Best comedies to watch on Netflix right now

Going back to his hometown of Crawley, England, Romesh Ranganathan will talk about vegan-ism, his kids - and offers a peek into the making of his comedy special.

Based on his podcast, comedian and former Saturday Night Live (1975) alumni Norm Macdonald and his sidekick Adam Eget sit down and chat with celebrity guests about their life, career and views in a somewhat unconventional and often irreverent way.

A hotheaded widow searching for the hit-and-run driver who mowed down her husband befriends an eccentric optimist who isn't quite what she seems. Comedy drama, starring Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini

Madcap sketch show featuring Tim Robinson and his guests, who focus each episode on making someone want to leave

Animated spin-off from Big Mouth featuring the voices of Nick Kroll and Maya Rudolph.

Two astronomers go on a media tour to warn humankind of a planet-killing comet hurtling toward Earth. The response from a distracted world: Meh.

Award-winning French comedy drama set at the fictional ASK (Agence Samuel Kerr) talent agency following the death of the founder.

A coming-of-age story about four bright, street-savvy friends navigating their way through high school in gritty South Central Los Angeles, trying to get their friend out of a gang, and having friendship turn into something more.

American sitcom set in New York following the exploits of stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld, his best friend George, former girlfriend Elaine and neighbour from across the hall Kramer.

At a major university, the first woman of color to become chair tries to meet the dizzying demands and high expectations of a failing English department.

Three suburban mothers suddenly find themselves in desperate circumstances and decide to stop playing it safe and risk everything to take back their power. Comedy drama, starring Christina Hendricks, Retta and Mae Whitman

Finding out that their husbands are not just work partners, but have also been romantically involved for the last twenty years, two women with an already strained relationship try to cope with the circumstances together.

Sam, an 18-year-old on the autism spectrum, decides it's time to find a girlfriend, which sets Sam's mom on her own life-changing path as her son seeks more independence.

A young gay man with cerebral palsy branches out from his insular existence, hoping to finally go after the life he really wants.

US comedy. When Eleanor Shellstrop finds herself in the afterlife, she's both relieved and surprised that she's made it into the Good Place. But Eleanor realises she's there by mistake.

The very first episode of the award-winning sitcom. After losing everything, the Roses are forced to move to their only remaining asset... the town of Schitt's Creek.

American adult animated comedy-drama series. Bojack was the legendary TV sitcom horse of the 1990s. Since his heyday, he's struggled through life in a haze of whisky and self-loathing.

Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin star in an award-winning comedy about a washed-up actor turned acting-coach and his long-suffering agent.

American comedy drama set in Stars Hollow, Connecticut. It follows the lives of single mother Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham) and her teenage daughter Rory Gilmore (Alexis Bledel).

Animated comedy adventure, with the voices of Julia Sawalha, Jane Horrocks, Miranda Richardson and Mel Gibson. A clutch of hens, led by head chick Ginger, suffers life on a grim 1950s egg farm. When the avaricious owners decide to move into the meat-pie business, the chickens fear the worst. With the help of American rooster Rocky, the birds start to plan a prisoner-of-war-style escape.

Comedy with Anna Maxwell Martin and Diane Morgan about the trials and traumas of middle-class motherhood, featuring ultra-organised Amanda, chaotic Liz and stay-at-home dad Kevin.

Six tales of life and violence in the Old West, following a singing gunslinger, a bank robber, a travelling impresario, an elderly prospector, a wagon train, and a perverse pair of bounty hunters. Western, starring Tim Blake Nelson

Animated show for adults about the misadventures of alcoholic scientist Rick and his easily influenced grandson Morty, who split their time between family life and interdimensional travel.

A teenage boy with a sex-therapist mother teams up with a high-school classmate to set up an underground sex-therapy clinic at school.