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With the exception of the Siddiquis from Gogglebox, the Goodmans are arguably the funniest family on British telly right now. Each episode of Robert Popper's sitcom highlights the chemistry between Simon Bird, Tom Rosenthal, Tamsin Greig and Paul Ritter. This week, Uncle Saul's funeral means Martin's mum - AKA Horrible Grandma - is back in town, making Adam and Jonny's squabbling seem good-natured by comparison.

Review: Friday Night Dinner, C4

There is nothing particularly groundbreaking here. Just a lovely, well-observed, faintly farcical fast-moving storyline as one minor white lie - they claim Jackie's mother has died so that they can cancel dinner and turf Tony out - sends events spiralling out of control.

Friday Night Dinner to run for eight series?

Simon Bird has told Digital Spy that he thinks the cast and writer Robert Popper could "do the same again". "There's no reason why we couldn't," he said. "I could imagine there being series eight, or series nine, but we'll have to wait and see."

Simon Bird reveals he became a father six months ago

Inbetweeners star Simon Bird has revealed he became a father six months ago.

Simon Bird & Tom Rosenthal interview

TV Choice caught up with Simon and Tom, who play squabbling siblings Adam and Jonny, at Channel 4 HQ over coffee and very nice pastries...

Inbetweener Simon Bird in new Post Office campaign

Simon Bird, the star of Channel 4 comedy The Inbetweeners, appears in a new travel campaign for the Post Office.

Simon Bird stars in Tom Basden's Crocodile

Casting has been announced for Tom Basden's new play The Crocodile. Inbetweeners star Simon Bird will appear alongside Ciarán Owens and Marek Larwood in the production, which centres on a self-important actor (Owens) who gets swallowed by a crocodile during a trip to the zoo with his best friend (Bird).

Getting comedians sloshed and having them recount the tales of historical figures is a malleable format. Having started out as a web series and then graduated to full broadcast, Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's Drunk History now receives a UK remake. The star wattage isn't as high as its US counterpart (it had Jack Black, Winona Ryder and Dave Grohl), but there are still some redoubtably funny people involved, including Simon Bird, Tom Rosenthal and (playing Oliver Cromwell) Mathew Horne.

Inbetweeners cast interview

"Fans expect us to be walking disasters", Simon Bird explains. "Which we are, but not in a funny way."