Grandma's House
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two
- 2010 - 2012
- 12 episodes (2 series)
Sitcom written by, starring, and based on the life of Essex-raised Jewish comic Simon Amstell. Also features Linda Bassett, Rebecca Front, James Smith, Samantha Spiro, Jamal Hadjkura and Geoffrey Hutchings
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Series 2, Episode 2 - The Day Simon Thought It May Be A Good Idea To Find New Living Arrangements
Further details
Simon has been living with Grandma in Gants Hill for some months now and is beginning to feel it. Liz's husband Barry makes a rare appearance as they strive to spend some quality time together.
Simon learns that Barry's firm has a flat in London but must negotiate a way around Barry's personality in order to escape.
Meanwhile, as Clive attempts to impress Tanya with his work on the roof, Adam discovers something from the past.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 26th April 2012
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Simon Amstell | Simon |
| Linda Bassett | Grandma |
| Rebecca Front | Tanya |
| James Smith | Clive |
| Samantha Spiro | Auntie Liz |
| Jamal Hadjkura | Adam |
| Vincent Franklin | Barry (Liz's Husband) |
| Simon Amstell | Writer |
| Dan Swimer | Writer |
| Jeremy Dyson | Script Editor |
| Christine Gernon | Director |
| Arnold Widdowson | Producer |
| Sophie Clarke-Jervoise | Executive Producer |
| Kristian Smith | Executive Producer |
| Ben Cavey | Executive Producer |
| Mark Kinsella | Line Producer |
| William Webb | Editor |
| Jonathan Paul Green | Production Designer |
| Rachel Freck (as Rachel Freck CDG) | Casting Director |
| Sarah Burns | Costume Designer |
| Andy Hollis | Director of Photography |
| Nichola Bellamy | Make-up Designer |
| Paul Clark | Composer |
| Steve Roberts | 1st Assistant Director |
Videos
Series 2, Episode 2 Trailer
Clips from Episode 2. Liz's husband makes a rare appearance, and Adam discovers some of Grandpa's old porn magazines in the loft where Clive is mending the roof.
Featuring: Simon Amstell (Simon), Vincent Franklin (Barry), Rebecca Front (Tanya), Jamal Hadjkura (Adam) & James Smith (Clive).
Seduction
Clive has got Simon up to the loft under the pretext of needing help to move boxes. What he actually wants is a favour - he needs Simon to get him five minutes alone with Tanya so he can "get things rolling again" with her.
Featuring: Simon Amstell (Simon), Jamal Hadjkura (Adam) & James Smith (Clive).
Press
Following on from last week's droll, awkward tension, the second episode of Simon Amstell's gentle meta-sitcom continues in the same vein. This week, the 'Simon Amstell' character begins to seek (and beg) for alternative living arrangements and is desperate for the part of Ariel in a producer friend's new production of The Tempest ("Who's playing Prospero, June Sarpong?" snaps Auntie Liz). Once again, Rebecca Front steals the show as Simon's mum, Tanya, with a horde of smutty outbursts - "Clive is a generous, kind man. Let him have a wank in the loft" - and an outburst at Liz's husband Barry in the episode's finale. So far, the second series feels like more of the same. But the witty, understated dialogue make half an hour in Grandma's House strangely entertaining.
Ben Williams, Time Out, 26th April 2012