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Hunderby Premiered on Sky Atlantic on August 27, 2012

Welcome to Hunderby, the latest creation from the queen of black comedy Julia Davis.

Hunderby, set in the 1800s, features Helene (Alexandra Roach, The Iron Lady), a shipwreck survivor washed ashore near a small English village. There, she is swept off her feet by widowed pastor Edmund (Alex MacQueen, The Inbetweeners, This Is England 88) and the two soon marry, the puritanical Edmund believing his bride to be untouched by another man. But she has a history, a dark past that she cannot escape.

As Helene moves into Edmund's home, she falls under the watchful eye of housekeeper Dorothy (Julia Davis) who is more than a little involved in her master’s life, and quite obsessed with his dead first wife, Arabelle - to whom Helene simply does not compare. While Helene battles to keep her past a secret, she must navigate Dorothy’s devious scheming, her husband's harsh critique and a potential new love interest.

Also starring are Rufus Jones (Holy Flying Circus) as Doctor Foggerty, Rosie Cavaliero (Spy) as the Doctor’s crippled wife Hester, Jane Stanness (Nighty Night) as local gossip Biddy Ritherfoot and Rosalind Knight (Midsomer Murders) as Edmund’s mother Mathilde.

Rebekah Staton (Spy) and Ben Bishop (Whitechapel) play frisky couple Annie and Tom, who are staff at Edmund’s home. Alexander Armstrong (The Armstrong & Miller Show) plays Brother Joseph from the local church, Daniel Lawrence Taylor (How Not To Live Your Life)is Geoff, a mute shipwreck survivor, and Kevin Eldon (This Is Jinsy) is a mysterious hunchbacked figure from Helene’s past, John Whiffin.

'The genius of Julia Davis comes to Sky Atlantic HD', said Lucy Lumsden, Head of Comedy for Sky. 'Her sick and twisted sense of humour has found its natural home and we can't wait to unleash it onto our customers.'

Hunderby is Julia Davis’s first series since the award-winning Nighty Night. Along with Kathy Burke's Walking and Talking, it forms a raft of new comedy on Sky Atlantic.

The series is a Baby Cow Production and is executive produced by Henry Normal, Armando Iannucci and Lindsay Hughes, and produced by John Rushton.

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Interesting double bill special, shipwreck survivor Helene spitting out the seawater all over pastor Edmund which was amusing but no wonder she looked surprised he turned up to the wedding after posting the note under his door which he didn't see and she found under the carpet later, the church being empty because the congregation had all gone to the hanging was bizarre and the time schedule for intercourse was corny and the act was hilarious but what Dorothy did to frame Helene was cruel

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I think Dorothy was responsible for the bird Raymond's death but you just knew the dog would be no replacement and the Helene's also being blamed for the deteriorating health of Edmund's mother, Mathilde was frustrating until she died of a broken neck

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Mathilde's Will was amusing because if Edmund don't have a child within a year the estate will be sold and the fact he can't tell when it's in during intercourse makes me laugh but Dorothy's campaign to undermine and disgrace Helene is annoying but Edmund coming on the doctors face which was disgusting but confirmed my suspicions he is gay

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The Doctor flirting with Helene while the others were out the room was amusing especially with the old dialogue and using the excuse to examine her leg to be alone was risky, Dorothy arranging a group visit to the freak show interesting as she had an ulterior motive

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The Doctor taking some of Helene pubic hair as a souvenir was ridiculous and Helene continuing her affair with the doctor in public is risky especially with them almost getting caught by his wife, Hester but the way she convinced Helene she's dying to stop them running away was impressive

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Edmund was bound to get caught out but lying naked with Geoff was a surprise and letting him hang was a even bigger surprise

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The secrets being revealed while Helene's baby was being born was disturbing