Best British superhero series

Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch superhero shows from United Kingdom, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!

  • Poster for Misfits

    Misfits 2009

    When five young outsiders on Community Service get caught in a strange storm, they discover that they have developed superpowers.

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  • Poster for Extraordinary

    Extraordinary 2023

    In a world where everyone develops a power on their 18th birthday, Jen didn't. She's turning 25 and is still waiting to get hers. Adrift in a big, confusing world and armed with nothing but a bit of hope and a lot of desperation, Jen begins her journey to find her maybe-superpower. But in doing so, she might discover the joy of being just kind of ok.

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  • Poster for Supacell

    Supacell 2024

    When five ordinary South Londoners discover they have extraordinary powers, it's down to just one man to bring them together to save the woman he loves.

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  • Poster for My Hero

    My Hero 2000

    My Hero is a BBC sitcom created by Paul Mendelson. The programme ran for six series, first broadcast in February 2000, and concluding in September 2006. The series follows the antics of the dim-witted superhero "Thermoman", portrayed by Ardal O'Hanlon in series one to five and by James Dreyfus in the final series. The series was regularly directed by John Stroud. In the UK, the digital channel Gold regularly re-runs the programme, although the last series has yet to appear on the channel. In the United States it was shown on PBS and, briefly, BBC America. In Australia, UKTV offered re-runs of the first three series, while BBC Entertainment provided repeats for Scandinavia.

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  • Poster for Beast Boy: Lone Wolf

    Beast Boy: Lone Wolf 2024

    Beast Boy embarks on his first solo adventures, proving he can be a superhero without the Teen Titans – even if no one believes him!

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  • Poster for Kitti Katz

    Kitti Katz 2023

    Three teenage girls transform into fierce feline superheroes to save the world from an evil Egyptian goddess — and still have time for soccer practice.

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  • Poster for Phoo Action

    Phoo Action 2008

    The high-kicking, high-action exploits of Buddhist Kung-Fu law enforcement officer Terry Phoo and feisty teen-rebel turned super-hero Whitey Action, who form an unlikely but effective crime-fighting team taking on Britain's super-vile, super-famous mutated criminals, The Freebies.

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  • Who Wants to Be a Superhero? (UK) 2009

    Who Wants to Be a Superhero? is a UK children's reality show hosted by Sam Nixon, Mark Rhodes and Stan Lee, based on the NBC Universal/Sci Fi Channel (United States) series of the same name. The show is a co-production between CBBC and NBC. Children aged 9 – 13 create and become their very own, unique, never before seen superhero characters for the series, taking part in missions and challenges and living away from home in ‘The Superhero Lair’ in London.

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  • Poster for Burnt Face Man

    Burnt Face Man 2005

    From the creator of Salad Fingers, tune in to the adventures of Burnt Face Man, a really rubbish gay superhero with a burnt face who fights against criminals committing crimes such as arch-enemies Bastard Man and Man-Spider, and saving civilian bystanders from danger. Unfortunately most people don’t like him and things always go wrong for this superhero.

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