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
Streaming rank this week: 457
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1 - The Sofabed
Further details
Mum and dad are having a clear-out, but dad is reluctant to chuck away all his tatty old magazines, and ropes in Jonny to secretly hide the stash back at his flat. Mum is very excited because it's the final of Masterchef, while Jonny thinks it's 'Mastershit'.
Mum is trying to get on with dinner, but their neighbour Jim keeps interrupting to use their toilet as he's mysteriously broken his own loo. Meanwhile Dad has forgotten a man is coming to pick up their old sofabed.
Will mum get to see her precious Masterchef?
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 25th February 2011
- 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 |
| Matthew Holness | Chris Parker |
| Robert Popper | Writer |
| Steve Bendelack | Director |
| Robert Popper | Producer |
| Kenton Allen | Executive Producer |
| Nira Park | Executive Producer |
| Caroline Leddy | Executive Producer |
| Lucien Clayton | Editor |
| Jeff Sherriff | Production Designer |
Press
If you liked the cleverly played-out dysfunctionality of Grandma's House, you'll enjoy this new comedy. Newcomer Jack Rosenthal and Inbetweeners star Simon Bird play brothers joining their parents (Tamsin Greig and Paul Ritter) at the family home for dinner. The evening descends into enjoyable farce as a man unexpectedly comes to collect the sofa bed, Dad figures out how to avoid chucking away his New Scientists and a weird neighbour (Green Wing's Mark Heap) keeps popping in to use the loo.
Metro, 25th February 2011