Amandaland

This spin-off series is absolutely what we've been waiting for! It's hilarious, witty and entertaining, laugh out loud in pretty much every single scene and situation! I adore Amanda in this! I find her relatable, and embracing! She's so funny and comical! I love the new character too! So interesting and dimensional! I will be rewatching this again and again just like I have done with Motherland! Amanda is even more funny and hilarious in this spin-off! She's always been one of my favourites in the original show and in so happy they made this much needed show! It's really brightened my gloomy February and brought some much loved joy and warmth to it! Thank you!

Just watch it - if you're English/and or live in London and have witnessed the 'yummy mummy' tribe being passive aggressive at school collection time will know just how painfully accurate this show is Lucy Punch is awesome and the attention to detail in each storyline is wonderful, and perfectly encapsulates the general strain of living in London, raising children and trying to be a trend setter... Motherland felt like it slightly ran out of steam whereas this feels like as long as Amanda's ego keeps running wild then there's plenty of material left to explore. It's also a joy to see Anne going even more extreme - again another great performance...,

I have not watched Motherland but I will now as I did enjoy this spin off.

I watched it because of trailers on the BBC and because Joanna Lumley is in it. Lumley can be credited with at least 4 of the stars in my rating of Amandaland. Her character is not too far removed from Patsy Stone so of course she is brilliant.

For the rest, even though I found parts of the first couple of episodes cringeworthy I did binge watch the series to see if it got any better. Either it did, or, I warmed to the characters and the style of comedy. The comedy is often delivered subtly and dry as it is in real life. When it is slapstick that's when it becomes cringeworthy. The Irish ladies Anne and Della are given the best comedic lines. I was wondering why there were 2 Irish characters featuring prominently in a London-based comedy, reading other reviews it seems this may be the legacy of Motherland. Anyways they are 2 funny ladies. As for Amanda herself, I wonder if her character is based on a real life Amanda we all know?

Too many people are expecting it to feel the same which in many ways, it does. It's got the same humour and little glimpses of Amanda's old life crack through.

I think it definitely needs to be long term as it was really funny.

However, the kids need some good acting classes because some of it was abysmal at times..

Episode One is really the only one I would miss on a re watch as the actors begin to find their feet. It's got a good story but it isn't as funny as the rest of the series.

Lucy Punch is brilliant in the role and it's nice to see her back on our screens. We just need a few cameos in the future from Liz and Julia. And maybe Kevin but he's a bit annoying...

Must get Series 2 immediately!!

Brilliantly acted, just love Joanna Lumley but all the supporting cast are so good.

The writing is very good, the teenage characters are expertly written.

Anne is acted so well, I long for her to get her own show too.

Lucy Punch is just brilliant as Amanda, she is always trying to do the right thing by her children, whilst being totally fake . It's an excellent dichotomy of her personality.

The storyline are engaging and fairly true yo family life motherland was also excellent so I'd re commend you watch that too. I was hoping they would do another series. This could be even better. Thanks.