Comedy
This Country BBC THREE, FROM 10.00AM
Series one of Charlie and Daisy May Cooper’s mockumentary transcended its obvious debt to The Office to become a touching, acutely observed and defiant portrait of life on the margins in rural Britain. Importantly, it was also very funny, finding bathos and humour in the efforts of gormless cousins Kurtan and Kerry Mucklowe (played by the Coopers) to amuse themselves in a Cotswolds village. Thankfully, almost nothing has changed for this second series, although Kurtan has found a girlfriend and Kerry hitherto unknown charitable instincts. Best of all, the ever-decent vicar (played by Paul Chahidi) has been given a meatier role; his attempts to bring Kurtan back under his wing misfire spectacularly. GT