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 6, Episode 4 - Dad's Birthday
Further details
It's Dad's birthday, but he's been a misery guts all day and no one knows why. Mum, Adam and Jonny are dumbstruck when he finally reveals the reason he's so miserable: he's realised he'll never go into space, because he used a website to calculate the date he's going to die. Mum is horrified, and even more so when Dad admits he's also worked out the date of her death and that of the boys.
Meanwhile, Jim pops round to wish Jim a happy birthday: he's been practising his magic and conjures up some special 'tricks' for the birthday boy. Just when Dad thought things couldn't get any worse, his mother, aka 'Horrible Grandma', turns up uninvited and proceeds to make a terrible birthday the worst yet...
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 17th April 2020
- 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 |
| Rosalind Knight | Cynthia ('Horrible' Grandma Goodman) |
| Clare Burt | Dr. Stuart |
| Robert Popper | Writer |
| Martin Dennis | Director |
| Robert Popper | Producer |
| Kenton Allen | Executive Producer |
| Caroline Leddy | Executive Producer |
| Matthew Justice | Executive Producer |
| Lucy Jack | Line Producer |
| Pete Drinkwater | Editor |
| Kyz Kistell | Production Designer |
| Robert Sterne | Casting Director |
| Leah Archer | Costume Designer |
| Sarah Bartles-Smith | Director of Photography |
| Vicky Voller | Make-up Designer |
| Paul Mindel | 1st Assistant Director |
Video
Jim performs his magic tricks for Martin's birthday
Martin has the birthday blues - will Jim's magic cheer him up?
Featuring: Paul Ritter (Martin), Tamsin Greig (Jackie), Simon Bird (Adam), Tom Rosenthal (Jonny) & Mark Heap (Jim).