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- Show Name....... The Cuckoo
- Rating.......... N/A
- Premiered....... 2024-04-07
- Type............ Scripted
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- Plot............ Jessica, Nick, and their daughter, Alice, relocate to the countryside, hoping to leave financial struggles and family conflicts behind. The family take in a lodger, Sian, who befriends Jessica and Alice but triggers suspicion in Nick.As seeds of discord are sown and quickly bloom to reveal dark secrets, Alice and Sian grow closer, but Sian's troubled past could be edging the family towards a disastrous future, and in a race against time, Jessica and Nick must fight to preserve everything they hold dear
- Cast............ Claire Goose ... Jessica
- Cast............ Jill Halfpenny ... Sian
- Cast............ Freya Hannan-Mills ... Alice
- Cast............ Lee Ingleby ... Nick
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- Network......... Channel 5
- Country......... United Kingdom
- Language........ English
- Runtime......... 60 mins
- Status.......... Running
- Air Date........ Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 21:00
- URL............. https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/75640/the-cuckoo
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- Episode Name.... Episode 1
- Season.......... 1x01
- Plot............ In episode one, at a farmhouse under renovation, Jessica is interviewing potential lodgers to relieve her family's financial strain. Fourteen-year-old Alice, who has a difficult relationship with her mother, is against the idea. Jessica begins to lose hope until Sian, an artist, arrives. Their conversation is interrupted by their plumber's wife, demanding payment for work, leaving Jessica embarrassed. Sian offers to cover the bills with her deposit.Nick and Alice return home and are introduced to their new lodger. Sian is charming but Alice is uncomfortable and Nick voices his concerns to Jessica about taking so much money from Sian.Later, Jessica admits to Sian that she struggles to connect with Alice, and that Nick had an affair. Nick contacts one of Sian's references, discovering Fay Calder is her aunt, heightening his suspicions. Nick expresses his doubts about Sian but Jessica dismisses him.In Alice's bedroom, she is drawing as Sian enters and they bond over their love of art. Sian encourages Alice to embrace her talent. Nick makes a desperate call to a business colleague for a loan while Sian eavesdrops. He opens a safe hidden behind a family photo, takes out valuable jewelleryAt school, Ottilie and a group of girls taunt Alice, snatching her sketchbook. Later, tensions rise between Nick and Sian. He asks Sian to leave their house, offering to repay her deposit. Sian questions his motives and insinuates that he has sexual feelings for her. Jessica and Alice return home as a jar smashes in the kitchen. They find Sian cleaning up with a flustered Nick nearby
- Runtime......... 60 mins
- Air Date........ 2024-04-08 Monday, 15:00
- URL............. https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/2806533/the-cuckoo-1x01-episode-1
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- Episode Name.... Episode 2
- Season.......... 1x02
- Plot............ Sian's arrival has already started to destabilise the familySian lies in bed contemplating a distant memory. Nick announces he's fixed the shower to save money, irking Jessica. He shuns Sian's offer to drive Alice to school.Sian guesses the safe's combination and takes out a slip of paper. Jessica approaches Sian about disclosing Nick's infidelity and Sian casually hands her the slip revealing a pawnshop receipt. Nick, sensing something is wrong, checks the safe. He confronts Sian about the receipt but she stonewalls him as the phone rings. It's Alice's headmaster who explains she's been in an altercation. Sian listens as Alice opens up about her difficulties with her parents. They see Alice's school bully Ottilie, and Sian frightens her off.Jessica and Nick discuss the pawning of her mother's jewellery and how the slip got out of the safe. The frostiness between Jessica and Nick intensifies when they discuss Alice's behaviour before meeting the headmaster.Sian visits her aunt Fay (Marjorie Yates) and admits that she knows a dark secret Nick and Jessica are keeping from Alice, as Fay pleads with her not to do anything extreme. Jessica and Nick try to talk to Alice before she explodes and storms out, taking the family car. Sian chases after her with Jessica. They catch up with Alice but witness her crash into a ditch. Sian and Jessica check on Alice who seeks Sian's comfort.Jessica and Nick discuss the hospital visit and getting the car towed. Sian tries to advise Jessica, who admits her concerns about being a mother. Alice discloses to Sian that she wants to leave
- Runtime......... 60 mins
- Air Date........ 2024-04-09 Tuesday, 15:00
- URL............. https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/2806534/the-cuckoo-1x02-episode-2
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