Phil Dunning returns Smoggie Queens for season two
“Anything goes as long as it's camp as t**s!” Phil Dunning’s smoggie queens is back today for season two, and the sitcom has already moved straight onto iPlayer. The return gives viewers another run of a 3x BAFTA-nominated comedy that now looks even surer of itself than it did in season one.
Phil Dunning’s second run
Phil Dunning created the series and writes it, while also playing Dickie, the outrageously elastic lead at the center of the show’s chaos. That matters because season one was described as feeling fully formed off the bat; season two pushes that same confidence further rather than resetting the premise.
Elijah Young returns as Stuart, with Mark Benton as Mam, Patsy Lowe as Sal and Alexandra Mardell as Lucinda. The cast gives the show a stable comic engine, and the new season keeps using that lineup to drive the dialogue between absurdity and control that made the first run work.
Stuart’s party turns feral
Season two opens with a coming out party for Stuart before veering into a rabbit hunt in a carpet shop. That shift tells you the show is not trying to smooth its edges for a broader audience; it is doubling down on the kind of escalations that make each scene feel like it could tip into something stranger at any moment.
The season also folds in a Wizard of Oz-themed work party and a lookalike football match for Nipple Aid, then sends the story into a mystery led by Detective Sexy and Inspector Voluptuous. Those choices are not random decoration. They are the show’s operating system, turning a small-town sitcom frame into a string of controlled derailments.
iPlayer now
The immediate practical change for viewers is simple: season two is now available on iPlayer, so there is no waiting for the return to settle in before catching up. For a series described as unlike anything else on TV right now, that availability is the point — the show’s appeal depends on seeing how its character work holds together as the plots get more outlandish.
If season one proved the format could land, season two looks built to test how far it can go without losing the chemistry. That is usually where a comedy either flattens out or sharpens its identity, and this one is choosing the sharper route.
