Chickens (TV series)

Chickens is a British sitcom that was first broadcast on Channel 4 as a television pilot on 2 September 2011, as part of the channel's Comedy Showcase season of comedy pilots. It was then followed by a six-episode series that was commissioned on Sky 1 and broadcast between 22 August and 26 September 2013. The show is about three men who don't go off to fight in the First World War and consequently become social outcasts in their village. It was nominated for Best Comedy Programme at the 2014 Broadcast Awards.

Cast and characters

 * Simon Bird as Cecil: A young man who was rejected from the war due to his flat feet.
 * Jonny Sweet as Bert: the dimwitted man of the trio of Chickens. Bert does tend to forget that the war is actually going on.
 * Joe Thomas as George: a young man who refuses to participate in the war and in violence altogether.
 * Sarah Daykin as Winky: George's fiancée
 * Emerald Fennell as Agnes, Cecil's sister
 * Louise Ford as Gracie
 * Amy Dawson as Dot
 * Vicki Pepperdine as Hesta
 * Eileen Davies as Gladys
 * Emma Fryer as Nellie
 * Barry Humphries as Mr. Armstrong, the local headmaster
 * Ellie Kendrick as Constance (episode 4)

Pilot
The pilot episode was filmed partly on location in the village of Finchingfield in Essex, shooting exterior scenes in the square, the school and the church yard.