| Genre: | Comedy |
| Director: | Adam Llewellyn |
| Starring: | Jeff Mirza James Prygodzicz Mark John Adam Llewellyn Thomas Rees Sonal Fricker Steve Ballinger Shaila Mudhoo Lizzie Luke Laura Dagleish Stuart Ashen David Firth John Rutledge Josh Hooper |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 8 |
| Executive Producer: | Paul Forde |
| Producer: | Sarah Breese Dan Thomas |
| Network: | BBC Three |
| Last Aired: | present |
The Golden Cobra is a 2024 BBC Three animated comedy series written and created by Adam Llewellyn, James Prygodzicz and Thomas Rees. The series premiered on 16th August, 2024 and was produced by BBC Cymru Wales and is a spin-off of the cult youtube web-series "The Vale" produced by the same team. The series features the voices of Jeff Mirza, David Firth, Stuart Ashen, Welsh magician, Josh Hooper and Goldie Lookin' Chain frontman, John Rutledge.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Fresh out of prison and trying to start over, Nick takes the only available job at The Golden Cobra, the worst takeaway in Ebbw Vale, ran by psychopath Basil and his normal family.[6] [7]
The Golden Cobra was first produced as a pilot for BBC Wales' 2021, Festival of Funny.[8] Due to a popular audience response and ratings, a series of eight 12-14 minute episodes were commissioned by BBC in 2022.[3] [9] [10]
The series was broadcast over four weeks as double bills from the 16th of August 2024 - 6th September 2024 late night on BBC Three and BBC One Wales, with a day one drop of all eight episodes on BBC iPlayer.[6] [11] [12]
| No. overall | No. in Series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "All Good Here" | Adam Llewellyn | Adam LlewellynJames PrygodziczThomas Rees | 16th August, 2024 | |
| 2 | 2 | "Pigeon Toss" | Adam Llewellyn | Adam LlewellynJames PrygodziczThomas Rees | 16th August, 2024 | |
| 3 | 3 | "Precious Cargo" | Adam Llewellyn | Adam LlewellynJames PrygodziczThomas Rees | 23rd August, 2024 | |
| 4 | 4 | "Truth or Dare?" | Adam Llewellyn | Adam LlewellynJames PrygodziczThomas Rees | 23rd August, 2024 | |
| 5 | 5 | "A Massive Waste of Time" | Adam Llewellyn | Adam LlewellynJames PrygodziczThomas Rees | 30th August, 2024 | |
| 6 | 6 | "A Big Step" | Adam Llewellyn | Adam LlewellynJames PrygodziczThomas Rees | 30th August, 2024 | |
| 7 | 7 | "Broken Saddle" | Adam Llewellyn | Adam LlewellynJames PrygodziczThomas Rees | 6th September, 2024 | |
| 8 | 8 | "A Titan of Rugby" | Adam Llewellyn | Adam LlewellynJames PrygodziczThomas Rees | 6th September, 2024 |