Underplayed Gems

Friday Night Dinner (2011)

Friday Night Dinner poster
Directed by
Martin Dennis, Steve Bendelack
Genre
sitcom
Country
United Kingdom
Length
4 seasons, 19 episodes
Rated
TV-14
Rating
7.9 of 10 from 165 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A British sitcom about the Goodman family's weekly Friday night dinner. The show focuses on the mom, dad, and their two adult sons as they deal with awkward moments and odd visitors.

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What happens

Friday Night Dinner is a British farcical sitcom created by Robert Popper that aired on Channel 4 from 25 February 2011 to 1 May 2020. Starring Tamsin Greig, Paul Ritter, Simon Bird, Tom Rosenthal, and Mark Heap, it follows the regular Friday night dinner experience of the Jewish middle-class Goodman family in Mill Hill, a north London suburb. Following the conclusion of the sixth series and Ritter's death in 2021, it was announced that the show would not return. Friday Night Dinner received generally favorable reviews and received two BAFTA nominations in 2012. The first series was nominated for Best Situation Comedy, while Greig was nominated for Best Female Comedy Performance. In 2021, for his performance in the final series of the show, Ritter received a posthumous BAFTA nomination for Best Male Comedy Performance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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