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 3, Episode 2 - The Fox
Further details
The boys come home to find - to their horror - that dad has been hiding a dead fox in the outside freezer. "Don't tell mum!" begs dad. He's planning on getting it stuffed, and putting it in his shed. "Why?" ask the boys. "Because it's a talking point", says dad. "But what are you going to stuff it with?" they ask. "Sage and onion. Does it matter?".
Meanwhile, mum has been doing a counselling course and is driving the men mad as she tries to practice counselling on them.
But all hell breaks out when mum needs to use the freezer. The race is on to hide the dead animal somewhere in the house. The boys agree to help dad - as long as he pays them.
The men are soon forced to hide the animal under a chair in the dining room. Cue a terrifyingly tense dinner, as the men try to act normal in front of mum as they eat their meal, just five feet away from a dead fox. But when neighbour Jim spots the dead animal, how will dad prevent him from blurting it out to mum?
Things get really bad for dad when the fox ends up in the back of Aunty Val's car, which is promptly driven off. How will he get the fox back without mum finding out? And what happens when mum finally gets to practice her counselling - on Jim?
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 27th June 2014
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
Date | Time | Channel |
---|---|---|
Saturday 28th June 2014 | 1:05am | 4seven |
Sunday 29th June 2014 | 12:15am | 4seven |
Friday 31st July 2015 | 3:40am | E4 |
Saturday 1st August 2015 | 2:25am | E4 |
Thursday 31st December 2015 | 2:55am | C4 |
Sunday 30th December 2018 | 2:25am | E4 |
Sunday 8th March 2020 | 12:45am | E4 |
Friday 5th March 2021 | 12:35am | C4 |
Friday 14th May 2021 | 11:35pm | C4 |
Friday 28th May 2021 | 11:35pm | C4 |
Monday 31st May 2021 | 11:40pm | 4seven |
Saturday 25th December 2021 | 1:55am | C4 |
Cast & crew
Paul Ritter | Martin |
Tamsin Greig | Jackie |
Simon Bird | Adam |
Tom Rosenthal | Jonny |
Mark Heap | Jim |
Tracy-Ann Oberman | Val |
Peter Burrows | Ron (Val's Neighbour) |
Robert Popper | Writer |
Martin Dennis | Director |
Robert Popper | Producer |
Kenton Allen | Executive Producer |
Caroline Leddy | Executive Producer |
Matthew Justice | Executive Producer |
Paul Machliss | Editor |
Kyz Kistell | Production Designer |
Videos
Fox In The Freezer
There's a fox in ma freezer what am I gonna do?
Featuring: Simon Bird (Adam), Tom Rosenthal (Jonny) & Paul Ritter (Martin).
Hiding The Frozen Fox
You've obviously got to make sure fox cannibals don't get to any frozen foxes you're trying to hide...
Featuring: Simon Bird (Adam), Tom Rosenthal (Jonny) & Paul Ritter (Martin).