The Tuckers: Series 1, Episode 1 - British Comedy Guide

TV sitcom
BBC One Wales
2018 - 2022
19 episodes (3 series)

Sitcom about a family of chancers in the Welsh valleys. Stars Steve Speirs, Robert Pugh, Lynn Hunter, Joshua McCord, Ben McGregor and more.

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Series 1, Episode 1

The Tuckers. Image shows from L to R: Glyn Tucker (Steve Speirs), Peggy Tucker (Lynn Hunter)

Someone has swiped Glyn's wing mirrors and he's out for revenge. Meanwhile, family head Peggy is having the time of her life - but with who?

Further details

Glyn Tucker is left devastated after his beloved mobility scooter is dismantled by a crafty thief but he's determined to get to the bottom of the mystery. Meanwhile Billy and Bobby carry out a job for Clock that inevitably causes the local constabulary to visit the Tucker home. Next door, Natalie is full of glee as her new Italian flame moves in, much to the annoyance of her estranged husband, Bobby Tucker.

Notes

This episode is substantially reworked from the pilot. It was written to be the second in the series and has been switched with Episode 2 for repeat runs.

Broadcast details

Date: Friday 10^th January 2020
Time: 9:30pm
Channel: BBC One Wales
Length: 30 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Steve Speirs	Glyn Tucker
Robert Pugh	Murphy
Lynn Hunter	Peggy Tucker
Joshua McCord	Billy Tucker
Ben McGregor	Bobby Tucker
Alexandria Riley	Natalie Tucker
Hope Reynolds	Shakira Tucker
Jams Thomas	Clock
Francois Pandolfo	Roberto

Guest cast
Tim Treloar	PC Rod Rogers
Jennifer Sims	WPC Sam Graham
Alan David	Dai 'Up and Down'

Writing team
Steve Speirs	Writer
Owen Bell	Script Editor

Production team
Ian FitzGibbon	Director
Owen Bell	Producer
Steven Canny	Executive Producer
James Dehaviland	Line Producer
Chris Blunden	Editor
Stephen Nicholas	Production Designer
Louise Cross	Casting Director
Zoe Howerska	Costume Designer
Pete Rowe	Director of Photography
Danny Marie Elias	Make-up Designer
Geraint Havard (as Geraint Havard Jones)	1st Assistant Director
Paul Forde	Commissioning Editor

Press

TV review: The Tuckers, BBC One Wales

Some critics have suggested that the sitcom is a negative portrayal of working class Welsh valley stereotypes. I don't have a problem with that (though of course I'm not from the Welsh valleys). I'd have just liked it to have been funnier.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 13th January 2020

TV review: The Tuckers Series 1 Episode 1

King Gary contained portrayals of working class characters that suffered from a surfeit of toxic masculinity and unfortunately so does this, I'm sure it's a coincidence they both went out on the same night and were presumably commissioned at different times and by different people, but it's unpleasant to see such a thing twice on the same evening. With The Tuckers you have two fathers who treat their sons appallingly, as Glyns Dad deliberately wants his son to be miserable and so tells his granddaughter to steal from him, while Glyn himself calls Bobby a pussy for apologising for punching Roberto, it's ugly, ugly stuff and something I found painfully unfunny.

Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 12th January 2020

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