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The Violin

  • Episode aired Jun 1, 2018
  • TV-14
  • 22m
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Tamsin Greig, Paul Ritter, Simon Bird, and Tom Rosenthal in Friday Night Dinner (2011)
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Adam is not happy when he is forced to play his violin for Mum and her best friend Val, while Jonny is relishing every moment. Dad is obsessed with his old microscope.Adam is not happy when he is forced to play his violin for Mum and her best friend Val, while Jonny is relishing every moment. Dad is obsessed with his old microscope.Adam is not happy when he is forced to play his violin for Mum and her best friend Val, while Jonny is relishing every moment. Dad is obsessed with his old microscope.

  • Director
    • Martin Dennis
  • Writer
    • Robert Popper
  • Stars
    • Tamsin Greig
    • Simon Bird
    • Paul Ritter
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    516
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Martin Dennis
    • Writer
      • Robert Popper
    • Stars
      • Tamsin Greig
      • Simon Bird
      • Paul Ritter
    • 2User reviews
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    Tamsin Greig
    Tamsin Greig
    • Jackie Goodman
    Simon Bird
    Simon Bird
    • Adam Goodman
    Paul Ritter
    Paul Ritter
    • Martin Goodman
    Tom Rosenthal
    Tom Rosenthal
    • Jonny Goodman
    Mark Heap
    Mark Heap
    • Jim Bell
    Tracy-Ann Oberman
    Tracy-Ann Oberman
    • Val Lewis
    Jonny Holden
    • Spencer Lewis
    Bethan Mary-James
    • PC Sally Gatley
    Dominic Carter
    Dominic Carter
    • Policeman
    Frances Cuka
    Frances Cuka
    • Nellie Buller
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    • Director
      • Martin Dennis
    • Writer
      • Robert Popper
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    10shawcarvetht

    Possibly their funniest episode yet!

    Couldn't stop laughing for this one. Got to be in top 5 for me.
    9Sleepin_Dragon

    One of the funniest episodes.

    Adam is asked by Jackie to play the violin for Nellie, he refuses, but thinks he's gotten away with not playing, until Jonny interjects.

    Absolutely hilarious, this is a first class episode, I'd place it in the top five of all time. It is also very, very sad, as we don't get to see Nellie, only here her voice, and poor Frances Cuka sounds very poorly on the phone, but good on her for being audible.

    Martin is wonderfully zany, grabbing strands of people's hair to examine. Spencer is wonderfully weird, but this is the Adam show, perhaps his funniest moments.

    I laughed from start to finish, super funny, 9/10.

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      Frances Cuka's (Nelly Buller) final TV appearance and final appearance on the show.

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      • June 1, 2018 (United Kingdom)
    • Filming locations
      • 23 Parkside, Mill Hill, Barnet, London, England, UK
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      • Popper Pictures
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      • 22m

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