Diane Morgan
- English
- Actor, writer, director and comedian
Press clippings Page 27
Motherland, BBC Two, review
Promising pilot of comedy about middle-class parenting.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 7th September 2016Essentially Mumsnet: the sitcom, an utterly hysterical and bracingly honest look at the messy business of motherhood. Diane ("Cunk") Morgan, Lucy Punch and Anna Maxwell Martin are by turns chaotic, uber-competitive and Not Coping Very Well ("I really want the children to be brought up like I was - by my mother") in this delicious one-off from the combined writing talents of Graham and Helen Linehan, Sharon Horgan and Holly Walsh. Fingers crossed for a series.
Ali Catterall, The Guardian, 6th September 2016Motherland has realities of school run down to a tee
Modern parents will recognise themselves - and cringe - in this pilot comedy from Catastrophe's Sharon Horgan and Father Ted's Graham Linehan, says Ben Dowell.
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 6th September 2016Motherland preview
Frenetic, stressy and trying to juggle several balls at once... the whole tone of Motherland has a lot of parallels with the chaotic realities of parenthood, which it represents so well.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 6th September 2016BBC Landmark Sitcom Season: the pilots review
In my last post I looked at three of the sitcom revivals that the BBC have produced but alongside these pieces, this new season also includes five new sitcom pilots. Over the next two weeks, all five of these shows will air and in this article I will pass judgement on them all.
Matt Donnelly, The Custard TV, 6th September 2016Motherland - review
It's straight to the naughty step if the BBC declines to commission a full series.
Ed Power, The Telegraph, 6th September 2016TV preview: Motherland, BBC2
How kind of the BBC to save the sitcom pilot with the most potential until last.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 5th September 2016TV preview: We the Jury, BBC2
As one would expect from Acaster there are some gloriously well-chosen lines of dialogue.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 4th September 2016Rovers: warm-hearted comedy with shades of Royle Family
Cash's work in the late Nineties paved the way for the success of Peter Kay's more raucous Phoenix Nights and subsequent sitcoms. The triumph of the recent Car Share might have reignited interest in warm-hearted comedy, but, at the moment, Rovers feels too mild. Yet character comedy such as this requires a long acquaintance - by the end of the run, we may have fallen in love with the gentle dreamers of the Redbridge Rovers' Clubhouse.
Jonathan McAloon, The Telegraph, 25th May 2016Rovers, Sky1, review
Lo-fi football sitcom starring Craig Cash and Sue Johnston has its heart in the right place.
Jasper Rees, The Arts Desk, 25th May 2016