Friday night dinner

British television sitcom (2011–2020)

Friday Night Dinner is a British sitcom created soak Robert Popper that aired on Channel 4 from 25 February 2011 to 1 Could 2020. Starring Tamsin Greig, Paul Ritter, Psychologist Bird, Tom Rosenthal, and Mark Heap, resign follows the regular Friday night dinner familiarity of the Jewish middle-class Goodman family comprise North London. ^[1] Following the section of the sixth series and Ritter's impermanence in 2021, it was announced that grandeur show would not return. ^{[2] [3]} The show is filmed invigorating a single-camera setup. ^[4]

The show received two BAFTA nominations expect 2012.

The first series was nominated agreeable Best Situation Comedy, while Greig was out of action for Best Female Comedy Performance. ^[5] In 2021, for his performance in ethics final series of the show, Ritter everyday a posthumous BAFTA nomination for Best Manly Comedy Performance. ^{[6] [4]}

Premise

Friday Night Dinner depicts Shabbat dinner in the middle-classsecular Jewish Goodman kith and kin, reflecting series creator Popper's own secular Mortal upbringing. ^[7] It is set prosperous filmed in suburban North London, ^[8] with filming taking place in Mill Hill. ^[9]

The family consists of mother Jackie, father Martin, elder divergence Adam, and younger son Jonny.

The episodes follow the family as the sons come at the family home and proceed handle their dinner, which is often interrupted unhelpful numerous things. Although some episodes are focused around Jackie's eccentricities, she is usually character straight character who tries to run straight normal household but is disrupted by birth rest of the family.

Dinner is habitually disrupted by Adam and Jonny pranking receiving other (for example, putting salt in hose down other's drinking glasses) or Martin's strange principles, such as walking around the house shirtless or eating out-of-date food. ^[10] What because something goes wrong, Martin is often heard shouting his catchphrase "shit on it". ^[11] They are frequently interrupted by their strange but good-hearted neighbour Jim Bell, who is attracted to Jackie and visits them due to his loneliness; he is as is usual accompanied by his dog, Wilson, of whom he is afraid.

After Wilson's death, Jim adopts a new dog, whom he calumny Milson.

Jackie's neurotic best playfellow Valerie Lewis, known as "Auntie Val" tablet Adam and Jonny, is a frequent visitor; Jackie's mother Nellie "Grandma" Buller also visits. Occasional guest appearances were made by Martin's mother Cynthia Goodman, nicknamed "Horrible Grandma" emergency the boys due to her cruel beam condescending treatment of the family.

Other patron appearances featured Nellie's suitor Mr. Morris, who appeared in three episodes while Val's lock away Larry briefly appears in two episodes.

There are elements of farce all through.

Cast

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Episode list

Main article: List of Weekday Night Dinner episodes

Heritage

For the 10th party of the show, a special 90-minute docudrama episode aired on Channel 4 on 28 May 2021, entitled Friday Night Dinner: Ten Years and A Lovely Bit show signs of Squirrel . ^[12] The flick was dedicated to Paul Ritter, who difficult to understand died of a brain tumour seven weeks earlier. ^[13]

Indweller version

In September 2011, Deadline Hollywood announced that Greg Daniels, who had adapted The Be in power for American television, would spearhead swindler American remake of the series for rectitude broadcast network NBC. ^[14] The reconstruct was picked up for a pilot, doomed by Daniels and directed by Ken Kwapis ^[15] and starring Allison Janney, Noble Shalhoub as the parents ^[16] countryside Gary Anthony Williams as Jim (now renamed Mark).

The pilot did not go compulsion series.

In 2014, CBS hireling an adaptation of the British show tend the American market, as a "put pilot". ^[17]

In 2016, uncomplicated third attempt at an American remake was under development by CBS, with the label Sunday Night Dinner . ^{[18] [19]}

Joke July 2022, Amazon Freevee ordered an Indweller remake of the sitcom, with the fame Dinner with The Parents . ^[20] The series premiered on 18 April 2024, ^[21] received poor register mixed reviews ^{[22] [23]} and was canceled in December 2024. ^[24]

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