Rufus Hound joins gay Channel 4 drama Cucumber
Rufus Hound has joined the cast of Russell T Davies’ new Channel 4 gay drama Cucumber.
The comedian will appear as Rupert, a man who goes on a very odd date with main character Henry, played by Vincent Franklin, that promises to involve “a death, a threesome, two police cars and the Glee Christmas Album”.
Father Ted actor Ardal O’Hanlon has also joined the cast, and will play Brian, the love interest of Julie Hesmondhalgh’s character, Cleo.
Cucumber, an eight-part drama, will be broadcast next year alongside its E4 sister series Banana, which will follow the lives of the drama’s younger characters. Filming is now underway in Manchester, where the shows are set.
A factual web series, Tofu, is also in development, and is billed as an “anarchic online guide to sex” inspired by the events in Cucumber and Banana.
Explaining the titles of the shows last year, Davies said: “I once read about a scientific institute which had studied the male erection. It divided the hard-on into four categories, from soft to hard.One, tofu. Two, peeled banana. Three, banana. And four, cucumber. Right there and then I knew I had my drama.”