- Radio Times
- Review by:
- Alison Graham
Robert Popper’s vaguely autobiographical sitcom isn’t black-hearted, cruel, vituperative or blushingly filthy, but inherently good-hearted and lacking in guile.
Popper has adapted his own early family life to bring us the Goodmans: Mum, Dad and two grown-up kids, who gather round the dinner table every Friday. Mum (splendid Tamsin Greig) is daffy and obsessed by MasterChef, while Dad (Paul Ritter) is a bit bonkers, and has a bizarre obsession with his yellowing collection of ancient New Scientist magazines. It’s all a bit Mike Leigh, only funnier.
About this programme
1/6. Comedy following two brothers who visit their parents once a week for dinner, but have to put up with their family's many eccentricities. Jonny Goodman's father asks him to stash some magazines at his flat following a clear-out of the house, and a sofa bed gets stuck on the stairs, splitting the relatives between the ground and first floors. Guest starring Mark Heap (Spaced), with Simon Bird, Tom Rosenthal, Tamsin Greig and Paul Ritter.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Mum
- Tamsin Greig
- Dad
- Paul Ritter
- Adam Goodman
- Simon Bird
- Jonny Goodman
- Tom Rosenthal
- Jim
- Mark Heap
- Chris Parker
- Matthew Holness
Crew
- Director
- Steve Bendelack
- Executive Producer
- Kenton Allen
- Executive Producer
- Caroline Leddy
- Executive Producer
- Nira Park
- Producer
- Robert Popper
- Writer
- Robert Popper
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