Cuckoo. Image shows from L to R: Ivy (Andie MacDowell), Ken (Greg Davies). Copyright: Roughcut Television
Cuckoo

Cuckoo

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC Three / BBC Three (Online)
  • 2012 - 2019
  • 33 episodes (5 series)

BBC Three comedy starring Greg Davies as the constantly infuriated husband and father of a peculiar family. Also features Helen Baxendale, Esther Smith, Tyger Drew-Honey, Kenneth Collard, Juliet Cowan and more.

  • JustWatch Streaming rank this week: 869

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Review: Cuckoo, Series Five, BBC Three

The fifth series of Cuckoo is very much what you might call the WTF series. WTF happen to Dale? And WTF is film superstar Andie MacDowell doing in a BBC Three series set in Lichfield?

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th January 2019

Andie MacDowell is the new Cuckoo in the Thompson nest

Hollywood star Andie MacDowell has been confirmed to replace Taylor Lautner in the new series of Cuckoo, which debuts on Friday 4th January 2019.

British Comedy Guide, 7th December 2018

Cuckoo, series 4 ep 1, review

There's still life and laughs in this daft family comedy.

Catherine Gee, The Telegraph, 6th August 2018

Cuckoo season four review

Having killed off its title character three seasons ago, this perky comedy revels in an anything-can-happen perversity.

Tim Dowling, The Guardian, 4th August 2018

Review: Cuckoo, BBC Three, series 4, episode 1

All this really needs is a few more laughs.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 2nd August 2018

Greg Davies interview

"It's nice that I'm humiliating my mother internationally now."

Jessica Barrett, i Newspaper, 12th July 2018

Andie MacDowell joins BBC Three comedy Cuckoo

Four Weddings And A Funeral star Andie MacDowell is the latest high-profile Hollywood actor to join BBC comedy Cuckoo.

Peter White, Deadline, 18th January 2018

Cuckoo returns with 2 more series

Hit BBC Three sitcom Cuckoo has been recommissioned for a further two series, taking it to at least five series in length. All the cast are due to return for the new runs.

British Comedy Guide, 4th April 2016

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