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This Country. Kerry Mucklowe (Daisy May Cooper). Copyright: BBC
Daisy May Cooper

Daisy May Cooper

  • 38 years old
  • English
  • Actor and writer

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Daisy May Cooper expecting second child

This Country's Daisy May Cooper has shared some happy news with fans by announcing that she's pregnant with her second child.

Amy Johnson, Yahoo, 19th March 2020

This Country - review

I thought the mockumentary format peaked with Ricky Gervais's The Office, but I'd say This Country has it beaten.

Claudia Connell, Daily Mail, 10th March 2020

Kerry and Kurtan's countryside adventures continue in the final season of this surprise, sarcasm-laden hit. Tonight, Kurtan gets some bad news about a relative and is determined to make new, happy memories, while Kerry discovers a surprising love of reading and joins the vicar's book club.

Ammar Kalia, The Guardian, 9th March 2020

This Country stars on the hit show's final series

As the BBC mockumentary nears its climax, we talk ghost hunting, Boris Johnson and the death of co-star Michael Sleggs with Britain's finest comedy-writing duo - Daisy May and Charlie Cooper.

Nick Reilly, NME, 6th March 2020

Chelsea Holmes & Sam Straley cast in US This Country

The American version of This Country will follow the cousins Kelly (Holmes) and Shrub Mallet (Straley).

Denise Petski, Deadline, 5th March 2020

Daisy Cooper had literally nothing before This Country

The BAFTA-winning actress created the comedy mockumentary with her brother while they were so poor they couldn't even afford to buy McDonald's.

Carl Greenwood, The Sun, 2nd March 2020

TV: This Country - episode two, BBC Three/BBC One

Fears that award-winning mockumentary This Country might outstay its welcome and run out of steam by returning for a third series were quickly dispelled with last week's classic opener and the standard stays just as high for this second episode following life in a Cotswold village.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th February 2020

It's the third and final series of Cotswolds mockumentary comedy This Country (also streamed on BBC Three), written by and starring siblings Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper, as Kerry and Kurtan.

The opening episode featured lovable monster Kerry and the wonderfully eerie Kurtan coming to terms with the death of Sluggs (their real life co-star, Michael Sleggs, died last year, aged 33). A letter left by Sluggs revealed that he and Kerry were responsible for a broken holiday bed that Kurtan was blamed for. Furious at Kerry ("Her only loyalty is to herself, staffies and the TV channel Dave"), Kurtan ensured that Kerry lost her new job at a recycling plant ("At the end of the day I'm a very vindictive person. It's what makes me me"). The episode finished with the pair rebonding over how proud they were of Sluggs for "shit-stirring from beyond the grave".

What a great tribute to Mr Sleggs. The strength of This Country is keynotes that lie not in cruelty or mockery, but rather affection and silliness, and all so sharply done. I, for one, will miss this feral, witty dance around the Cotswolds.

Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 23rd February 2020

This Country series three review

Daisy May and Charlie Cooper's hilarious mockumentary is as infinitely quotable as ever.

Flora Carr, Radio Times, 17th February 2020

Review: This Country

BBC Three's sublime rural mockumentary This Country is back for what creators Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper have said is its final series. When we last saw the Mucklowe cousins (played by the Cooper siblings) just over a year ago in 'The Aftermath', Kerry was finally coming to terms with the selfishness of her dad, whom she had always idolised, while Kurtan was struggling to cope with losing his job at the bowls club.

Sophie Davies, The Custard TV, 17th February 2020

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