Cows is a British sitcom produced byEddie Izzard forChannel 4 in 1997, where all actors appeared in cow suits. Only the pilot episode was produced byChannel 4 and the show never went into series production.It was written byNick Whitby and Izzard, and starredPam Ferris andJames Fleet.[1] It was produced byDavid Tyler.
No comedy pilot had cost Channel 4 more in recent years thanCows.[2] Filming for the 60-minute pilot episode took place over eight days. Six days were spent on site with an additional two spent in the studio. For 12 hours each day, five performers were suited up in cow outfits.[3] Izzard described the show as "thisPlanet Of The Apes type thing but with aSimpsons feel to it.[4]
According to theDaily Mirror, critics widely criticised the pilot episode ofCows.[5] William Cook ofThe Guardian calledCows a "bizarre bovine sitcom" in which performers suited up in cow outfits "chew metaphorical and literal cud in suburban semi".[6]The Sunday Times television critic Roland White could have had the crowd rolling with laughter through his "cow-human jokes" in his solo act but "his style has not transferred well to sitcom".[7] Jasper Rees ofThe Independent stated, "Somewhere between Wodehouse'sBlandings and Orwell'sAnimal Farm, it spares Andrew Davies the trouble of having to convert either."[8]
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