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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

  • JustWatch Streaming rank this week: 621

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Friday Night Dinner creator denies series end rumours

Simon Bird, who plays Adam, recently suggested that the upcoming sixth series was "probably the end" of the show - even more upsetting for loyal viewers than when Wilson died. But we have good news! Speaking to RadioTimes.com, series creator/writer Robert Popper has suggested that Friday Night Dinner might not be ending after all.

Morgan Jeffery, Radio Times, 25th March 2020

Maggie Cole and Friday Night Dinner crossover

In last week's episode of The Trouble With Maggie Cole, Mark Heap gave a nod to his other alter ego in a scene with Dawn French as he said "Shalom".

Jill Robinson, The Sun, 25th March 2020

Interview: Robert Popper

No one is more surprised at the success of the Channel 4 comedy Friday Night Dinner than its creator, Robert Popper.

Stephen Armstrong, The Times, 19th March 2020

Friday Night Dinner cast on the new series

As the UK's favourite malfunctioning family gets ready to return to the small screen, Ralph Jones sits down with the Goodmans to talk Brexit, fake excrement, flying potatoes - and why this season of the Channel 4 sitcom is its wildest yet.

Ralph Jones, NME, 13th March 2020

Friday Night Dinner really should have stayed indoors

Moving the action outside the family's north London house jolted the show's gentle surrealism into broader slapstick.

Michael Cragg, The Guardian, 9th March 2020

10 British comedy shows that need worldwide recognition

The average viewer enjoys great comedy television shows, but they may not have heard of these phenomenal British series designed to make you laugh.

Alex H., Screen Rant, 6th March 2020

Frances Cuka obituary

Prolific character actor on stage and screen, comedy fans will recognise her as Friday Night Dinner's Grandma Nelly Buller.

Michael Coveney, The Guardian, 20th February 2020

Friday Night Dinner Series 6 filming completed

Filming has finally finished on Series 6 of Friday Night Dinner, with the show set to air on Channel 4 in the spring.

Amelia Ward, Lad Bible, 21st January 2020

Filming starts on Friday Night Dinner Series 6

Filming is now underway on the sixth series of Friday Night Dinner. Plots will include Jim getting a new dog.

British Comedy Guide, 28th October 2019

10 underrated British comedies on Netflix

Check them out next time you're Netflix-surfing!

Leah Flavell, Screen Rant, 14th October 2019

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