Very British situation, very British comedy

Andy Samberg is now a star thanks to his role in US police comedy Brooklyn NineNine but, before that, he appeared in the first two series of this Britcom as Dale, the lovable but hopeless slacker husband of student Rachel Thompson. The pair met and married during her gap year, and it’s fair to say her straitlaced Home Counties parents aren’t thrilled by the match – he is, of course, the cuckoo of the title. When Samberg left, Twilight star Taylor Lautner joined as Dale Jr., and the fun continued. Andie MacDowell appeared in the final fifth series, but it’s not the US actors who make the show work – it’s the core UK cast, including Greg Davies and Helen Baxendale. BBC iPlayer, now