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

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Series 2, Episode 4 - The New Car

Jonny's got exciting news this week, and Dad's got a new fax machine to play with. But Mum's horrified to learn the detail behind Jonny's news, and Jim's getting drunk.

Further details

Friday Night Dinner. Martin (Paul Ritter). Copyright: Popper Pictures / Big Talk Productions

Dad is very excited. He's just bought a new fax machine. The boys can't believe it ("What's the point of using a fax machine when you've got email?" they ask. "So you don't have to read everything off a bleeding machine," replies dad).

Jonny - who's an estate agent - has been given a company car - the uncoolest car possible: it has a giant, estate agent-themed, fake brick roof on top. Adam calls it a 'house'.

Mum soon learns that Jonny bagged the car because he'd been sleeping with his boss, the much older Liz. Mum is not happy, and an awkward scene arises when the family bump into Liz outside Jonny's office.

Meanwhile mum has put dad on a diet - 'no chocolate, no cheese, no cakes' for two weeks, but dad has made the boys smuggle in food for him, which he keeps hidden in the downstairs loo.

Jim pops round with his dog, Wilson. He's drunk, as he's celebrating Wilson's birthday. ("Wilson is either 4 or 9"). Jim has even made Wilson a birthday cake.

Later, returning from a 'family spin' in Jonny's car, the family find something awful has happened to their house...

Broadcast details

Date
Sunday 28th October 2012
Time
10pm
Channel
Channel 4
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Wednesday 31st October 2012 12:35am 4seven
Friday 2nd November 2012 11:05pm C4
Sunday 4th November 2012 1:40am 4seven
Saturday 22nd June 2013 12:20am E4
Saturday 28th September 2013 12:45am E4
Saturday 31st May 2014 12:00am E4
Friday 28th December 2018 3:30am E4
Sunday 1st March 2020 1:15am E4
Friday 6th November 2020 3:50am E4
Thursday 25th February 2021 11:35pm C4

Cast & crew

Cast
Paul Ritter Martin
Tamsin Greig Jackie
Simon Bird Adam
Tom Rosenthal Jonny
Mark Heap Jim
Guest cast
Lesley Vickerage Liz
Gary Faulkner Burglar
Jake Roche First Policeman
Mark Theodore Second Policeman
Writing team
Robert Popper Writer
Production team
Martin Dennis Director
Robert Popper Producer
Kenton Allen Executive Producer
Nira Park Executive Producer
Caroline Leddy Executive Producer
Lucien Clayton Editor
Jeff Sherriff Production Designer

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