Our Favourite LGBTQ+ TV Dramas To Stream This Pride Month
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From Channel 4’s new thriller Tip Toe to a sapphic classic
It’s raining and it’s Pride Month – meaning it’s the perfect time to binge an LGBTQ TV series. Wondering where to start? We’ve picked out seven of our favourites below.
Tip Toe (2026)
Channel 4‘s brutal new drama has landed just in time for Pride Month – but we can’t say it’s a cheery one. A suburban thriller made up of five episodes, we centre on rivalrous neighbours Leo (Cumming) and Clive (Morrissey) who are both navigating the incredibly tense world unfolding around them. Though they’ve been peaceable neighbours for 15 years, everything is about to come to a tragic head over the course of just 10 days. Channel 4
What It Feels Like For A Girl (2025)
Launching on BBC iPlayer just last summer, coming-of-age drama What It Feels Like For A Girl has been a sleeper hit, but more viewers are finally discovering its appeal. Based on Paris Lees’ 2021 memoir of the same name, the eight-part series whisks us back to the turn of the millennium where 15-year-old Byron (Ellis Howard) escapes the bullying of home and school in favour of Nottingham’s underworld where they can finally be themself. Calam Lynch, Laura Haddock and Michael Socha also star. BBC iPlayer
Heartstopper (2022–2026)
Debuting in 2022, running for three seasons and set to conclude with a feature film later this year, Heartstopper is a heartwarming, coming-of-age teen drama that has quickly become a classic of the genre. Based on Alice Osman’s graphic novels, the series traces the love story between teenagers Charlie Spring (Joe Locke) and Nick Nelson (Kit Connor), who come from different worlds within the same school. Contending with everything from sexuality to mental health and eating disorders, Heartstopper still manages to be incredibly uplifting. Netflix
It’s A Sin (2021)
Russell T Davies’ It’s A Sin made waves when it debuted on Channel 4 in 2021. Spanning 1981 to 1991, it centres on 18-year-old gay friends Ritchie (Olly Alexander), Colin (Callum Scott Howells) and Roscoe (Omari), who leave their homes to begin a new life in London, only to be struck by a rapidly unfolding HIV/AIDS crisis. Also starring Keeley Hawes, Neil Patrick Harris and Stephen Fry, be warned: this is an emotional one. Channel 4
Gentleman Jack (2019)
Adapted by Sally Wainwright from the diaries of 19th century landowner Anne Lister, Gentleman Jack is a sapphic classic. Set in Yorkshire, we centre on Lister who is a rare woman landowner in Georgian Britain. The witty, playful series traces her relationship with Ann Walker (Sophie Rundle), and features plenty of Fleabag-style asides. BBC iPlayer
Transaction (2025)
Looking for a sitcom? Try Jordan Gray‘s Transaction, which sits somewhere between Community and Superstore, but set here in the UK. Based on a series of short films, as Gray – who writes and stars – puts it: ‘After supermarket manager Nick Frost accidentally offends the LGBT+ community, he hires Liv (moi) to avoid a PR disaster… But Liv turns out to be an even bigger nightmare… And now he can’t fire her.’ Made up of six episodes, it’s a funny romp with lots of heart. ITVX
Mr Loverman (2024)
Based on Bernadine Evaristo‘s novel of the same name, Mr Loverman was a runaway success when it debuted in 2024, starring Lennie James in the lead role. He plays Barry Walker, a 74 year old, Antiguan born, exuberant Hackney personality who has been married to Carmel (Sharon D Clarke) for 50 years. She has begun to suspect Barry is cheating on her with other women. Cheating, yes. Other women, no. Now facing his life’s final chapter and deeply in love with his best friend and soulmate, Morris (Ariyon Bakare), Barry has some big decisions to make. BBC iPlayer
