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 2 - The Tin Of Meat
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
| Paul Ritter | Martin |
| Tamsin Greig | Jackie |
| Simon Bird | Adam |
| Tom Rosenthal | Jonny |
| Mark Heap | Jim |
| Tracy-Ann Oberman | Val |
| Steve Furst | Larry (Val's partner) |
| Kiell Smith-Bynoe | Nick (Jonny's boss) |
| Lucas Hare | Doctor |
| 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 |
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