Friday Night Dinner - Series 4, Episode 1 - The Two Tonys - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)
Dad accidentally invites someone he used to hate round for dinner - an annoying man who talks with his eyes closed. How will Dad get rid of him?
Broadcast details
Date
Friday 22nd July 2016
Time
10pm
Channel
Length
30 minutes
Cast & crew
Cast
| Paul Ritter | Martin |
|---|---|
| Tamsin Greig | Jackie |
| Simon Bird | Adam |
| Tom Rosenthal | Jonny |
| Mark Heap | Jim |
| Tracy-Ann Oberman | Val |
Guest cast
| Frances Cuka | Nellie (Grandma) |
|---|---|
| Jason Watkins | Tony Michaels |
Writing team
| Robert Popper | Writer |
|---|
Production team
| Martin Dennis | Director |
|---|---|
| Robert Popper | Producer |
| Kenton Allen | Executive Producer |
| Caroline Leddy | Executive Producer |
| Matthew Justice | Executive Producer |
| Pete Drinkwater | Editor |
| Kyz Kistell | Production Designer |
Video
Jim's Little Bit Of Fish
Jim has a little bit of fish, and Martin has a clever plan to get rid of Tony.
Featuring: Paul Ritter (Martin), Tamsin Greig (Jackie), Simon Bird (Adam), Tom Rosenthal (Jonny), Mark Heap (Jim) & Jason Watkins (Tony Michaels).
Press
Review: Friday Night Dinner, C4
There is nothing particularly groundbreaking here. Just a lovely, well-observed, faintly farcical fast-moving storyline as one minor white lie - they claim Jackie's mother has died so that they can cancel dinner and turf Tony out - sends events spiralling out of control.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 23rd July 2016
Robert Popper's superlatively silly comedy is peerless in the way it captures the everyday eccentricity of family life. In this fourth series opener, Goodman family patriarch Martin invites a friend over for dinner, to the rest of the family's dismay. What inevitably follows is a sequence of misunderstandings and backfiring schemes, punctuated - as ever - by umpteen infuriating visits from neighbour Jim.
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 22nd July 2016
Friday Night Dinner is back, bambinos
Awkwardness, colossal lies and a nice bit of squirrel. Just a standard Friday Night at the Goodmans'...
Ellie Walker-Arnott, Radio Times, 22nd July 2016