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Chickens
- TV sitcom
- Sky One / Channel 4
- 2011 - 2013
- 7 episodes (1 series)
Sitcom set in a sleepy English village during the first world war. It follows three young men who are not on the front line fighting. Stars Simon Bird, Joe Thomas, Jonny Sweet, Sarah Daykin, Emerald Fennell and more.
Episode menu
Pilot - Comedy Showcase: Chickens
Further details
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Comedy Showcase, in which rising stars from the UK comedy scene showcase their talents in 30-minute specials, returns for a new series, starting with a quirky period British comedy written by and starring Simon Bird, Joe Thomas and Jonny Sweet.
They're the only men in the village, and all the women hate them. It's the First World War. Our nation's heroes are fighting the good fight on foreign soil, but in one sleepy English village three young men remain: George is a conscientious objector, Cecil has flat feet and Bert really is a coward, unfortunately.
In the eyes of their neighbours they're all the same - chickens. So in a world of women, children and the infirm, these twenty-something chaps have only each other for company and nothing else in common.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 2nd September 2011
- Time
- 10:30pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 35 minutes
Cast & crew
Simon Bird | Cecil |
Joe Thomas | George |
Jonny Sweet | Bert |
Sarah Daykin | Winky |
Emerald Fennell | Agnes |
Olivia Hallinan | Gwyneth |
Flora Spencer-Longhurst | Gracie |
Jessica Barden | Barmaid |
Felicity Montagu | Meriel |
Joanna Scanlan | Mrs Snedden |
Rupert Vansittart | Headmaster |
Thomas Benn-Woolley | Archie |
Alfie Nash | Mrs Honeywell's Son |
Catherine Tyldesley | Mrs Honeywell |
Simon Bird | Writer |
Joe Thomas | Writer |
Jonny Sweet | Writer |
Steve Bendelack | Director |
John Rushton | Producer |
Kenton Allen | Executive Producer |
Paul Machliss | Editor |
Jeff Sherriff | Production Designer |