Actress Lucy Punch was delighted and thrilled to beryllium offered the pb relation successful the caller series
- Published: 10:24, 6 Feb 2025
AMANDALAND viewers rage 'this is rubbish' arsenic they slam Motherland's caller spin-off amusement and marque a large request to BBC.
The BBC sitcom Motherland ended successful 2022 aft 3 seasons with the last occurrence being the Christmas special.
Its spin-off amusement Amandaland centres astir the quality of Amanda played by histrion Lucy Punch.
Joining Lucy were the iconic Joanna Lumley arsenic Felicity, Philippa Dunne arsenic Anne and Samuel Anderson arsenic Mal.
Post her divorce, Amanda has had to downsize and up sticks to South Harlesden, oregon arsenic the Estate Agent calls it SoHa (definitely not the country astir Wormwood Scrubs prison).
With some Manus and Georgie present astatine secondary school, Amanda has to effort and get her caput astir raising teenagers, dealing with modern motherhood horrors similar teenage drinking, fake Instagram accounts and eco anxiety.
Amanda’s parent Felicity is perpetually around, and wholly successful denial that she is, successful fact, lonely.
Theirs is simply a somewhat unhealthy co-dependent narration based connected backhanded compliments and veiled snipes astir her caller home.
And it wasn't agelong earlier Amanda recovered herself struggling to accommodate to her caller surroundings.
However, the archetypal occurrence received a mixed review from viewers with galore feeling it wasn't arsenic bully arsenic Motherland and wondering wherefore the BBC couldn't person conscionable renewed the archetypal series.
"This is rubbish, obscurity arsenic bully arsenic Motherland #Amandaland" stated 1 viewer.
Posting an representation of Motherland's Julia, different instrumentality stated: "Feel similar axenic shit, conscionable privation her back. #Motherland #Amandaland."
Amandaland: Official trailer
"Amandaland not ringing the doorbell astatine the moment, not definite the quality is beardown capable to transportation a bid - makes you realise what a bully ensemble #Motherland was" declared different viewer.
While different said: "Enjoyable but I kinda privation they had conscionable done different bid of Motherland. #Amandaland #MotherLand."
However, not everyone agreed and immoderate fans recovered the caller occurrence hilarious and a bully watch.
"Amandaland is truthful good, 1 of the funniest things I've watched successful years! #Amandaland" said 1 enthusiastic fan.
Best BBC comedies
A BBC brag called connected the manufacture to "save our sitcoms", but the corp has a past of fantastic shows.
We look backmost astatine immoderate of the champion to ever grace the screen.
Fawlty Towers (1975-1979) - Only 2 bid were made of the beloved institution. However, the taste interaction of the bid starring John Cleese and Connie Booth spans decades. It follows rude and intolerant Basil Fawlty (Cleese) arsenic helium attempts to amended the estimation of his hotel.
Only Fools and Horses (1981-2003) - The amusement was crowned by immoderate arsenic the champion British sitcom of each clip by a TV canvass successful 2004. Seven bid were broadcast connected BBC until 1991 with further sporadic Christmas specials airing until 2003. Sir David Jason starred arsenic ambitious marketplace trader Derek "Del Boy" Trotter whilst Nicholas Lyndhurst played his younger half-brother Rodney. Set successful working-class Peckham in south-east London, it follows the highs and lows of the lives of the Trotters', successful peculiar their brazen attempts to get rich.
Blackadder (1983 - 1989) - Four bid were made of the iconic show, created by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson. Each bid spans a antithetic humanities play arsenic anti-hero Edmund Blackadder (Atkinson) tries to amended himself successful each society. Accompanied by his dogsbody Baldrick (Tony Robinson), occupation ever ensues. A TV canvass successful 2004 recovered that Blackadder was voted the second-best British sitcom of each time
Absolutely Fabulous (1992 - 2012) - Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley prima arsenic failing PR guru Edina 'Eddie' Monsoon and alcoholic fashionista Patsy Stone. The brace embark connected heavy-drinking sessions and maltreatment drugs successful a hopeless effort to enactment 'hip'. Eddie perpetually chases bizarre fads and fails to suffer value whilst her disappointed and neglected girl Saffy (Julia Sawalha) looks on.
Little Britain (2003 - 2006) - The premise is simple. A sketch amusement which features antithetic British radical from each walks of beingness that are engaged successful each sorts of comical scenarios. Starring Matt Lucas and David Walliams, the brace created iconic popular civilization characters. Viewers loved obnoxious assembly property teen Vicky Pollard, morbidly obese scrounger Bubbles Devere, slimming manager Marjorie Dawes, despondent bureau idiosyncratic Carol Beer, disgraced person Sir Norman Fry, of people the iconic Lou and Andy!
The Catherine Tate Show (2004-2015) - A sketch amusement starring the likes of Catherine Tate. She made iconic characters specified arsenic rowdy schoolgirl Lauren Cooper with her enactment 'Am I bovvered?'. Other characters featured Bernie the nurse, the aga saga woman, complaining mates Janice and Ray, and of people her infamous 'Nan', Joannie Taylor. The past quality herself spawned aggregate specials and adjacent a movie.
Gavin and Stacey (2007 - Present) The bid tells the communicative of Gavin (Matthew Horne) and Stacey (Joanna Page). The brace embarked connected an online and telephone romance for six months. But erstwhile they yet determine to beryllium unneurotic properly, their friends and household get successful the way. Ruth Jones and James Corden created the beloved show, which has been going for implicit a decade. The 2019 Christmas peculiar was the most-watched drama successful 17 years and the most-viewed non-sporting lawsuit successful a decade.
"Soooo comic and large comedy" raved another.
While different declared: "Thought it would beryllium a conflict coming disconnected the backmost of Motherland but I person to accidental truthful acold it’s brilliant."
Talking astir the caller show, pb prima Lucy precocious said “Amanda is surviving successful an upper-level flat, with idiosyncratic beneath her, which is simply a hard pill for her to swallow.
"The writers person been precise clever due to the fact that portion it inactive feels similar the aforesaid satellite arsenic Motherland, they’re wholly antithetic characters.
"I was incredibly excited, amazed and intrigued to beryllium asked to bash it.”
Amandaland airs connected BBC and is disposable to watercourse connected BBCIplayer.