The Tuckers
- TV sitcom
- BBC One Wales
- 2018 - 2022
- 19 episodes (3 series)
Sitcom about a family of chancers in the Welsh valleys. Stars Steve Speirs, Robert Pugh, Lynn Hunter, Joshua McCord, Ben McGregor and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1
Further details
Glyn Tucker is left devastated after his beloved mobility scooter is dismantled by a crafty thief but he's determined to get to the bottom of the mystery. Meanwhile Billy and Bobby carry out a job for Clock that inevitably causes the local constabulary to visit the Tucker home. Next door, Natalie is full of glee as her new Italian flame moves in, much to the annoyance of her estranged husband, Bobby Tucker.
Notes
This episode is substantially reworked from the pilot. It was written to be the second in the series and has been switched with Episode 2 for repeat runs.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 10th January 2020
- Time
- 9:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One Wales
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
| Date | Time | Channel |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday 16th January 2020 | 10:00pm | BBC2 Wales |
Cast & crew
| Steve Speirs | Glyn Tucker |
| Robert Pugh | Murphy |
| Lynn Hunter | Peggy Tucker |
| Joshua McCord | Billy Tucker |
| Ben McGregor | Bobby Tucker |
| Alexandria Riley | Natalie Tucker |
| Hope Reynolds | Shakira Tucker |
| Jams Thomas | Clock |
| Francois Pandolfo | Roberto |
| Tim Treloar | PC Rod Rogers |
| Jennifer Sims | WPC Sam Graham |
| Alan David | Dai 'Up and Down' |
| Steve Speirs | Writer |
| Owen Bell | Script Editor |
| Ian FitzGibbon | Director |
| Owen Bell | Producer |
| Steven Canny | Executive Producer |
| James Dehaviland | Line Producer |
| Chris Blunden | Editor |
| Stephen Nicholas | Production Designer |
| Louise Cross | Casting Director |
| Zoe Howerska | Costume Designer |
| Pete Rowe | Director of Photography |
| Danny Marie Elias | Make-up Designer |
| Geraint Havard (as Geraint Havard Jones) | 1st Assistant Director |
| Paul Forde | Commissioning Editor |
Press
TV review: The Tuckers, BBC One Wales
Some critics have suggested that the sitcom is a negative portrayal of working class Welsh valley stereotypes. I don't have a problem with that (though of course I'm not from the Welsh valleys). I'd have just liked it to have been funnier.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 13th January 2020TV review: The Tuckers Series 1 Episode 1
King Gary contained portrayals of working class characters that suffered from a surfeit of toxic masculinity and unfortunately so does this, I'm sure it's a coincidence they both went out on the same night and were presumably commissioned at different times and by different people, but it's unpleasant to see such a thing twice on the same evening. With The Tuckers you have two fathers who treat their sons appallingly, as Glyns Dad deliberately wants his son to be miserable and so tells his granddaughter to steal from him, while Glyn himself calls Bobby a pussy for apologising for punching Roberto, it's ugly, ugly stuff and something I found painfully unfunny.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 12th January 2020