Motherland (TV series)

When her mother abruptly decides to stop taking care of her children, working mother Julia Johnstone is forced to take a much more active role in their lives and education. She becomes friends with working-class Liz and stay-at-home dad Kevin Brady, and finds herself interacting with the local mother group, including their shallow and acerbic leader, Amanda. Julia is constantly overwhelmed by aspects of parenthood, and receives no support from her perpetually-absent husband Paul. Working at a PR firm at the start of the series, Julia eventually quits and starts her own PR business.

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|Paul Johnstone || Oliver Chris || Julia's uninvolved husband and the father of her two children. Paul only appears on the phone to Julia, making excuses for why he cannot help with the children, until the final episode of series three. || colspan="3" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}

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|Irene Lamb ||Jackie Clune || The school receptionist, moody and terse towards many of the parents, but especially towards Julia. || colspan="3" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}

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|Marion Paterson ||Ellie Haddington || Julia's mother, who is no longer prepared to provide a free child-minding service. After fainting in the series 2 finale, she is found to be unable to take care of herself, so moves in with Julia in series 3. She dies in the 2022 Christmas special. || colspan="3" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}

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|Ivy Johnstone ||Connie Wilkins || Julia and Paul's 9-year-old daughter. She usually appears in a non-speaking role. || colspan="3" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}

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|Lee ||Nick Nevern || Liz's ex and father of her children. || colspan="3" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}

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|Johnny ||Terry Mynott || Amanda's husband, from whom she later separates. He is called Ian in the pilot. || {{CGuest|Guest}} ||colspan="2" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}

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| Sam || Tom Meeten || Liz's farmer boyfriend whom she meets when camping with the group. ||colspan="1" {{n/a|}} || colspan="1" {{Guest}} || colspan="1" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}

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| Garry Yates || Robbie Gee || Julia's builder, on whom she develops a crush and flirts with awkwardly despite his indifference (and inflated invoicing). || colspan="2" {{n/a|}} || colspan="1" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}

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| Andrew || Peter Singh || Julia's boss before she quits to run her own PR firm. || colspan="2" {{Guest}} || colspan="1" {{n/a|}}

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| Elizabeth Johnstone || Penny Ryder || Paul's mother, who takes more looking after than the children do. She appears in both Christmas specials. || colspan="1" {{Guest}} || colspan="1" {{n/a|}} || colspan="1" {{Guest}}

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| Geoff Johnstone || David Calder || Paul's father. He appears in both Christmas specials. || colspan="1" {{Guest}} || colspan="1" {{n/a|}} || colspan="1" {{Guest}}

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| Bill || Anthony Head || Meg's husband. || {{n/a|}} || colspan="2" {{Guest}}

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| Felicity || Joanna Lumley || Amanda's mum, who has a similarly acerbic personality. Amanda cuts ties with her in the 2022 Christmas special, having realised their relationship is toxic. Felicity later returns in the spin-off Amandaland having seemingly reconciled with Amanda. || colspan="2" {{n/a|}}

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|Ms Vaughn

|Natalie Cassidy

|A teaching assistant who comes on a school trip to Fishbourne Roman Palace. She is dim-witted and constantly being sick.

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|Ashley

|Martha Howe-Douglas

|The mother of a boy in the same year group as the other parents'. She also comes on the school trip, but gets confrontational with Liz when Liz accuses her son for being racist towards Meg's daughter Jade.

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The show was originally a 2011 pilot on the American network ABC. Writer Sharon Horgan reworked the script when the pilot was not picked up for a full series and collaborated with Graham Linehan on turning it into a British sitcom instead. Following its pilot on BBC, it was picked up for a full series in October 2016.

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The show was filmed primarily in Acton, Ealing, Bedford Park, Chiswick, West London and Muswell Hill, North London. {{cite news |title=TV Show On 'Yummy Mummys' Filmed in Chiswick |url=http://www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&page=motherland001.htm |access-date=23 November 2020 |work=www.chiswickw4.com}} Scenes outside the children's school are filmed at Southfield Primary School in Bedford Park. Other areas include Hammersmith, West Kilburn, Hanwell, Ladbroke Grove and Harlesden.

