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Friday Night Dinner. Image shows from L to R: Jackie (Tamsin Greig), Adam (Simon Bird), Martin (Paul Ritter), Jonny (Tom Rosenthal)
Friday Night Dinner

Friday Night Dinner

  • TV sitcom
  • Channel 4
  • 2011 - 2020
  • 37 episodes (6 series)

Channel 4 sitcom observing as twenty-something brothers Adam and Jonny go round to their parents' house for Friday night dinner. Stars Paul Ritter, Tamsin Greig, Simon Bird, Tom Rosenthal, Mark Heap and Tracy-Ann Oberman

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- Series 5, Episode 2 - The Tin Of Meat

Friday Night Dinner. Image shows from L to R: Jonny (Tom Rosenthal), Adam (Simon Bird), Martin (Paul Ritter), Jackie (Tamsin Greig), Val (Tracy-Ann Oberman)
When mum's best friend Val moves in after rowing with her husband, Dad can't take it anymore. Val keeps tidying up the house and chucking away all his old stuff. Tensions reach boiling point when Val finds a tin of meat with a best before 1996 date that Dad's been keeping in his shed.

Broadcast details

Date
Friday 11th May 2018
Time
10pm
Channel
Channel 4
Length
30 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Paul Ritter Martin
Tamsin Greig Jackie
Simon Bird Adam
Tom Rosenthal Jonny
Mark Heap Jim
Tracy-Ann Oberman Val
Guest cast
Steve Furst Larry (Val's partner)
Kiell Smith-Bynoe Nick (Jonny's boss)
Lucas Hare Doctor
Writing team
Robert Popper Writer
Production team
Martin Dennis Director
Robert Popper Producer
Kenton Allen Executive Producer
Caroline Leddy Executive Producer
Matthew Justice Executive Producer
Hannah Wilcock Line Producer
Lucien Clayton Editor
Kyz Kistell Production Designer
Robert Sterne Casting Director
Ceri Walford Costume Designer
Matt Wicks Director of Photography
Vicky Voller Make-up Designer
Peter Griffiths 1st Assistant Director

Press

"Auntie" Val is staying at the Goodmans while estranged from her husband, much to Martin's chagrin as she has taken it upon herself to reorder the household. But when she ventures into Martin's sacred hideaway - his shed - and tries to dispose of a cherished 20-year-old tin of meat, he can stand no more ...

David Stubbs, The Guardian, 11th May 2018

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