Uncle (TV series)
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Opening title used from Series two onwards
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Written by |
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| Directed by | Oliver Refson |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 3 + pilot |
| No. of episodes | 19 (list of episodes) |
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| Producer(s) | Alison MacPhail |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Baby Cow Productions |
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| Original network |
BBC Three BBC One |
| Original release | 13 January 2014 – 12 February 2017 |
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| Website | |
Uncle is a British sitcom written and directed by Oliver Refson & Lilah Vandenburgh. A pilot episode was first broadcast on Channel 4 in December 2012, before the show was commissioned by BBC Three. The first episode from the series, a remake of the pilot, aired on 13 January 2014. Uncle stars Nick Helm, Daisy Haggard, Elliot Speller-Gillott and Sydney Rae White. The show was renewed for a second series, and it began on BBC Three on 10 February 2015.
In December 2015 it was announced that the programme would return for a third series. Series 3 was announced as the final series by Nick Helm on Twitter. It started on 1 January 2017 on BBC Three on the BBC iPlayer and then the television main release on BBC One on 6 January 2017.
The show was commissioned by the BBC after a pilot was originally broadcast on Channel 4. The pilot episode aired on the channel in December 2012, as part of a strand called 4Funnies. When Channel 4's head of comedy, Shane Allen moved to the BBC, he brought the show with him.Uncle was written by Oliver Refson for Baby Cow Productions. Comedian Nick Helm explained that the show was inspired by Wes Anderson's comedy film The Royal Tenenbaums and thought it fitted in with other comedy shows produced by Baby Cow. He said that while the show was not written for him, it was 75 per cent of what he would have done himself.
Uncle is filmed on-location in Croydon. Exterior scenes have been filmed at George Street, Thornton Heath and Surrey Street Market. Interior locations include the Hustler Club and a house in Purley. Helm plays Andy, a musician who is on the verge of suicide when he finds himself looking after his quirky and weird 12-year-old nephew Errol (Elliot Speller-Gillott). Of Uncle, Helm said "There's an unconventional family at the show's core – the uncle and nephew and the single mum. They obviously are an actual family, but they create this unconventional revised family unit. That's what's nice about it."
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