Motherland - anyone watching?!

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Wonder how much research they did on here?!

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

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.

Watched on iplayer today. Fabulous.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Just watched it on iPlayer - it was brilliant!

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.

It wasn't very funny, was it?

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

That's about it.

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!

I loved it !
Is it in again?

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?

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.

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 :)

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

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

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

After all the rave reviews I was really disappointed.

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.

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.

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

Poking fun at women.