Don't Laugh, It'll Only Encourage Her: The No 1 Sunday Times Bestseller

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I started writing. Just to make Charlie laugh, I created a character called Kerry. She was like so many girls from around where we lived, and inspired by the school bullies from when I was at Deer Park secondary. She was oafish and selfish, but underneath it all she had a big heart. We started filming two-minute sketches. The videos got zero views on YouTube, but Charlie and I pissed ourselves Michael Sleggs as Michael "Slugs" Slugette (series 1–2). A quiet young man who has terminal cancer. Despite his tragic circumstances, Kerry and Kurtan show no interest in being friends with him because he is "annoying" and do their utmost to avoid becoming too friendly with him. a b Heritage, Stuart (22 February 2017). "This Country: perfect, horrifying TV for anyone who grew up in a village". The Guardian . Retrieved 28 February 2017. Centre, Media (2 April 2020). "This Country bows out with over 52 million BBC iPlayer requests". BBC Media Centre . Retrieved 28 February 2017.

Nominations Announced for the British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2018". Bafta. 22 March 2018 . Retrieved 11 April 2018. McCahill, Mike (March 2017). "5 TV shows you should be watching this month". Reader's Digest . Retrieved 6 March 2017. Jones, Alice (8 March 2017). "This Country's Daisy May and Charlie Cooper: 'It's basically our experience of growing up in the Cotswolds' ". i News . Retrieved 9 March 2017. Kerry starts to receive some threatening letters that cause her to feel unsettled within the village. Kerry's neighbour, 'Big' Mandy Harris, is on hand to help and advise. Meanwhile, Kurtan takes a labouring job with Kerry's father, Martin, and learns some invaluable life lessons.The next few months are looking busy. There’s the book, and then a comedy thriller she is writing with her friend Seline Hizli, whom she met at Rada, about a toxic friendship. They film next month for the BBC. I ask her whose career she would like to emulate. “Everybody’s,” she says. “Michaela Coel, Phoebe Waller-Bridge. I want to go to the States and absolutely rinse it, like James Corden, and buy my own private jet.” The US version of This Country, called Welcome to Flatch, is coming out soon. “Basically, they said to me, let’s do the US version of This Country. I said, how much work do I have to do? They said, just put your name to it.” She laughs. She and Charlie read the scripts, she says, but essentially they left the Americans to it. “I said, do whatever you want and I’ll take the money.” All three series of This Country and the Aftermath Special have been released in Regions 2 both individually and in box sets. Now, aged 35, Cooper is a star. Post-This Country, she has continued acting and writing, is a reliable regular on comedy panel shows, and is huge on social media for posting short clips, which range from the homely to the surreal. Now, she is about to release her autobiography. Unsurprisingly, it’s hilarious. More of a surprise is how tough a road she had to travel to get here. Charlie, she says, isn’t interested in showbiz events or awards ceremonies. “He will not go to any now. I’ll only go if I have a plus-one that I want to show off to,” she says. She hopes that her book might provide some solace to anyone else going through a similar situation, as other autobiographies did for her. “I read Peter Kay’s autobiography a lot, and James Corden’s. The most important thing is that you have to talk about it, because it gives people hope, and inspires people to change the situation. There’s just so much we need to change about this country.”

O'Grady, Sean (3 February 2017). "TV preview: This Country". The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022 . Retrieved 28 February 2017. Kurtan is offered a place at Swindon College, studying for a GNVQ in health and social care. Kerry has difficulty coming to terms with the idea that he will be leaving the village and her behind. Rev. Seaton attempts to act as an intermediary to reconcile their differences.

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Before the book was released, Cooper had been trolling her publisher Penguin by asking whether she could write about an ex-boyfriend’s “wonky” penis. In a secretly recorded meeting posted to TikTok, she can be heard explaining her case, saying it’s a “dealbreaker” and that she doesn’t think she’s “asking for much.” The comedian then posted a clip of the publisher preceding to tell her off over the phone, which resulted in her deactivating her Insta in protest. A statement in Metro then followed, with Cooper announcing that Penguin had “ offered to let me dedicate the book to my ex-boyfriend’s wonky knob.”