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 3 - The Loft

The loft needs cleaning out and Dad's roped Adam and Jonny in. Jonny, however, has a plan to get out of it: pretend he's dislocated his shoulder. Meanwhile, Mum and Dad aren't speaking and Aunty Val is taking sides.

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Friday Night Dinner. Image shows from L to R: Jackie (Tamsin Greig), Jim (Mark Heap). Copyright: Popper Pictures / Big Talk Productions

To get out of cleaning the loft with Dad and Adam, Jonny is wearing a fake sling ("I've dislocated my shoulder"). But when Adam discovers he's lying, he threatens to tell mum immediately.

"Fine," says Jonny, '"Then I'll just tell her all the grotty details of what you got up to with Hayley Posner".

Adam is horrified. Hayley was Adam's blind date, who he slept with and then never called back, "because she smelt like mum". Mum mustn't find this out, so Adam has to let Jonny get away with his pretend bad shoulder.

Meanwhile mum and dad are not on speaking terms. There's been a terrible argument. Dad tells the boys that the reason - much to their horror - is 'sexual' . But what exactly he got up to, no one will tell them.

Mum's best friend - Aunty Val, comes round for dinner to lend mum moral support, as mum's argument with Dad escalates.

What is mum and dad's terrible secret? And will mum and dad find out all about Jonny and Adam's secrets too?

All this, and a visit to the unfriendliest pub in the world - 'The Black Boy'.

Broadcast details

Date
Sunday 21st October 2012
Time
10pm
Channel
Channel 4
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Wednesday 24th October 2012 10:30pm 4seven
Friday 26th October 2012 11:40pm C4
Saturday 15th June 2013 12:40am E4
Saturday 21st September 2013 2:50am E4
Friday 23rd May 2014 11:50pm E4
Friday 28th December 2018 3:05am E4
Sunday 1st March 2020 12:40am E4
Friday 6th November 2020 3:20am E4
Saturday 20th February 2021 12:40am C4

Cast & crew

Cast
Paul Ritter Martin
Tamsin Greig Jackie
Simon Bird Adam
Tom Rosenthal Jonny
Mark Heap Jim
Tracy-Ann Oberman Val
Guest cast
Paul McNeilly Landlord
Graham O'Mara Doctor
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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