{"id":149916,"date":"2025-09-20T20:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T20:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/149916\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T20:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T20:52:09","slug":"taskmaster-stars-enchanting-bbc-sitcom-streaming-now-is-a-true-classic-to-watch-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/149916\/","title":{"rendered":"Taskmaster star’s “enchanting” BBC sitcom streaming now is a ‘true classic’ to watch this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taskmaster star Mawaan Rizwan’s sitcom Juice has just dropped all episodes of its second season<\/a> on streaming. With six episodes in the new season and 12 overall, this BBC Three series is something you can easily blast through in a weekend.<\/p>\n

The show, now available to stream on on BBC iPlayer<\/a>, follows Rizwan as lead character Jamma, a young man who is committed to being as chaotic as possible, although he is less committed to his boyfriend Guy (played by Him & Her’s Russell Tovey).<\/p>\n

Season 2 kicks off with the couple broken up, and has Jamma trying whatever he can to get back together with Guy, including an attempt to change his entire personality through the help of a magician.<\/p>\n

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In a review of the new season, The Guardian<\/a> wrote that the “enchanting” sitcom’s comedy “may not be that distinctive” but its “creativity comes at you like a tidal wave”.<\/p>\n

“Stories are told via the grammar of cheesy 1980s sitcoms, shadow-puppet-inspired animation and in fully fledged horror movie mode \u2013 means Juice has an anything-can-happen unreality,” the review reads. “Its compelling fusion of vague dread and childlike imagination resembles a dream curdling into a nightmare.”<\/p>\n

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Related: Best streaming services in 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

On IMDb<\/a>, the show has an average score of 6.5\/10 from fans, based on 600 user ratings.<\/p>\n

One glowing write-up from a fan stated that the show has “the potential to be a true comedy classic”, due to its uniqueness and the way it balances “big clowney physical comedy with poignant emotional arcs”.<\/p>\n

Another reviewer noted the “surreal” and “inventive” visual comedy of the story, arguing that despite being “a fun show” it “won’t be for everyone”.<\/p>\n

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Related: Taskmaster favourites announced as part of line-up for brand-new BBC quiz show<\/a> <\/p>\n

Alongside Rizwan, Tovey, and members of Rizwan’s own real-life family, Juice season 2 also sees appearances from comedy long-timers Kevin Eldon and Mark Gatiss.<\/p>\n

At a launch screening for season 2 (via Radio Times<\/a>), Rizwan said that Eldon was one of his “ultimate all-time comedy heroes”, and that he was “shocked” that both of the veteran stars said yes to appearing in his show.<\/p>\n

Juice seasons 1 and 2 can now be streamed on BBC iPlayer, while season 2 episodes are airing on BBC Three.<\/p>\n

The new edition of Living Legends is here! Buy Gaga in newsagents or online<\/a>, priced at just \u00a38.99.
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Joe Anderton is a freelance news writer at Digital Spy, having worked there since 2016. In his time, he’s covered a host of live events and interviewed celebrities big and small. A big fan of TV<\/a> and movies<\/a> both mainstream and obscure, Joe also enjoys video games and in particular PlayStation. Joe currently does not use Twitter, but he only ever used it to tell people to watch the film Help! I’m a Fish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taskmaster star Mawaan Rizwan’s sitcom Juice has just dropped all episodes of its second season on streaming. With…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149917,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[379,68927,381,96,1156,68926,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-149916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-d045cd48-e54d-4fad-82c9-d45451a27e66","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-locale-gb","tag-shorttitle-taskmaster-stars-sitcom-just-dropped-new-season","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}