Julia's house is 1 Avenue Gardens in South Acton and the University of West London on the Golden Mile (Brentford) doubled as Julia's work office.

In the Pool Party episode of series one, the lobby scenes were filmed at Mallison Sports Centre in Highgate however the pool scenes at the Charing Cross Sports Club, in Hammersmith. In The Cavalry episode, the station in which Paul's parents arrived at and departed from was Teddington railway station. The hospital the parents visited in the last episode of the first series was Ealing Hospital, in Southall. The Sports Day episode of series two was filmed at the Southfield Recreation Ground in Bedford Park.

In the Nit Blitz episode of series three, the park scenes were filmed at Springfield Gardens near Acton Main Line. The school the parents visit in the Catchment Area episode is Elthorne Park High School in Hanwell. In the same episode, the Catholic church that Julia paid a visit to was Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church near Acton Central, yet the exterior was filmed at the back of Ealing Abbey.

In the Mother's Day episode, Liz and Kevin visit his mum's grave with Church Lane and Street in Twickenham doubling as 'the countryside'. In the 2020 Christmas Special, the park scenes were filmed at Acton Park, in Acton Vale, London. In the 2022 Christmas special, the opening scene at the market was filmed on Pitshanger Lane in Ealing, at the butchers Hook and Cleaver.

The pilot was filmed in early 2016 and aired in September 2016. The first series was filmed from late June to early August 2017 and aired from November to December 2017. The second series from March to May 2019 and aired from October to November 2019. The third series from September to November 2020 and all episodes aired in May 2021. The 2020 Christmas special is the first episode of the third series but aired earlier in December 2020. The latest Christmas special was filmed in November 2022 and released in December 2022.

Spin-off

The spin-off Amandaland started filming in North London in September 2024.

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|EpisodeNumber = 0

|Title = Pilot

|DirectedBy = Graham Linehan

|WrittenBy = Graham Linehan, Sharon Horgan, Helen Serafinowicz & Holly Walsh

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|9|6|df=yes}}

|Viewers = 1.74{{cite web|url=https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-top-30/|title=Weekly top 30 programmes – BARB|website=www.barb.co.uk}}{{cite web|last1=Dowell|first1=Ben|title=BBC orders a full series of middle-class mum sitcom Motherland|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-10-06/bbc-orders-a-full-series-of-middle-class-mum-sitcom-motherland/|website=Radio Times|accessdate=26 May 2018}}

|ShortSummary = Stressed mother Julia's day slowly descends into chaos when she struggles to find childcare arrangements and attempts to join the alpha mums for spag bol.

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|EpisodeNumber = 1

|Title = The Birthday Party

|DirectedBy = Juliet May

|WrittenBy = Graham Linehan, Sharon Horgan, Helen Serafinowicz & Holly Walsh

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|11|7|df=yes}}

|Viewers = 3.2

|ShortSummary = Julia is an anxious middle-class mother who lives in a suburb of London. Despite being an events planner, she finds organising her personal life difficult. She raises her daughter and son with little help from her husband, and is thrown into disarray when her own mother informs her that she will no longer be supporting her with childcare. She is encouraged by her new friend, single mum Liz, to throw a party for her daughter Ivy's ninth birthday at home in order to gain reciprocal party invitations for her daughter, giving her free childcare in the future. Julia asks her husband to help, but he is attending a football match. Just before the party, Ivy starts vomiting and so is sequestered in her room, but it's too late to cancel the party. Julia assumes that the party will be a drop-off, so she is horrified when the mothers stay at her house for the party, making it crowded and meaning that there is insufficient food and drink for the large number of attendees. One of the children's mothers is Amanda, a narcissist who patronisingly insults Julia. Julia has hired the "Animal Man" as the entertainer: however, he arrives late, and the only animals he brings are cats – yet he expects a tip.

