Hunderby

Set in the 1830s, this black comedy centers on a woman who is washed ashore after her ship is wrecked off the English coast.

Genre: Comedy

Cast:Julia Davis , Alexandra Roach , Alex Macqueen , Rufus Jones , Rosie Cavaliero , Julian Barratt , Rebekah Staton , Daniel Lawrence Taylor , Jane Stanness , Ben Bishop , Alexander Armstrong , James Greene , Rosalind Knight , Kevin Eldon , Reece Shearsmith , Morgan Jones , Jan Ravens , Phil Nice

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Episode #1.1

Mon, Aug 27, 2012

Helene survives a shipwreck and is washed ashore near a small English village. She is swept off her feet by the widowed pastor Edmund but he is watched over by his obsessive housekeeper, Dorothy.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Episode #1.2

Mon, Aug 27, 2012

Helene attempts to adjust to life as a pastor's wife but is blamed for the death of Bird Raymond and the ill health of Mother Mathilde. Meanwhile, the kitchen staff keep fellow survivor Geoff hidden.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Episode #1.3

Mon, Sep 3, 2012

In accordance with his late mother's will, Edmund and Helene attempt to produce an heir - with some questionable techniques. This leads to Helene and Doctor Foggerty growing closer.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Episode #1.4

Mon, Sep 10, 2012

With no sign of an heir, Edmund upsets everyone by announcing that he and his new bride will leave Hunderby for Fiji. Helene and Doctor Foggerty succumb to their feelings for each other.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Episode #1.5

Mon, Sep 17, 2012

Helene hopes to run away with the Doctor but when his wife, Hestor, overhears she takes decisive action. Dorothy's scheming seems about to pay off when the hunchback John Whiffin arrives at the house.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Episode #1.6

Mon, Sep 24, 2012

There's joyful news in Hunderby as Edmund announces Helene is pregnant. However, his feelings for Geoff grow and become public knowledge. Dorothy seizes upon this as evidence that Helene is a witch.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Episode #1.7

Mon, Oct 1, 2012

In order to meet the terms of the inheritance, Dorothy tries to speed Helene's pregnancy up - with Biddy as a makeshift midwife. Edmund is distracted by a new companion to replace Geoff.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Episode #1.8

Mon, Oct 8, 2012

Everything settles in this final episode of the first series.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Episode #2.1

Thu, Dec 10, 2015

Malevolent housekeeper Dorothy attempts to get her claws into Edmund, but the local vicar John announces that homosexual men in the area are being identified and hung.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Episode #2.2

Thu, Dec 17, 2015

When Edmund is caught in a compromising position with Brother Joseph, Dorothy comes up with a plan to save him from the gallows that will also serve her own purposes.