This Country stars say they've blown all their BBC cash

Despite four BAFTAs, three RTS Awards and a trio of critically-acclaimed series, This Country has not made the brother and sister stars of the show as rich as you might think.

This Country - review

I thought the mockumentary format peaked with Ricky Gervais's The Office, but I'd say This Country has it beaten.

Kerry 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.

This 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.

Chelsea Holmes & Sam Straley cast in US This Country

The American version of This Country will follow the cousins Kelly (Holmes) and Shrub Mallet (Straley).

TV: 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.

It'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.

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This Country series three review

Daisy May and Charlie Cooper's hilarious mockumentary is as infinitely quotable as ever.

Review: This Country

BBC Three's sublime rural mockumentary This Country is back for what creators Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper have said is its final series. When we last saw the Mucklowe cousins (played by the Cooper siblings) just over a year ago in 'The Aftermath', Kerry was finally coming to terms with the selfishness of her dad, whom she had always idolised, while Kurtan was struggling to cope with losing his job at the bowls club.