Motherland (I) (2016–2022)
6/10
It wasn't bad, Anna Maxwell Martin a joy as always.
7 September 2016
Warning: Spoilers
Julia is a woman on the edge, struggling to balance the work/parenting balance. Very much committed to her job in corporate events, she finds little time for being a mum. Julia has a lot on at work, forgetting it's half term, she's lumbered with her kids, and soon after lots of other people's too.

Anna Maxwell Martin is one of those actresses you can't help but love, often cast as the normal, nice character, it was fun to see her cast as a neurotic mum for a change, her meltdown was hilarious. Paul Ready was funny, and Lucy Punch added a great deal of her special sarcasm.

As a one off comedy I thought it was good, very well acted, it had a few laughs, not too sure I see a great deal of longevity here, but it was a pleasing thirty minutes. Trouble is, when you see the words Graham Linehan you expect the Earth. 6/10
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