Friday Night Dinner: The Sofabed

Another chance to see the six-part sitcom written and produced by Robert Popper, starring Tamsin Greig, Paul Ritter, Simon Bird and comedy newcomer Tom Rosenthal, plus special guest star Mark Heap. The Goodmans have made an art form of their eccentricities. In this first episode Mum and Dad are having a clear-out, but Dad is reluctant to chuck away all his old magazines and ropes in Jonny to secretly hide the stash at his flat. Mum is excited - 'It's the final of Masterchef!', she gushes; 'Mastershit?' says Jonny, while the neighbour Jim keeps interrupting the family dinner to use their toilet as he's mysteriously broken his own loo. Meanwhile, Dad has forgotten that he asked a man off eBay to come and pick up their old sofabed. Mum is livid that her meal is ruined. The sofabed weighs a tonne, and gets stuck on the stairs. Mum and Adam are stranded upstairs. How will they get down? And will Mum ever get to see her precious Masterchef? Writer/