A beloved BBC documentary series is returning to screens next month after garnering rave reviews in its debut outing.

After a successful launch in October, Charlie Cooper’s Myth Country is set to make a comeback, this time with a winter special.

The festive edition of the show, fronted by Daisy Cooper’s brother, with see the host eschew modern Christmas festivities and instead explore alternative winter celebrations and understand the deeper meaning behind them.

Hopping into his trusty yellow campervan once again, Charlie, 35, will travel the length and breadth of the country to immerse himself in different winter festivals – from barrel burning in Devon to Morris dancing in Gloucestershire. 

The series will see the This Country actor also take a particular interest in the winter solstice as he delves in to the country’s Pagan past.

His itinerary will see him head to The Barrel Burning festival in Devon’s Ottery Saint Mary which has been held annually since the 17th century, where townspeople believe that by lighting barrels filled with tar and running through the streets, they can protect their community from malevolent forces. 

A beloved BBC documentary series is returning to screens next month after garnering rave reviews in its debut outing

After a successful launch in October, Charlie Cooper’s Myth Country is set to make a comeback, this time with a winter special

Sharing his excitement at the upcoming show, Charlie shared in a statement: ‘I’m thrilled that the BBC cameras will follow me again as I explore our wonderful, wild and sometimes hair-raising winter festivals, which for centuries have brightened up the darker months.’ 

Tom O’Brien, MD of Naked and Executive Producer said of the show: ‘Charlie Cooper’s Myth Country immediately connected with a large and engaged audience on the BBC. 

‘We’re excited to bring it back for another look at a special moment in the year’s calendar – one steeped in lore, tradition and storytelling. Charlie will continue to feed his pᴀssion for the weird and the wonderful.’

While Nasfim Haque, Head of Content, BBC Three added: ‘Audiences will be delighted that Charlie is back for a solstice special after his first outing attracted so much love. Charlie getting the inside track from unique festivals across the UK is going to be the perfect winter warmer.’

It comes after the success of the first series, in which Charlie tours the UK in a camper van to investigate rural myths and legends. 

In the debut factual series, Charlie investigated everything from Crop Circles and UFOs in Wiltshire to roaming ghost dogs on the coast and countryside of East Anglia.

While he met the believers and the naysayers, visiting iconic locations and gathering evidence in a bid to get to the bottom of the truth.

Charlie’s new show comes after his sister Daisy vowed to ‘sort out’ their relationship after drifting apart. 

The festive edition of the show, fronted by Daisy Cooper’s brother, with see the host eschew modern Christmas festivities and instead explore alternative winter celebrations and understand the deeper meaning behind them

Hopping into his trusty yellow campervan once again, Charlie, 35, will travel the length and breadth of the country to immerse himself in different winter festivals – from barrel burning in Devon to Morris dancing in Gloucestershire

‘I’m thrilled that the BBC cameras will follow me again as I explore our wonderful, wild and sometimes hair-raising winter festivals, which for centuries have brightened up the darker months’

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At the height of its fame, the creators of This Country made several public appearances together on red carpets of award shows (where they often enjoyed success) and while promoting the series.

One notable red carpet look was Daisy’s Swindon Town FC dress which she wore to the BAFTAs 2018 where she picked up a Best Comedy Actress award. Charlie, by her side as she proudly displayed the gong, opted for a black tuxedo.

But since the show ended, their joint public appearances are scarce. While Daisy has developed a huge social media following with her cheeky antics, Charlie rarely posts on his Instagram account.

Last year, Daisy opened up about her relationship with her brother, which she revealed had become more distant after she’d had two children and Charlie had also become a father.

Speaking to the Independent, she said she and Charlie had once been like ‘vagabonds’ who stuck together ‘through thick and thin’.

Charlie’s new show comes after his sister Daisy vowed to ‘sort out’ their relationship after drifting apart 

At the height of its fame, the creators of This Country made several public appearances together on red carpets of award shows (where they often enjoyed success) and while promoting the series 

However nowadays, she revealed she and her brother now go without speaking ‘for long periods of time’ because of their conflicting schedules and family conflicts – something she was struggling to grapple with 

However nowadays, she revealed she and her brother now go without speaking ‘for long periods of time’ because of their conflicting schedules and family conflicts – something she was struggling to grapple with.

As she reflected on the distance between herself and Charlie, she went as far as to question whether her phenomenal career success was worth the consequences.

‘At the minute, it doesn’t feel worth it to sacrifice my relationship with my brother – which was what all this was about in the first place, and you lose sight of that,’ she said.

Daisy continued to say she will have moments where it comes to her that ‘I’ve got to sort my relationship out with my brother’.