The fourth and final season of BBC sitcom Motherland has landed on Netflix, which means your cosy November evenings are sorted.
The rib-tickling series from Bafta-winning comedian Sharon Horgan follows the highs of lows of middle-class motherhood (and parenthood as a whole) with a cast of kooky characters.
Starring Anne Maxwell-Martin, Lucy Punch, Dianne Morgan and Joanne Lumley, the ”alpha mum’ stacked show has proven itself a certified hit, even spawning a popular spin-off series based on Lucy’s hoity-toity character Amanda, aptly named Amandaland.
Imbued with a quintessential awkward British humour, fans have grown fond of this chaotic group of chaotic parents over the years – with the hijinks utterly bingeable. It’s the perfect comforting watch.
‘Funny, relatable and well written. Close to the bone for a lot of parents I’m sure,’ Rotten Tomatoes user Brendan M wrote.
‘It’s insanely good,’ Reddit user ok-calligrapher964 agreed.
‘Absolutely top tier. One of the most recent additions, for me, to the great British comedy pantheon,’ Cactusclothesline echoed.
‘I actually love this show. Especially Amanda. She’s so on the nose,’ emojicatcher997 said.
‘National Treasure Joanna Lumley is fantastic in her brief appearances. She’s horrible in the most perfect way,’ one anonymous user shared.
‘I love this show, it’s one of my all-time faves and a real comfort show now,’ another posted.
The show recently came to an end, with Amandaland filling the void in everyone’s hearts, also garnering plenty of acclaim, a festive special and a second season.
Discussing bringing an honest representation of parenting to the screen, Horgan told Radio Times in 2017: ‘…it’s hard to show women looking like they’re doing a bad job of being a mother.
‘And that’s why I’m amazed that the BBC let us do whatever we wanted; there’s no sugar-coating it. There’s no, “Right, in this episode can you make sure you give your daughter her five-a-day?”
‘It’s just showing the sort of… hell of it. We actually did a really early version of it in the US for ABC but it didn’t work because we were monitored so heavily and weren’t able to show the dirty side of parenting.’
Motherland is now streaming on Netflix.
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