Cuckoo | |
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Created by | Robin French Kieron Quirke |
Written by | Robin French Kieron Quirke |
Directed by | Ben Taylor (Series 1–2) Paul Murphy (Series 3–4) Ben Gregor (Series 5) |
Starring | Andy Samberg Greg Davies Helen Baxendale Tamla Kari Tyger Drew-Honey Taylor Lautner Andie MacDowell Esther Smith Matt Lacey Kenneth Collard |
Composer | Oli Julian |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of series | 5 |
No. of episodes | 33 |
Production | |
Producer | Dan Hine |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | Roughcut Television |
Original release | |
Network | BBC Three |
Release | 25 September 2012 4 January 2019 | –
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Cuckoo is a British sitcom that began airing on BBC Three on 25 September 2012, repeating on BBC One, and in 2016 began airing worldwide on Netflix.
Written by Robin French and Kieron Quirke, Cuckoo stars Andy Samberg, Taylor Lautner, Andie MacDowell, Greg Davies, Tamla Kari, Esther Smith, Tyger Drew-Honey, Helen Baxendale, Matt Lacey and Kenneth Collard. The series launch became BBC Three's most-watched comedy launch, beating the record set by Bad Education, which debuted the previous month. Greg Davies was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Male Performance in a Comedy Programme. At the British Comedy Awards, Cuckoo was nominated for Best New Comedy Programme and Greg Davies was nominated for Best TV Comedy Actor.