This Country
- TV sitcom
- BBC Three
- 2017 - 2020
- 19 episodes (3 series)
Mockumentary series exploring the lives of young people in modern rural Britain. Stars Daisy May Cooper, Charlie Cooper, Paul Chahidi, Trevor Cooper, Michael Sleggs and more.
- Series 3, Episode 3 repeated Tuesday 3rd December at 11:10pm on BBC3
Streaming rank this week: 781
Press clippings Page 5
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 2020This 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 2020Kerry 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 2020Comedy execs target 50/50 gender split
On International Women's Day, This Country director Tom George explains why diverse crews create a better atmosphere.
Tom George, Broadcast, 8th March 2020This 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 2020Chelsea 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 2020Daisy 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 2020Seann William Scott cast in US This Country pilot
Seann William Scott, who starred in the recent television remake of Lethal Weapon, looks set to play the role of the local priest in the American pilot of BBC hit This Country.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th February 2020TV: 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 2020It'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