Amandaland: Trailer, certificate and where to watch
Motherland spin-off with Lucy Punch, Joanna Lumley and, at Christmas, Jennifer Saunders
Year: 2025
Certificate: 12
Missing Motherland? This spin-off has the same pin-sharp writing and rapid-fire laughs and even though it focuses on just one of the mums from the original series, Lucy Punch's Amanda is enough for anyone.
Relocating from leafy west London to the not-so-cosmopolitan suburb of South Harlesden - up and coming, but not there yet - Amanda has to start again. Making friends, making impressions and getting herself back on top. She is most put out not to be the centre of attention and makes a beeline for the cool mums, Siobhan McSweeney's Della, chef at a local restaurant, and her wife Fi (Line Of Duty's Rochenda Sandall). Let's just say she doesn't endear herself instantly.
Self-absorbed Amanda would be too much on her own but she contrasts nicely with Philippa Dunne who returns as the (mostly) sweet Anne as well as Joanna Lumley as Amanda's mother Felicity, who reintroduces herself with the line, 'Let me in before I get mugged', and continues to cut her daughter down to size at every opportunity.
All in all it's a very welcome return to the delightfully chaotic world of modern parenting and it was a hit, too - so there will be a second series, as well as a 2025 Christmas special which reunites Lumley with her AbFab co-star Jennifer Saunders - seeing them back together is a real Christmas treat. (Seven episodes)
