Daisy May Cooper

BBC Three has released some excellent comedy over the last few years -- Fleabag, Pls Like, People Just Do Nothing -- but This Country marks the crowning jewel of 2017's output. Basically The Office for the Cotswolds, the series focusses on Kerry and Kurtain, two imbecilic cousins who cause trouble for everyone around them. Writers/siblings Charlie and Daisy Cooper play the bumbling duo with hilarious ease, poking fun at life in the West Country while also showing compassion for the people they're mocking. Where Hot Fuzz focussed on an entire town, though, This Country boils everything down to our insular, arrogant, terrible twosome.

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Why you need to watch BBC Three's This Country

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Charlie and Daisy May Cooper reveal all

'We pitched it to ITV and The BBC. We ended up doing a pilot with ITV that went badly', Charlie honestly reflects.

This Country is a gem

The faux fly-on-the-wall documentary is silly, funny, sometimes poignant, and oddly warm-hearted.