Tag: mockumentary

Film & TV

Review: This Country

By Alisha Keane Brother/sister duo Daisy May and Charlie CooperÔÇÖs BAFTA winning mockumentary series This Country follows cousins Kerry and Kurtan (Lee) Mucklowe, unemployed twenty-somethings hanging about in a Cotswolds village lacking any sort of direction or future. As mentioned, the show is presented in a documentary style, with title pages at the beginning of each episode (and within them) stating that a team has … Continue reading Review: This Country

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Film & TV

Here’s to the Mockumentary

Film and TV co-editor John Jones pays tribute to one of comedy’s most unique, resilient and undervalued formats. Today, comedy as we have known it is under threat. ItÔÇÖs clear where contemporary audience demand lies; listings are dominated by gritty crime dramas, innovative sci-fi thrillers and tawdry reality shows that pander to the lowest common denominator. Within the genre itself, the cult classics of the … Continue reading Here’s to the Mockumentary

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