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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 3, Episode 2 - The Fox

Friday Night Dinner. Image shows from L to R: Jonny (Tom Rosenthal), Martin (Paul Ritter), Adam (Simon Bird)
Dad's been secretly hiding a dead fox in the outside freezer, as he wants to get it stuffed. But when mum needs to use the freezer, dad enlists the boys in a desperate attempt to hide the dead animal from her.

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Further details

The boys come home to find - to their horror - that dad has been hiding a dead fox in the outside freezer. "Don't tell mum!" begs dad. He's planning on getting it stuffed, and putting it in his shed. "Why?" ask the boys. "Because it's a talking point", says dad. "But what are you going to stuff it with?" they ask. "Sage and onion. Does it matter?".

Meanwhile, mum has been doing a counselling course and is driving the men mad as she tries to practice counselling on them.

But all hell breaks out when mum needs to use the freezer. The race is on to hide the dead animal somewhere in the house. The boys agree to help dad - as long as he pays them.

The men are soon forced to hide the animal under a chair in the dining room. Cue a terrifyingly tense dinner, as the men try to act normal in front of mum as they eat their meal, just five feet away from a dead fox. But when neighbour Jim spots the dead animal, how will dad prevent him from blurting it out to mum?

Things get really bad for dad when the fox ends up in the back of Aunty Val's car, which is promptly driven off. How will he get the fox back without mum finding out? And what happens when mum finally gets to practice her counselling - on Jim?

Broadcast details

Date
Friday 27th June 2014
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
Peter Burrows Ron (Val's Neighbour)
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
Paul Machliss Editor
Kyz Kistell Production Designer

Videos

Fox In The Freezer

There's a fox in ma freezer what am I gonna do?

Featuring: Simon Bird (Adam), Tom Rosenthal (Jonny) & Paul Ritter (Martin).

Hiding The Frozen Fox

You've obviously got to make sure fox cannibals don't get to any frozen foxes you're trying to hide...

Featuring: Simon Bird (Adam), Tom Rosenthal (Jonny) & Paul Ritter (Martin).

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