Motherland

ps I just find it more cringe than funny although the other two characters, her mates, are good.

Will try to catch up with tonight's episode
However, am not finding that I can laugh at it which I hoped I would, perhaps I prefer my comedy not quite so predictable and in parts it is quite ridiculously OTT.

Tonight's episode brilliant Kevin was sooo good

Err it’s a comedy not a documentary

I still haven't made up my mind about Motherland. Some of the scenes are just too predictable, slapstick but not as funny as they should be, more groan-making.

The main character is extremely irritating but her two side kicks are quite funny.
Anna Maxwell Martin is a fine actress actor but I do wish she would stop gurning in this role - and I cannot believe that an events organiser can be so disorganised with her home life - and completely clueless about organising a children's party.
(Yes, I do know some events organisers and they are extremely organised people in their private life too!).

Julia deserves all she gets from her mother - well done Mum!

I loved the bit where her mum was hiding behind the sofa; and when Julia opens up her heart to her mum but, when her mum does the same she realises that no one is listening#storyofmylife

I would love Julia’s mother to start a threas on here ?

Catching up with Motherland on iPlayer and loving it.

I haven't quite worked out why Julia's mum stopped helping with the children and whether her husband is actually away on business or has left. It does remind me of when someone phoned to speak to my ex and when my son answered the phone and said his dad was working on the loft I had to tell him that he was, in fact, in Germany.

I loved the line in this weeks epidode - Julia to her mother ‘ I’m too busy looking after your grandchildren’?

I'm fully enjoy the motherland also found the Catastrophe very funny albeit rude.

Eloethan I agree with you about Catastrophe being rude, often around the couple's sex life. I sort of tuned those bits out with a "Would anyone actually do that?" But mostly the humour was fresh.

The last series of Catastrophe was quite dark and I wondered where it was heading given that it is billed as a comedy.

I'm really enjoying Motherland. I found Catastrophe, though very funny in parts, too rude.

I saw him doing stand up and he was truly awful . Of course, Bill Bailey went on the greater things [and I understand he is good live, but I've never seen him]. I've got his birdwatching book, though [that's good].

‘Black Books’ was truly brilliant! I don’t think i’ve seen Dylan Moran in anything since.

Spaced!

Tegan I loved Space!

On the subject of humour, does anyone remember Hyperdrive? It was on for 2 series and then they didn't commission a third one. It was the first thing I saw Miranda Hart in, and I loved it but I think I was the only person that watched it. Have just found it on utube. Also Spaced and Black Books. I think I gave my DD,SIL a video of Spaced but I don't think they liked it.

All humour is very marmite, isn't it. I sat the S.O. down to watch Detectorists and I could tell he felt he was watching paint dry . Yes; it is on BBC.

I haven’t watched catastrophe but motherland was recommended to me by someone who, I thought, had a similar sense of humour to me.
I obviously have no sense of humour at all!

Is this on BBC?

I didn't like Catastrophe at all and I tried it about 3 times.

I did think the same at first, but only stuck with it because I was pottering about the house and the tv was on; but, because it was on catchup and other episodes popped up I then started to warm to it. I did think that the main character was overacting terribly but it was her two sidekicks that I loved and then I warmed to her as well. I must watch Catastrophe, although I have a feeling that I tried that and didn't like it.

I watched the first episode and didn't like it at all (although I did enjoy Catastrophe)!

I felt that most of the comedy had already been explored in Catastrophe, so it seemed stale, and the opening scene with the main actress (can't remember her name) ad-libbing in the car when she was late - just made me feel irritated with her as in "get your act together".

I must have been an Alpha Mom (not)!

I might try and give it another go, perhaps I was just not in the right frame of mind...

I watched the pilot a few months ago and couldn’t wait for the series.
I binge watched all of it last week, brilliant and so well observed. I’ll never look at caterpillar cake in the same way again.