Friday Night Dinner

Friday Night Dinner is a British television sitcom written and produced by Robert Popper. It stars Tamsin Greig, Paul Ritter, Simon Bird, Tom Rosenthal and Mark Heap. The series aired from 2011-2020 on Channel 4. The first series of the show was nominated for Best Situation Comedy at the BAFTAs in 2012.

 Description 
Friday Night Dinner follows the Jewish middle-class Goodman family as they have Shabbat dinner. The family is made up of the mother Jackie Goodman (Tamsin Greig), father Martin (Paul Ritter), elder son and musician Adam (Simon Bird), and younger son and estate agent Jonny (Tom Rosenthal). The show depicts the numerous interruptions to their dinner. These disruptions are often caused by the sons playing pranks on each other or by their neighbour, Jim (Mark Heap).

Episode list

 Cast 
+ActorCharacterDurationTamsin GreigJacqueline "Jackie" Goodman2011–2020Paul RitterMartin Goodman2011–2020Simon BirdAdam Goodman2011–2020Tom RosenthalJonathan "Jonny" Goodman2011–2020Mark HeapJames "Jim" Bell2011–2020Frances CukaEleanor "Nellie" Buller2011–2018Tracy-Ann ObermanValerie "Val" Lewis2011–2020Harry LandisLou Morris2012–2014Rosalind KnightCynthia Goodman2012, 2016–2020

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Category:2011 British television series debuts
Category:2010s British sitcoms
Category:2020s sitcoms
Category:Television series about families
Category:Television series about suburbia
Category:Television series set in London

Category:2020 British television series endings
Category:Channel 4 television programmes
Category:British English-language television shows
Category:British sitcoms