Motherland - anyone watching?!

[MakemineaGandT]

Wonder how much research they did on here?!

[HateSummer]

The first scene in the car: I'm ashamed to say that was me. That did it! I really hope they make a series.

[Myrobalanna]

God, I read this thread yesterday and DH read the Guardian review and we love Catastrophe and everything GL has ever done, but nope.
I don't think we lasted 5 minutes.

[IAmAPaleontologist]

Watched on iplayer today. Fabulous.

[HeyMacWey]

Loved this - am a massive Sharon Horgan fan.
Hope it gets commissioned.

[UnicornMadeOfPinkGlitter]

I did enjoy watching it but it was no way near as funny as I was expecting. Sorry ladies you all over hyped it for me.

I can't see a series being very funny after a while.

[Redglitter]

Just watched this.

That's half an hour of my life I'll never get back.

Felt like I was watching a different programme to all the posters on here

[PassTheCremeEggs]

Loved it. It was absolutely spot on. Mummy gangs like this are the absolute worst, it's like school all over again! Painfully on the mark.

[Jackie0]

Gutted it's just the pilot , I have it on the calendar to watch next week.

[TheHiphopopotamus]

It was...ok. Dunno if it's because I've spent too much time on here, but it seemed a bit cliched, although I loved Philomena Cunk's character.

Can't stand Graham Linehan though, so maybe I went in biased.

[2014newme]

Excellent, very funny and spot on. Many parents would recognise those situations, the no food for adults 😂😂😂

[TheLegendOfBeans]

Just watched this yesterday and it's (for me, who has a 7mo) a frightening yet I'll be accurate window into the future.

I already identify with Liz as the "odd one out" of a mummy group; I'm not as shunned as Kevin (Keith?) though 😀

Observations:

1. I adore Sharon Horgan. Catastrophe amazing, series 2 episode 2 resonated hard with me
   
2. I love the fact that sappy Kevin was played by the same actor that played the terrifying Lee, dapper torturer from Utopia
   
3. I love the fact that Diane Morgan may as well change her name to Philomena Cunk now and have done with it

[2kids2dogsnosense]

Just watched it on iPlayer - it was brilliant!

[WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeG0es]

Watched it last night after a friend mentioned it and having seen this thread.

I agree with Redglitter, half an hour of my life I won't get back, won't be watching if there's a series. It wasn't remotely funny and I didn't identify with any of them, even though I am a mum of primary school age DCs who messed up childcare for the last week of the holidays and meets up with friends for coffee every week.

[diddl]

It wasn't very funny, was it?

I did like it when her mum was hiding & then closed the door.

That's about it.

[JustDanceAddict]

tyere were some v funny bits: red light & leftovers (that would be me), although I've never taken my kids to school in the holidays, frozen cheese or been left with no childcare/been fobbed off with half a dozen kids!

[Lilaclily]

I loved it !
Is it in again?

[Lules]

I watched 5 minutes of it and had to turn it off it irritated me so much. I loved Catastrophe so maybe it's just because i don't have school aged children yet?

[Wayfarersonbaby]

It was quite enjoyable but all a bit too "North London circa 2003" for me - seemed like the writers were people who'd had primary-age kids a decade or so ago, before that kind of lifestyle got way too expensive!

These days no-one I know in the south east with primary school kids can afford to live in places like that, it's more 2-bed flat in Lewisham even for the very high earners. You'd need to be living off a seriously banker-tastic salary in 2016 to have a London house like that and be a sahm hanging out in cafes like Amanda.

[Mumstudentbum]

Me and Dp just watched this on Iplayer and we loved it! We were both gutted to learn it was a one off and would've defo watched a series if available. Not many good comedies on tv these days so I hope it gets commissioned for a series :)

[drigon]

Quite good. I enjoyed the main character and Queen Bitch. Frantic Mum was well played by Anna Maxwell-Martin (hope I got name right.)

[penguinpie]

I didn't get why everyone was hanging out at the same cafe during half term..is that something that happens?

[BIWI]

I thought it was dreadful. A total pisstake and so massively stereotypical.

After all the rave reviews I was really disappointed.

[Hygellig]

I thought it was quite funny if a bit over the top. It did remind me of Mumsnet rather than reflecting my experience so far of having children.

I liked Julia's mum hiding, and Julia preferring to invent a story about bullying rather than admit she'd forgotten it was half term. Then Amanda's comments on loving her children too much to be able to work.

I hope it gets commissioned for a series.

[Panicmode1]

I watched after all of the rave reviews and was bitterly disappointed - I agree wholeheartedly with those who said it was stereotyped. I think I vaguely sniggered once and thought it was awful.

[BIWI]

It's totally patronising in the way it exaggerates the women in it too.

Poking fun at women.