Cows (TV series)

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Cows is a surreal sitcom produced by Eddie Izzard for Channel 4 in 1997, where all actors appeared in cow suits. Only the pilot episode was produced by Channel 4 and the show never went into series production. It was written by Nick Whitby and Izzard, and starred Pam Ferris and James Fleet. It was produced by David Tyler.

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