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|EpisodeNumber = 2

|Title = Auction of Promises

|DirectedBy = Juliet May

|WrittenBy = Graham Linehan, Sharon Horgan, Helen Serafinowicz & Holly Walsh

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|11|14|df=yes}}

|Viewers = 2.3

|ShortSummary = Julia meets a former colleague, Caroline, outside the gates of her children's primary school. Caroline does not remember Julia. However, Julia is keen to impress her, so Julia becomes involved in a school fundraiser which Caroline is organising, despite Julia hating such things. Kevin becomes a "human cloakroom", wearing several coats simultaneously, causing him to become uncomfortably hot. Liz puts a great deal of alcohol in the punch. A "promise auction" leaves Amanda red-faced.

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|EpisodeNumber = 3

|Title = The Pool Party

|DirectedBy = Juliet May

|WrittenBy = Graham Linehan, Sharon Horgan, Helen Serafinowicz & Holly Walsh

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|11|22|df=yes}}

|Viewers = 1.89

|ShortSummary = Julia plans to be at work for a war photographer's book launch, but turns up late with wet hair due to having attended a children's pool party. One of the (married) fathers at the party had once asked Amanda out and she rejected him. She tells the others that she thinks he still wants her and dresses to impress, but he has, in fact, forgotten about asking her out at all. A man to whom Liz is attracted accidentally leaves his wallet in a newsagents. She picks it up and arranges to meet him and return it to him, hoping he will want to turn it into a date. She is disappointed when he instead rides off on his motorcycle.

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|EpisodeNumber = 4

|Title = The Cavalry

|DirectedBy = Juliet May

|WrittenBy = Graham Linehan, Sharon Horgan, Helen Serafinowicz & Holly Walsh

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|11|28|df=yes}}

|Viewers = 1.61

|ShortSummary = Paul is away on a stag do, so he sends his parents, Geoff and Elizabeth, to assist Julia. She does not want them to come, because their senility and deafness means that they are a burden rather than a help. Kevin tells Julia that he likes elderly people and will help her deal with them. Julia, her children, Geoff, Elizabeth and Kevin dine at a fish restaurant, where a misunderstanding leads Julia to pay for a large group's meals as well as their own. Elizabeth says that she and Geoff are moving back to London, which Julia is horrified by. Amanda is donating some of her clothes to a cancer charity; Liz buys one of her coats and suddenly becomes very popular with men.

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|EpisodeNumber = 5

|Title = The After Party

|DirectedBy = Juliet May

|WrittenBy = Graham Linehan, Sharon Horgan, Helen Serafinowicz & Holly Walsh

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|12|5|df=yes}}

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|ShortSummary = Anne drives a people carrier which she is using for a carpool, which Julia unsuccessfully tries to join. Liz is angry with Lee, the father of her child, for cohabiting with a woman called Debbie-Louise, only 3 weeks after she believes he started his relationship with her. Amanda, who is having marriage problems, confides in Kevin that once a month she has sex with a soldier, Bobby, who is based at Aldershot Garrison, because her husband Johnny enjoys watching her have sex with another man. An argument at a party between Liz, Julia, Anne and Amanda is ended abruptly by Kevin telling them that Amanda is having threesomes with a soldier.

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|EpisodeNumber = 6

|Title = The Caretaker

|DirectedBy = Juliet May

|WrittenBy = Graham Linehan, Sharon Horgan, Helen Serafinowicz & Holly Walsh

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|12|12|df=yes}}

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|ShortSummary = Julia hires Lyndsey (Sarah Kendall), a well-organised Australian nanny, apparently solving her child care problems. Unfortunately, Lyndsey has an abrasive and domineering personality, leading Julia to fire her, making the excuse that she was moving to the United States. Meanwhile, Amanda is keeping a low profile following Kevin's revelation.

