Friday Night Dinner
| Friday Night Dinner | |
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Robert Popper |
| Written by | Robert Popper |
| Directed by |
Steve Bendelack Martin Dennis |
| Starring |
Tamsin Greig Paul Ritter Simon Bird Tom Rosenthal Mark Heap |
| Opening theme | "Animal" (Punks Jump Up Remix) by Miike Snow |
| Composer(s) | "Meddle" by Little Boots "Fot i hose" by Casiokids "1901" by Phoenix "Believe E.S.P." by Deerhoof "Walk The Line" (Original Mix) by Dani Siciliano (Series 4) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 25 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Nira Park Caroline Leddy Kenton Allen |
| Producer(s) | Robert Popper |
| Running time | 25 minutes (approx.) |
| Production company(s) |
Popper Pictures Big Talk Productions |
| Distributor | BBC Worldwide |
| Release | |
| Original network | Channel 4 |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 25 February 2011 – present |
Friday Night Dinner is a British television sitcom written by Robert Popper and starring Tamsin Greig, Paul Ritter, Simon Bird, Tom Rosenthal and Mark Heap. The comedy is focused on the regular dinner experience of a British Jewish family (the Goodmans) on each Friday night. The first series originally aired from 25 February 2011 on Channel 4. Series 4, which comprises six episodes, began airing on 22 July 2016.
Friday Night Dinner depicts Shabbat dinner in the secular Jewish Goodman family, reflecting writer and producer Robert Popper's own secular Jewish upbringing.
There are strong elements of farce throughout.
The following is a list of series regulars from Friday Night Dinner, with actors credited in order that they were first credited in the series.
The first series premiered on 25 February 2011 and ran for 6 episodes which aired on Fridays.
A second six-episode series began airing in the UK on 7 October 2012. The episodes aired on Sundays. A Christmas Special aired on Christmas Eve 2012.
In May 2013 Tom Rosenthal confirmed that a third series was to be filmed in September 2013. The filming finished in November 2013 and on 2 June 2014 it was confirmed that the series will air from 20 June 2014.
In November 2014, Robert Popper confirmed via Twitter that there would be no 2014 Christmas special of Friday Night Dinner.
On 17 April 2015, Channel 4 confirmed that Friday Night Dinner would be returning for a fourth series due to air in mid-late 2016. Tom Rosenthal stated on Twitter that the new series would probably be filming in early 2016.
The fourth series began airing on 22 July 2016.
In September 2011, Deadline Hollywood announced that Greg Daniels, who had adapted The Office for American television, would spearhead an American remake of the series for the broadcast network NBC. The remake was picked up for a pilot, written by Daniels and directed by Ken Kwapis and starring Allison Janney and Tony Shalhoub as the mother and father. The pilot did not go to series.
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