Motherland
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two / BBC One
- 2016 - 2022
- 20 episodes (3 series)
Comedy about middle-class parenthood and juggling kids, school, and other parents. Stars Anna Maxwell Martin, Diane Morgan, Paul Ready, Lucy Punch, Philippa Dunne and more.
Streaming rank this week: 194
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Series 1, Episode 3 - The Pool Party
Further details
A children's pool party in the UK is not the most glamorous of experiences. Luckily Julia is just dropping the kids off so she can prepare for an important event later that evening.
While Liz is at the newsagents the nice-looking guy in the queue leaves his wallet behind. She takes it and hopes to return it and hopefully turn it into a date. And a new Dad on the scene pushes Kevin's nose out of joint.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 21st November 2017
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Anna Maxwell Martin | Julia |
| Diane Morgan | Liz |
| Paul Ready | Kevin |
| Lucy Punch | Amanda |
| Philippa Dunne | Anne |
| Ellie Haddington | Marion |
| Toyin Ayedun-Alase | Pool Receptionist |
| Elizabeth Chan | May Lyn |
| Sharon Gavin | Pool Attendant |
| Richard Pepple | Malcom Spender |
| Ryan Pope | Mitch |
| Orlando Seale | James |
| Sharon Horgan | Writer |
| Helen Serafinowicz (as Helen Linehan) | Writer |
| Holly Walsh | Writer |
| Graham Linehan | Writer |
| Juliet May | Director |
| Richard Boden | Producer |
| Richard Boden | Executive Producer |
| Graham Linehan | Executive Producer |
| Sharon Horgan | Executive Producer |
| Clelia Mountford | Executive Producer |
| Holly Walsh | Associate Producer |
| Samantha McCole | Line Producer |
| Jake Bernard | Editor |
| Dennis De Groot (as Dennis DeGroot) | Production Designer |
| Sarah Crowe | Casting Director |
| Caroline Pitcher | Costume Designer |
| Chris Goodger | Director of Photography |
| Vanessa White | Make-up Designer |
| Oli Julian | Composer |
| Kas Braganza | 1st Assistant Director |
| Alex Moody | Commissioning Editor |
Video
The stay-at-home dads
Kevin has some competition when a new stay-at-home Dad arrives on the scene.
Featuring: Paul Ready (Kevin), Lucy Punch (Amanda) & Richard Pepple (Malcom Spender).
Press
This sitcom's comprehensive catalogue of parenting embarrassment moves on to the pool party, a parade of grubby, fleshy indignity given the unlikely twist of Julia (the terrifically taut Anna Maxwell Martin) being forced to attend minutes before a work event at which she had hoped to look pristine. Meanwhile, Liz (Diane Morgan) is waiting for a potential date to ring her back, and pathetic Kevin (Paul Ready) meets his non-pathetic doppelganger nemesis.
Jack Seale, The Guardian, 21st November 2017