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
Episode menu
Series 5, Episode 1 - The Other Jackie
Further details
Across the six new episodes in Series 5 of Friday Night Dinner, Mum and Dad get a hot tub, much to the horror of Adam and Jonny; Adam accidentally sets his car on fire; Jonny won't stop prank-calling Adam; Dad becomes obsessed with his old, terrifying ventriloquist dummy; Mum organises her own, terrible surprise party; Jim goes on a date from beyond hell; Horrible Grandma comes back for more horribleness - and the family have dinner.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 4th May 2018
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Paul Ritter | Martin |
| Tamsin Greig | Jackie |
| Simon Bird | Adam |
| Tom Rosenthal | Jonny |
| Mark Heap | Jim |
| Benjamin Lok | Waiter |
| Rosie Cavaliero | Other Jackie |
| Robert Popper | Writer |
| 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 |
Video
Jim's date
Adam and Jonny catch their neighbour Jim on a date.
Featuring: Paul Ritter (Martin), Tamsin Greig (Jackie), Simon Bird (Adam), Tom Rosenthal (Jonny), Mark Heap (Jim), Benjamin Lok (Waiter) & Rosie Cavaliero (Other Jackie).
Press
Friday Night Dinner, review
This gentle sitcom should be required viewing for anti-Semitic trolls.
Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 5th May 2018Ah, the joy; the return of Robert Popper's always very funny sitcom about a Jewish family's ever-thwarted efforts to settle down for a customary Friday-night meal. Tonight, Mark Heap excels himself as oddball neighbour Jim, who has somehow managed to secure himself a date. He saddles the Goodmans with his enigmatic dog Wilson, about whose dietary habits we learn a little. All this eats into the quality time the parents, if not their sons, had hoped to spend in their new hot tub.
David Stubbs, The Guardian, 4th May 2018TV review: Friday Night Dinner, C4
This is a grimly funny episode full of great lines and fabulous performances, including the dog.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 4th May 2018Friday Night Dinner, Channel 4, review
Still a delicious mixture of slapstick and acid after five series.
Jeff Robson, i Newspaper, 4th May 2018A very welcome new series for this reliably funny sitcom. As we return to the Goodman residence, the family have a new hot tub and Mark Heap's oddball neighbour Jim has a date - which really does prove that there's someone for everyone.
The Guardian, 27th April 2018