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Code 404
- TV sitcom
- Sky Comedy / Sky One
- 2020 - 2022
- 18 episodes (3 series)
Comedy about a police detective who is brought back from the dead. Stars Daniel Mays, Stephen Graham, Anna Maxwell Martin, Rosie Cavaliero, Amanda Payton and more.
Press clippings
Code 404 unlikely to return for Series 4
Daniel Mays has said Code 404 "almost certainly won't be coming back" as he and co-star Stephen Graham are too busy.
British Comedy Guide, 20th September 2023Code 404 review
A childish sitcom perfect for kids - if it weren't for all the swearing.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 5th August 2022Code 404, series 3, review
A vintage comic double-act in search of a better script.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 5th August 2022Code 404, Sky Comedy, review
Forget Turner and Hooch - Stephen Graham and Daniel Mays are the best buddy cops.
Ed Power, i Newspaper, 4th August 2022Code 404 Series 3 confirmed by Sky
Sky has confirmed that cop sitcom Code 404 will return for a third series.
British Comedy Guide, 4th November 2021Daniel Mays on returning as John Major in Code 404
"You think it's a nice little comedy, and it's only six episodes, then we get halfway through and it's like, it just doesn't stop!"
Patrick Cremona, Radio Times, 4th September 2021Code 404 set to return for Series 3
Work has begun on a third series of Code 404. Further episodes of the hit Sky Comedy cop sitcom, which stars Daniel Mays as a detective brought back to life as an AI experiment, and Stephen Graham as his long-suffering partner, have already been written BCG understands.
British Comedy Guide, 1st September 2021Code 404 Series 2 review
A gloriously silly CBBC version of Line Of Duty.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 1st September 2021I Talk Telly Awards 2020 nominations
After Life, Friday Night Dinner, Gavin & Stacey, Ghosts, Home, Inside No. 9, Man Like Mobeen and This Country are amongst the nominees for the I Talk Telly Awards 2020.
British Comedy Guide, 8th November 2020Code 404 to return for Series 2
Sky has ordered a second series of Code 404, its new sitcom starring Stephen Graham, Daniel Mays and Anna Maxwell Martin.
British Comedy Guide, 15th May 2020