenny Vs Spenny is (was) a reality series which follows two best friends as they compete(d) against each other in a variety of ridiculous challenges. You will die laughing at this show. The two stars constantly deny that anything is set up, which makes some of the more unbelievable things even funnier. This show is so good in fact, that Matt Stone and Trey Parker (The creators of South Park) stepped in to produce a series. Some of the more memorable competitions include: Who Can Drink The Most Beer?, Who Can Do The Biggest Fart?, Who Can Smoke The Most Weed?, Who Can Sit On A Cow The Longest?, among many others. Go watch it now.

1. Arrested Development


The best scripted programme ever made. Fuck 'The Wire'. The show follows a rich family, plunged into chaos as their property company is suspected of illegal doings. The show is amazingly cast, starring a very young Michael Cera (This is where he got that awkward teenager act he always insists on doing, except it makes sense because he's actually a teenager), David Cross, Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, among many others, including some star appearances from the likes of Ben Stiller and Zach Braff. It's astonishingly clever, so much so that you can't say you've properly watched it until you've seen it for at least the 3rd time, and every line will have you doubling over with hernia-inducing laughter. This is seriously the greatest TV show of all time.