Smoggie Queens returned today for season two, bringing back Phil Dunning’s camp, silly sitcom with a new run that opens on a coming out party for Stuart and quickly spins into something much stranger. The party escalates into a rabbit hunt in a carpet shop, setting the tone for a season that wastes no time on restraint.
Dunning, who wrote and created the 3x BAFTA-nominated comedy and plays Dickie, has built a show that now feels more assured in both its character work and its outlandish plot turns. Dickie remains the outrageous lead, and the series leans into the same knowing, anything-goes spirit that made the first season stand out. As Dickie puts it, “Anything goes as long as it’s camp as t**s!”
The second season is now on iPlayer, and its return matters because the show has carved out a space of its own in a crowded television landscape. Smoggie Queens is presented as unlike anything else on TV right now, a queer comedy that treats silliness as a strength rather than a distraction. That identity is central to the way the new episodes work: not as broad chaos for its own sake, but as a world in which the characters’ relationships keep the comedy anchored even when the plots veer wildly off course.
Season two also widens the playground. Among the new set pieces are a Wizard of Oz-themed work party, a lookalike football match for Nipple Aid, and a mystery led by Detective Sexy and Inspector Voluptuous. Those detectives are, in fact, Dickie and Mam in disguise, which tells you as much as you need to know about the show’s appetite for the ridiculous. The joke is not just the costume; it is that the series keeps finding new ways to make its characters commit fully to the bit.
That commitment is what gives Smoggie Queens momentum. The first season established the tone. The second season looks determined to push it further, with stronger character work and even more unlikely detours. For a sitcom built around queer life, camp excess and a refusal to behave, that is less a gamble than a statement of intent. It is back today, and it knows exactly how far it wants to go.
