Cucumber (TV series)
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| Genre | Drama, Comedy |
| Created by | Russell T Davies |
| Written by | Russell T Davies |
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| Composer(s) | Murray Gold |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
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| Producer(s) | Matt Strevens |
| Location(s) | Manchester, Greater Manchester, England |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
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| Original network | Channel 4 |
| Picture format | HDTV 1080i |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 22 January – 12 March 2015 |
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| Cucumber on Channel 4 website | |
Cucumber is a 2015 British television series created by Russell T Davies and aired on Channel 4. The series focuses on middle-aged Henry Best (Vincent Franklin), following a disastrous date night with his boyfriend of nine years, Lance Sullivan (Cyril Nri). Henry's old life shatters, and he embarks on a new life with unfamiliar rules.
In development since 2006, Cucumber was announced along with E4's companion series Banana, and 4oD's web series Tofu in November 2013. The titles of all three shows come from a scientific study into the male erection which divided the erection into a hardness scale consisting of tofu, peeled banana, banana, and cucumber; upon reading the study, Davies remarked that "right there and then, I knew I had my drama".
Cucumber ran for one season only. Russell T Davies later confirmed that Cucumber was a one and done story and would not return for Season 2.
Cucumber was initially conceived during Davies' tenure as showrunner of Doctor Who. Envisioned as a spiritual sequel to the seminal 1999–2000 Channel 4 series Queer as Folk, More Gay Men, as it was then called, was to focus on middle-aged gay men, and had its genesis from the question "why are so many gay men glad when we split up?" that his friend Carl Austin had asked him in 2001. The show was initially due to enter production in 2006, but the success of the revival of Doctor Who indefinitely delayed the series. By March 2007, Davies had fleshed out the initial episode, and explained a pivotal scene in correspondence with journalist Benjamin Cook:
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