This Country (2017)

Genre

mockumentary

Country

United Kingdom

Length

3 seasons, 18 episodes

Rated

12A

Rating

7.9 of 10 from 53 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two cousins in a small English village spend their days hanging out and getting into awkward situations with the local vicar and other townspeople. The show finds comedy in the mundane routines and social blunders of rural life.

low-keywrycringe-comedyobservationaldeadpanunderstatedcharmingdeadpan-humored

What happens

This Country is a British mockumentary sitcom, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Three on 8 February 2017. Created by, written by and starring siblings Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper and directed by Tom George, the series focuses on the day-to-day lives of two cousins living in a small village in the Cotswolds. The programme includes themes of social clumsiness, the trivialities of human behaviour, the eccentricities of living in rural England, and the boredom and social isolation of young people in small communities. The programme shows relatable and comedic situations in every episode. The Cooper siblings play the central characters, cousins Kerry and Lee "Kurtan" Mucklowe. Much of the series revolves around their unlikely friendship with the local vicar, Rev. Francis Seaton, played by Paul Chahidi. The Coopers’ father, Paul Cooper, plays Kerry's father Martin Mucklowe, The siblings uncle, Trevor Cooper, plays local man and antagonist Len Clifton. Although credited to "Ivy Woodcock", the voice of Sue Mucklowe – Kerry's mother, never seen on screen—is provided by Daisy May. Across the three series and the special, This Country received more than 52 million BBC iPlayer requests. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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