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|EpisodeNumber = 7

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|Title = No Mum Left Behind

|DirectedBy = Juliet May

|WrittenBy = Sharon Horgan, Holly Walsh, Helen Serafinowicz & Barunka O'Shaughnessy

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2019|10|7}}

|Viewers = 2.00

|ShortSummary = Julia has a new neighbour and fellow school parent, Meg, a high-flying business woman. Amanda tries and fails to ingratiate herself with the newcomer despite sharing a mutual friend. When Meg takes Liz, Kevin and Julia on a night out they soon realise she is a completely different person once under the influence of alcohol. Despite some mentoring by Meg, Julia declines a promotion at work and quits her job.

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|EpisodeNumber = 8

|EpisodeNumber2 = 2

|Title = Soft Opening

|DirectedBy = Juliet May

|WrittenBy = Sharon Horgan, Holly Walsh, Helen Serafinowicz & Barunka O'Shaughnessy

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2019|10|14}}

|Viewers = 1.48

|ShortSummary = Julia, now freelance, is getting to grips with working from home. At the launch of Amanda's new venture, a boutique called Hygge Tygge, she proposes to take on the public relations for the new store. After a successful campaign, Julia is aggrieved by Amanda's ungrateful attitude. After leaving some negative reviews online as revenge, the initial backlash against the store results in press coverage far more valuable than the detrimental effects of the review.

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|EpisodeNumber = 9

|EpisodeNumber2 = 3

|Title = Mother's Load

|DirectedBy = Juliet May

|WrittenBy = Sharon Horgan, Holly Walsh, Helen Serafinowicz & Barunka O'Shaughnessy

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2019|10|21}}

|Viewers = 1.60

|ShortSummary = Unable to concentrate at home Julia decides to work from the coffee shop, where she meets a fellow PR professional called Nick. The relationship soon sours when Julia starts treating him like an unpaid PA. Liz, now with much more free time than she knows what to do with, comes to Kevin's rescue, who has volunteered to help with a fundraising effort. Amanda hires an assistant.

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|EpisodeNumber = 10

|EpisodeNumber2 = 4

|Title = The Purge

|DirectedBy = Juliet May

|WrittenBy = Sharon Horgan, Holly Walsh, Helen Serafinowicz & Barunka O'Shaughnessy

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2019|10|28}}

|Viewers = 1.69

|ShortSummary = When rumours start to circulate of a male TV celebrity moving into the neighbourhood, Julia decides to go trick or treating with the children in order to engineer a meeting the aforementioned heart throb at what she suspects to be his house. Liz has an encounter with the star, but fails to recognise him and gives him the brush off when he tries to ask her out on a date.
Guest Starring: Lee Mead

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|EpisodeNumber = 11

|EpisodeNumber2 = 5

|Title = Le Weekend

|DirectedBy = Juliet May

|WrittenBy = Sharon Horgan, Holly Walsh, Helen Serafinowicz & Barunka O'Shaughnessy

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2019|11|4}}

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|ShortSummary = The parents decide to spend half term break in a rented country cottage. Poor planning on Kevin's part, coupled with the lack of alcohol, and a scarcity of food leads to frayed tempers. Anne is rushed to A&E with stomach pains only to discover she is five months pregnant. Liz makes a romantic connection with the local shepherd.

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|EpisodeNumber = 12

|EpisodeNumber2 = 6

|Title = Good Job

|DirectedBy = Juliet May

|WrittenBy = Sharon Horgan, Holly Walsh, Helen Serafinowicz & Barunka O'Shaughnessy

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2019|11|11}}

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|ShortSummary = Kevin is guilt-ridden about not being able to attend school sports day as he has a presentation to deliver at work. Liz considers ending her relationship with Sam the shepherd. Julia is admonished for cheering on her daughter Ivy at the school's non-competitive sports day and Anne discovers Amanda's house is up for sale, which also comes as news to Amanda, along with the fact that her husband has filed for divorce.

