30 minSeason 1 • Episode 3
LatestScenarios include disaffected judges, office bullying via Skype, Russian roulette at the dinner table, a jobseeker aiming to become Mick Hucknall's PA and a dog with a secret - all delivered with a unique brand of joyful deadpan absurdity.
Four-man sketch show packed with surprise and invention - all delivered with a unique brand of joyful deadpan absurdity.
Writing
Basden/Golaszewski/Key/Woolf—four brains, one beautifully broken sense of humor.
Acting
Tim Key's eyes alone carry entire sketches of unspoken panic.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tim Key won the Edinburgh Comedy Award the same year Cowards aired—his stage persona directly fed into his TV cowardice.
Cowards arrived at peak 'cringe comedy' era (Peep Show, The Office UK), but its theatrical sketch roots made it weirder and more formally playful than its contemporaries.
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