Friday Night Dinner

*Friday Night Dinner*
Friday Night Dinner
Genre	Black comedy, cringe comedy, farce, sitcom, slapstick
Created by	Robert Popper
Written by	Robert Popper
Starring	Tamsin Greig, Paul Ritter, Simon Bird, Tom Rosenthal, Mark Heap
Opening theme	“Animal (Punks Jump Up Remix)” by Miike Snow
Original language	British
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	37
Production
Running time	20-25 mins
Original release
Network	Channel 4, All 4, 4Music, Netflix
Release	25 February 2011 –; 1 May 2020

Friday Night Dinner is a British television sitcom written and produced by Robert Popper. It stars Tamsin Greig, Paul Ritter, Simon Bird, Tom Rosenthal and Mark Heap.^[1] The series aired from 2011-2020 on Channel 4. The first series of the show was nominated for Best Situation Comedy at the BAFTAs in 2012.^[2]

Description

Friday Night Dinner follows the Jewish middle-class Goodman family as they have Shabbat dinner. The family is made up of the mother Jackie Goodman (Tamsin Greig), father Martin (Paul Ritter), elder son and musician Adam (Simon Bird), and younger son and estate agent Jonny (Tom Rosenthal). The show depicts the numerous interruptions to their dinner. These disruptions are often caused by the sons playing pranks on each other or by their neighbour, Jim (Mark Heap).

Episode list

Series	Episodes	Originally aired		Average UK viewers (millions)
Series	Episodes	First aired	Last aired	Average UK viewers (millions)
1	6	25 February 2011 (2011-02-25)	8 April 2011 (2011-04-08)	—
2	6	7 October 2012 (2012-10-07)	11 November 2012 (2012-11-11)	—
Special		24 December 2012 (2012-12-24)		1.54
3	6	20 June 2014 (2014-06-20)	25 July 2014 (2014-07-25)	1.45
4	6	22 July 2016 (2016-07-22)	26 August 2016 (2016-08-26)	1.66
5	6	4 May 2018 (2018-05-04)	8 June 2018 (2018-06-08)	2.09
6	6	27 March 2020 (2020-03-27)	1 May 2020 (2020-05-01)	4.70

Cast


Actor	Character	Duration
Tamsin Greig	Jacqueline "Jackie" Goodman	2011–2020
Paul Ritter	Martin Goodman	2011–2020
Simon Bird	Adam Goodman	2011–2020
Tom Rosenthal	Jonathan "Jonny" Goodman	2011–2020
Mark Heap	James "Jim" Bell	2011–2020
Frances Cuka	Eleanor "Nellie" Buller	2011–2018
Tracy-Ann Oberman	Valerie "Val" Lewis	2011–2020
Harry Landis	Lou Morris	2012–2014
Rosalind Knight	Cynthia Goodman	2012, 2016–2020

References

↑ "Tamsin Greig and Pulling's Paul Ritter to star in Channel 4 comedy". the Guardian. 2010-02-12. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
↑ "Television Awards Winners in 2012". www.bafta.org. 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2021-04-13.

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[1] "Tamsin Greig and Pulling's Paul Ritter to star in Channel 4 comedy". the Guardian. 2010-02-12. Retrieved 2021-04-13.

[2] "Television Awards Winners in 2012". www.bafta.org. 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2021-04-13.

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