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Cuckoo (2012)

Cuckoo poster
Genre
sitcom
Country
United Kingdom
Length
5 seasons, 33 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 89 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A British family comedy about a couple whose daughter returns from a trip with a new husband named Cuckoo. He is an eccentric and naive American who shakes up their quiet suburban life.

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What happens

Cuckoo is a British sitcom that began airing on BBC Three on 25 September 2012, repeating on BBC One, and in 2016 began airing worldwide on Netflix. Written by Robin French and Kieron Quirke, Cuckoo stars Andy Samberg, Greg Davies, Helen Baxendale, Taylor Lautner, Andie MacDowell, Tamla Kari, Esther Smith, Tyger Drew-Honey, Matt Lacey and Kenneth Collard. The series launch became BBC Three's most-watched comedy launch, beating the record set by Bad Education, which debuted the previous month. Greg Davies was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Male Performance in a Comedy Programme. At the British Comedy Awards, Cuckoo was nominated for Best New Comedy Programme and Greg Davies was nominated for Best TV Comedy Actor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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