Scripted series · Channel 4
Friday Night Dinner
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Simon Bird
Adam Goodman
36 eps
Tom Rosenthal
Jonny Goodman
36 eps
Tamsin Greig
Jackie Goodman
36 eps
Paul Ritter
Martin Goodman
36 eps
Mark Heap
Jim
36 eps
Tuppence Middleton
Tanya
2 eps
Lesley Vickerage
Liz
2 eps
Frances Barber
Sheila Bloom
1 eps
Neil D'Souza
Server
1 eps
Emily Joyce
Melissa
1 eps
John Sessions
Mr. Murray
1 eps
Paul Kaye
Rabbi
1 eps
Rosie Cavaliero
Jackie
1 eps
Frances Cuka
Nellie Buller
10 eps
Harry Landis
Lou Morris
3 eps
Sophia Di Martino
Emma
1 eps
Honor Kneafsey
Katie
1 eps
Matthew Holness
Chris Parker
1 eps
Tracy-Ann Oberman
Val Lewis
14 eps
Rosalind Knight
Cynthia Goodman
3 eps
Paul McNeilly
Landlord
3 eps
Gordon Winter
Eddie Bloom
1 eps
Andy Cheung
Waiter
1 eps
Daphne Cheung
Yi Jing
1 eps
Graham O'Mara
Doctor
1 eps
Jake Roche
First Policeman
1 eps
Mark Theodore
Second Policeman
1 eps
Patrick Driver
Mike Sullivan
1 eps
Peter Paul Burrows
Ron
1 eps
Jamie Demetriou
Bowling Manager
1 eps
Steve Furst
Larry Lewis
2 eps
Liam O'Carroll
Mr. Greencock
1 eps
Dan Renton Skinner
Jeremy Phillips
1 eps
Rebecca Yeo
Waitress
1 eps
Jason Watkins
Tony Michaels
1 eps
Phoebe Torrance
Sophie the Waitress
1 eps
Sanchia McCormack
Linda
1 eps
Skye Bennett
Lisa
1 eps
Nicholas Woodeson
Rabbi
1 eps
Benjamin Lok
Waiter
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Friday Night Dinner actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Friday Night Dinner reads strongest on Humour, Character Depth and Bingeability.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
Two siblings share their Friday night dinners at their parents home and, somehow, something always goes wrong.
The run
Seasons
6 seasons · 36 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
201212 episodes
Best episode · S00E01 Christmas Special
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
20116 episodes
8.0IMDbBest episode · S01E06 The Date
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
20126 episodes
8.1IMDbBest episode · S02E06 The Mouse
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
20146 episodes
8.1IMDbBest episode · S03E02 The Fox
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
20166 episodes
7.3IMDbBest episode · S04E01 The Two Tonys
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
20186 episodes
10.0IMDb
Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
20206 episodes
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S03E02
The Fox
Dad is keeping a dead fox in the freezer in the garage because he wants to get it stuffed. But when Mum needs to use the freezer, Dad enlists Adam and Jonny in a desperate attempt to hide the animal.
S02E06
The Mouse
There's a mouse in the kitchen, Mum's hiding in the shed, Dad's in charge of the cooking, and Jim is delighted when he ends up invited to have dinner with the family.
S03E01
The Girlfriend
Adam finally brings a girl home for dinner, but the evening is ruined when the family suddenly have to look after eight-year-old Katie, who has a massive girlie crush on Adam.
S02E01
Buggy
When Jonny finds out that Adam threw his beloved 'Pandy' toy in the bin when he was 11, Jonny swears revenge, threatening to destroy 'Buggy', Adam's old rabbit.
S04E01
The Two Tonys
Dad accidentally invites someone who he used to hate round for dinner: an annoying man who talks with his eyes closed. How will Dad get rid of him?
S02E04
The New Car
Jim has made a cake to celebrate his dog Wilson's birthday, while the family return from a spin in Jonny's new but uncool company car to find something awful has happened to the house.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Writing
- Robert PopperWriter
Direction
- Steve BendelackDirector
- Martin DennisDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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