{"id":4038,"date":"2012-06-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2012\/06\/12\/saturday-night-live-alumn-andy-samberg-on-board-bbc-three-comedy\/"},"modified":"2012-06-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T00:00:00","slug":"saturday-night-live-alumn-andy-samberg-on-board-bbc-three-comedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2012\/06\/12\/saturday-night-live-alumn-andy-samberg-on-board-bbc-three-comedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Night Live Alumn Andy Samberg On Board BBC Three Comedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">LONDON: <em>Cuckoo<\/em> is a brand-new comedy series from Roughcut Television for BBC&nbsp;Three that features Andy Samberg (<em>Saturday Night Live<\/em>) alongside British comedian Greg Davies (<em>The Inbetweeners<\/em>). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">The show was created and written by Robin French and Kieron Quirke. It centers on Ken (Davies) and Lorna (Helen Baxendale) Thomas, who collect their daughter (Talma Kari) from their airport after her gap year and she arrives with her new husband, Cuckoo (Samberg). The self-appointed spiritual ninja is now their son-in-law. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Zai Bennett, the controller of BBC&nbsp;Three, said: &quot;BBC Three continues to break new comedy. <em>Cuckoo<\/em> is both original and unique. We&#8217;re delighted to be announcing this exciting new sitcom with such an illustrious cast from two of my favorite new writers.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Executive producer Ash Atalla added: &quot;The best of British meets the toast of Hollywood. We hope <em>Cuckoo<\/em> cements the special relationship between our two great countries. I imagine Obama and Cameron will be watching closely.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: Cuckoo is a brand-new comedy series from Roughcut Television for BBC&nbsp;Three that features Andy Samberg (Saturday Night Live) alongside British comedian Greg Davies (The Inbetweeners). The show was created and written by Robin French and Kieron Quirke. 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