

It Gets Worse
2026 · Channel 4 · 1 season
S01E01 · Episode 1
Thu, 22 Oct, 10:00 pm
After being evicted from their flat, three friends in their twenties cling to their friendship while the world falls apart around them. In the first episode, best friends Ethan, Abi and Sam scramble to repair the damage in their London flat before they're thrown out for good. The trio are determined to escape reality with one last night out but as the night spirals, long-buried tensions surface.
About
It Gets Worse follows Ethan, Abi, and Sam - best friends from uni, soulmates for life, and dysfunctional roommates. It's been a year since they finally managed to move to London, they have collectively accomplished nothing, and now their landlord is selling up. They're getting kicked out. What now? Can they keep their friendships alive when they are dispersed across a city that seems to want them dead? Can they find a six out of ten or higher to have bad sex with? Can they get their shit together when the world is so obviously falling apart? Probably not. But they're going to have fun trying.
It Gets Worse is a show about three young people who are starting to look around themselves - at their humiliating jobs, their non-existent love lives and their rapidly dwindling will to live - and think: wait. Wait wait WAIT. Surely it gets better than this? It has to get better than this. Right? Spoiler alert! It doesn't.
Episodes
- E01
Episode 1
Thu, 22 Oct, 10:00 pmAfter being evicted from their flat, three friends in their twenties cling to their friendship while the world falls apart around them. In the first episode, best friends Ethan, Abi and Sam scramble to repair the damage in their London flat before they're thrown out for good. The trio are determined to escape reality with one last night out but as the night spirals, long-buried tensions surface.
- E02
Episode 2
Thu, 22 Oct, 10:00 pmAbi seems to have it all - a nice flat with her boyfriend, a new promotion, a more adult life. But beneath the surface, cracks are beginning to show. Meanwhile, Ethan becomes infatuated with Sam's new housemate, Aaron and when Abi, Ethan and Sam reunite at a chaotic dinner party, Abi's forced to look closer at her seemingly perfect life.
- E03
Episode 3
Thu, 22 Oct, 10:00 pmSam's moral high ground is tested at a warehouse sex party, where she invites her new hook up Tess. Abi attempts to make her boyfriend Tom jealous, whilst Ethan spends the night trying to figure out if Aaron is gay. The trio try to maintain control over their love lives, leading to impulsive decisions that could ruin everything.
- E04
Episode 4
Thu, 22 Oct, 10:00 pmEthan and Abi show up to support Sam's reading of new work. But when a short film from the warehouse sex party plays, they are forced to confront how much they've changed since meeting. Meanwhile, Ethan and Aaron blur even more boundaries.
- E05
Episode 5
Thu, 22 Oct, 10:00 pm - E06
Episode 6
Thu, 22 Oct, 10:00 pm
Cast

Leo Reich
Ethan

Emily Fairn
Abi

Olive Gray
Sam