Post her divorce, Amanda has had to downsize and up sticks to South Harlesden, or as the Estate Agent calls it SoHa (definitely not the area around Wormwood Scrubs prison).
With both Manus and Georgie now at secondary school, Amanda has to try and get her head around raising teenagers, dealing with modern motherhood horrors like teenage drinking, fake Instagram accounts and eco anxiety. Not even a woman as certain of her parenting as Amanda can deal with these nightmares alone.
Amanda’s mother Felicity (Joanna Lumley) is constantly around, and completely in denial that she is, in fact, lonely. Theirs is a slightly unhealthy co-dependent relationship based on backhanded compliments and veiled snipes about her new home.
After a brief spell of freedom, Anne (Philippa Dunne) is sucked back into being Amanda’s minion to help her navigate the social scene with the other parents at the children’s new school. Thank God for Anne.
Created by
Sharon Horgan, Holly Walsh, Helen Serafinowicz, Barunka O’Shaughnessy
Written by
Holly Walsh, Helen Serafinowicz, Barunka O’Shaughnessy and Laurence Rickard
Director
Alyssa McClelland
Producer
Tim Mannion
Executive Producers
Sharon Horgan, Clelia Mountford, Helen Serafinowicz, Barunka O’Shaughnessy and Holly Walsh.
Starring
Lucy Punch, Philippa Dunne, Joanna Lumley, Samuel Anderson, Siobhan McSweeney, Rochenda Sandall, Ekow Quartey, Peter Serafinowicz.
Broadcaster
BBC One and BBC iPlayer
Transmission Date
Series 1: Wednesday 5th February 2024
Amandaland on IMDB
The show was commissioned by Tanya Qureshi, Head of Comedy at the BBC. Lionsgate distributes the series worldwide.
