Motherland
Winner BAFTA Best Scripted Comedy 2022
‘It’s the type of scalpel-sharp observational comedy that has made the best episodes of Motherland some of the best episodes of any comedy of the last few years’ Telegraph
‘The joke rate was 10 to the dozen, with each quip and sarcastic retort forcing a different type of laugh – appreciative giggles to full-on roars’ Independent
'In terms of character, timing and effortlessly rhythmic comic dialogue, this has been an absolute treat.’ Sunday Times
‘More recently, BBC sitcom Motherland has depicted the nuts and bolts of modern motherhood with brilliantly brutal honesty, undercutting any notion of perfection and laughing in its face.’ Telegraph
‘This parenting comedy’s new series continues to strike the perfect balance of light, dark and just flat-out funny’ Daily Mail
‘The writing, and the subsequent cringes, are just so splendidly cleverer than anything we’ve recently been used to.’ Observer
‘The new series of BBC2’s Motherland has been the best comeback of the year so far … There is no sitcom more excellently observed.’ The People
‘No show does the angst, compromise and passive aggression of parenthood better.’ Times
‘Probably the best news since you got your appointment for The Jab, Motherland is back, and back to its squirmingly socially embarrassed best’ Independent