EPISODE
SEASON
Its about navigating the trials and traumas of middle-class motherhood, looking at the competitive side and unromantic take on parenting - not the cute and acceptable public face of motherhood.
20 February 1954, Camden, London, England, UK
1974, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, UK
14 July 1981, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK
1955, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
1931, Trinidad
8 December 1980, Exeter, Devon, England, UK
30 April 1974, Northampton, England, UK
17 December 1966, Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
1 August 1946, Portsmouth, England, UK
November 17, 2017
The writers (Sharon Horgan, Graham Linehan, Holly Walsh and Helen Linehan) observe with exquisite, excruciating intensity the petty (in all senses) gradations and snobberies of the various substrata of the British class system.
November 20, 2017
Rest assured, there's something in it for everyone. Those with children can laugh with them; those without children can laugh at them.
November 20, 2017
The best comedy takes reality and stretches it just enough to be funny but still believable. Every mother (and for that matter, father) will find plenty to relate to in Motherland. They'll find even more to laugh their heads off at. Riotous.
November 20, 2017
Though the writing in this season-opener was as sharp as ever, most of the set-ups and gags were squirm-inducing rather than truly amusing, while the troupe of supercilious alpha-mums were almost cartoonish in their social shallowness.
November 20, 2017
If there's a bum note, then it comes with the dads. I hesitate to mention this, because even here Motherland is hilarious.
November 20, 2017
Thank God, thank God, thank God for Motherland, which has returned for a full series following on from the pilot last year, and is not just in command of its comedy chops but creates a world that feels true.
November 20, 2017
This isn't belly-laugh comedy, it goes deeper than that. In an age when motherhood has been sanctified and rhapsodised it is refreshing to see it kicked off its pedestal and bathed in hard truth.
