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 2, Episode 6 - The Mouse
Further details
The boys come home to find the house in a real state. The builders have been in, and everywhere they look, there's mess. On top of this, there's a mouse in the house, and mum is hiding in the shed.
Dad - who's clueless in the kitchen - is left in charge of dinner ("I might as well be boiling a table").
But when Jim pops round to see if he can help around the house, something quite terrible happens to him, and mum is forced - out of guilt - to ask Jim over for dinner. This is Jim's happiest moment ever - finally, his first ever Friday night dinner with the Goodmans. Dad and the boys are livid with mum for asking him round.
What follows is an excruciating dinner scene; along with Jim's peculiar eating habits ("I prefer to tear my food"), Jim's conversation skills have a lot to be desired ("Martin, are you circumcised?" he asks an unsuspecting dad).
Things go from bad to worse very soon, as Jim leaves a trail of destruction in the house...
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 11th November 2012
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
Date | Time | Channel |
---|---|---|
Friday 16th November 2012 | 11:05pm | C4 |
Saturday 6th July 2013 | 12:50am | E4 |
Saturday 12th October 2013 | 12:35am | E4 |
Saturday 14th June 2014 | 2:40am | E4 |
Saturday 29th December 2018 | 3:45am | E4 |
Sunday 1st March 2020 | 2:20am | E4 |
Friday 13th November 2020 | 3:45am | E4 |
Friday 26th February 2021 | 12:40am | C4 |
Saturday 8th May 2021 | 1:00am | C4 |
Friday 28th May 2021 | 10:30pm | C4 |
Monday 31st May 2021 | 10:35pm | 4seven |
Saturday 25th December 2021 | 1:00am | C4 |
Cast & crew
Paul Ritter | Martin |
Tamsin Greig | Jackie |
Simon Bird | Adam |
Tom Rosenthal | Jonny |
Mark Heap | Jim |
Robert Popper | Writer |
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 |