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|Title = Christmas Special

|DirectedBy = Simon Hynd

|WrittenBy = Sharon Horgan, Holly Walsh, Helen Serafinowicz & Barunka O'Shaughnessy

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|12|23|df=yes}}

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|Title = Nit Blitz

|DirectedBy = Simon Hynd

|WrittenBy = Holly Walsh, Helen Serafinowicz & Barunka O'Shaughnessy

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2021|05|10}}

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|Title = Catchment Area

|DirectedBy = Simon Hynd

|WrittenBy = Holly Walsh, Helen Serafinowicz & Barunka O'Shaughnessy

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2021|05|10}}

|Viewers = 1.89{{cite web|url=https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/7dayratings-17may|work=tvzoneuk|date=31 May 2021|access-date=31 May 2021|title=7-Day Ratings: 17-23 May 2021}}

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|Title = Mother's Day

|DirectedBy = Simon Hynd

|WrittenBy = Holly Walsh, Helen Serafinowicz & Barunka O'Shaughnessy

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2021|05|10}}

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|EpisodeNumber2 = 4

|Title = School Trip

|DirectedBy = Simon Hynd

|WrittenBy = Holly Walsh, Helen Serafinowicz & Barunka O'Shaughnessy

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2021|05|10}}

|Viewers =2.95

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|EpisodeNumber2 = 5

|Title = Amanda’s FUNraiser

|DirectedBy = Simon Hynd

|WrittenBy = Holly Walsh, Helen Serafinowicz & Barunka O'Shaughnessy

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2021|05|10}}

|Viewers =3.44

|ShortSummary = Amanda's PTA charity FUNraiser is doubling up as her birthday celebration, meaning everyone is dragged into a big event. Mixing sponsored cycling with Anne's lethal cocktails results in a night of high drama and big revelations.

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|Title = Last Christmas{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001gd6q | title=BBC Two - Motherland, Last Christmas }}

|DirectedBy = Simon Hynd

|WrittenBy = Sharon Horgan, Holly Walsh, Helen Serafinowicz & Barunka O'Shaughnessy

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|12|23|df=yes}}

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The first series was released to favourable reviews and holds an approval rating of 82% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 22 reviews with critics. The website's critical consensus reads "Motherland pulls no punches, creating an honest and hilarious portrayal of parenthood buoyed by brilliant performances from its seasoned cast - though for some viewers it may hit a little too close to home".{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/motherland/s01 |title=Motherland: Series 1 (2017) |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=13 May 2021}} The second series later received a score of 83% based on 12 reviews, with the Christmas special following on with a score of 100% based on 8 reviews. The third series later received five out of five stars by Radio Times and was released to positive reviews. The second Christmas Special, Last Christmas, which aired on 23 December 2022, garnered positive reviews.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2022/12/23/motherland-last-christmas-review-delicious-dark-heart-festive/|title=Motherland: Last Christmas, review: the delicious dark heart of festive comedy|website=The Telegraph|last=Hogan|first=Michael|date=23 December 2022|access-date=24 December 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/article/motherland-review-school-gate-mum-politics-with-seething-unspoken-depths-k5v0qmqp5|title=Motherland review — school-gate mum politics with seething, unspoken depths|website=The Times|last=Rifkind|first=Hugo|date=23 December 2022|access-date=24 December 2022}}

In March 2023 an American remake under the working title Drop-Off was given a pilot order by ABC, being executive produced by and starring Ellie Kemper.{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/ellie-kemper-lionsgate-abc-drop-off/|title=Ellie Kemper's Motherland Redo Gets Pilot Order at ABC|work=TheWrap|first=Lucas|last=Manfredi|date=March 10, 2023|access-date=June 10, 2023}} In June 2023 its title was revealed to be Keeping it Together. ABC meanwhile passed on developing the show.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/06/public-defenders-keeping-it-together-the-hurt-unit-judgement-abc-passed-1235413380/|title=ABC Pilot Watch: Comedies Public Defenders & Motherland Remake Keeping It Together & Dramas The Hurt Unit & Judgement Not Moving Forward|work=Deadline Hollywood|first=Peter|last=White|date=June 9, 2023|access-date=June 10, 2023}}

In May 2024, the BBC announced a spin-off of the series, titled Amandaland, to focus on Punch's character. Punch, Dunne and Lumley were confirmed to reprise their roles in the series. Filming began in North London in September 2024. All six episodes of the first series were released on February 5th, 2025.

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