Friday Night Dinner

*Friday Night Dinner*
Friday Night Dinner
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Genre	Sitcom; Dark comedy; Farce;
Created by	Robert Popper
Written by	Robert Popper
Directed by	Steve Bendelack; Martin Dennis; Robert Popper;
Starring	Tamsin Greig; Paul Ritter; Simon Bird; Tom Rosenthal; Mark Heap;
Opening theme	"Animal (Punks Jump Up Remix)" by Miike Snow
Composers	Little Boots ("Meddle"); Casiokids ("Fot i hose"); Phoenix ("1901"); Deerhoof ("Believe E.S.P.");
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	6
No. of episodes	37 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Nira Park; Caroline Leddy; Kenton Allen;
Producer	Robert Popper
Production location	London
Editors	Lucien Clayton; Pete Drinkwater; Paul Machliss;
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	21–25 minutes
Production companies	Popper Pictures; Big Talk Productions;
Original release
Network	Channel 4
Release	25 February 2011 –; 1 May 2020

Friday Night Dinner is a British sitcom created by Robert Popper that aired on Channel 4 from 25 February 2011 to 1 May 2020. Starring Tamsin Greig, Paul Ritter, Simon Bird, Tom Rosenthal, and Mark Heap, it follows the regular Friday night dinner experience of the Jewish middle-class Goodman family in North London. Following the conclusion of the sixth series and Ritter's death in 2021, it was announced that the show would not return. The show is filmed using a single-camera setup.

The show received two BAFTA nominations in 2012. The first series was nominated for Best Situation Comedy, while Greig was nominated for Best Female Comedy Performance. In 2021, for his performance in the final series of the show, Ritter received a posthumous BAFTA nomination for Best Male Comedy Performance.

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