The Cuckoo | |
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Created by | Barunka O’Shaughnessy |
Screenplay by | Barunka O’Shaughnessy Rebecca Wojciechowski |
Directed by | Brian O'Malley |
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Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 4 |
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Network | Channel 5 |
Release | 8 April 2024 |
The Cuckoo is a 2024 British television series broadcast on Channel 5 in April 2024. It stars Jill Halfpenny, Claire Goose and Lee Ingleby.
A family who have moved from the city to the countryside take in a mysterious lodger, Sian. [1]
The four-part series is from Clapperboard Studios and created by Barunka O’Shaughnessy. Filming took place in County Wicklow, Ireland. [2] Filming took place in October 2023, with Brian O'Malley as director. Episodes were written by Rebecca Wojciechowski and O’Shaughnessy. [3]
The series has Claire Goose and Lee Ingleby cast as a married couple with their daughter played by Freya Hannan-Mills, with Jill Halfpenny as Sian, their new Lodger and Marjorie Yates also cast. [4] [5] Halfpenny was initially in line to play the role of Jessica but pushed to play the protagonist role of Sian. [6]
The series was broadcast in the UK on four consecutive nights from 8 April 2024 on Channel 5. [7]
Emily Watkins of the i newspaper described it as "well-paced, well-acted, well-scripted". [8] Alexi Duggins in The Guardian described the first episode as having "clunky dialogue". [9]
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