Motherland (2017)

Name: Motherland
Released: 2017-11-07

Directed by: Juliet May, Simon Hynd
Country: United Kingdom
Length: 3 seasons, 17 episodes
Rated: TV-MA
Rating: 7.1 of 10 from 67 voters
Elsewhere: IMDb

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How it feels

A single mother in West London struggles to balance work, parenting, and social life. The show follows her run-ins with other moms and the absurd demands of modern motherhood.

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What happens

Motherland is a British sitcom set in West London, which explores the trials of middle-class motherhood. A pilot episode, written by Sharon Horgan, Graham Linehan, Helen Serafinowicz and Holly Walsh, was first broadcast on BBC Two on 6 September 2016 as part of its "Sitcom Season". The BBC subsequently ordered a full series of six episodes, the first of which aired on 7 November 2017. The second series was released on BBC iPlayer on 7 October 2019. The third series began transmission on BBC2 on 10 May 2021, with all five episodes being released on BBC iPlayer the same day. In the United States, the show is broadcast on Sundance TV. The series won a British Academy Television Award for Best Scripted Comedy in 2022. A second Christmas special aired on 23 December 2022 on BBC One. A spin-off was announced in May 2024 titled Amandaland, centring around Amanda (Lucy Punch) with Philippa Dunne and Joanna Lumley reprising their roles of Anne and Amanda's mother Felicity respectively. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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