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TV review: Friday Night Dinner, C4
Is there a sitcom at the moment with a stronger cast than Friday Night Dinner?
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th March 2020Why food fights and mayhem have become a TV treat
At a time when many of us are having to stay away from our family, it's business as usual round at the Goodmans - in other words, collective chaos.
Rebecca Thomas, BBC, 26th March 2020Top 20 UK sitcoms of 21st century: Friday Night Dinner
Despite a surprisingly funky theme tune and title sequence, Robert Popper's long running sitcom works on a deceptively simple premise.
Chris Hallam, Chris Hallam's World View, 26th March 2020Friday Night Dinner cast on the new series
As the UK's favourite malfunctioning family gets ready to return to the small screen, Ralph Jones sits down with the Goodmans to talk Brexit, fake excrement, flying potatoes - and why this season of the Channel 4 sitcom is its wildest yet.
Ralph Jones, NME, 13th March 2020Friday Night Dinner really should have stayed indoors
Moving the action outside the family's north London house jolted the show's gentle surrealism into broader slapstick.
Michael Cragg, The Guardian, 9th March 2020Simon Bird on Days of the Bagnold Summer
Director Simon Bird, plus stars Monica Dolan and Earl Cave talk about capturing awkward family tensions in the new British comedy.
Eddie Harrison, The List, 9th March 2020Days Of The Bagnold Summer review
Days Of The Bagnold Summer is an endearing, accessible film for anyone who's struggled through puberty, or, indeed, struggled to connect with a family member going through it.
Jay Richardson, Chortle, 5th March 2020Sandylands, Gold, review
David Walliams and Simon Bird's show is camp and gaudy with plenty of 'oo-er' humour.
Rupert Hawksley, i Newspaper, 4th March 2020Introducing The Inbetweeners to a French person
Turns out the humour does translate but, unfortunately, some things require questions.
Wayne Farry, JOE, 24th February 2020Simon Bird confirms no reunion for The Inbetweeners
The Inbetweeners star Simon Bird confirmed to Lorraine that there would be no reunion for the E4 sitcom despite reunion news for Friends.
Lewis Knight, The Mirror, 24th February 2020