This Country
This Country is a British mockumentary sitcom, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Three on 8 February 2017. Created by, written by and starring siblings Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper and directed by Tom George, the series focusses on the day-to-day lives of two cousins living in a small village in the Cotswolds. The programme includes themes of social clumsiness, the trivialities of human behaviour, the eccentricities of living in rural England, and the boredom and social isolation of young people in small communities.
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| Directed by | Tom George |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 19 |
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| Executive producer | Stephen McCrum |
| Producer | Simon Mayhew-Archer |
| Editor | Craig Harbour |
| Running time | 21–31 minutes |
| Production company | BBC Studios |
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| Network | BBC Three |
| Release | 8 February 2017 – 23 March 2020 |
The Coopers play the central characters, cousins Kerry and Lee "Kurtan" Mucklowe. Much of the series revolves around their unlikely friendship with the local vicar, Rev. Francis Seaton, played by Paul Chahidi. The Coopers’ father, Paul Cooper, plays Kerry's father Martin Mucklowe, while their uncle, Trevor Cooper, plays local man and antagonist Len Clifton. Although credited to "Ivy Woodcock", the voice of Sue Mucklowe — Kerry's mother, never seen on screen—is provided by Daisy May.
Across the three series and the special, This Country received over 52 million BBC iPlayer requests.