It’s not hard to see why. In some ways, Amandaland works more cleanly as a sitcom than the grounded, ensemble piece Motherland ever did, with Lucy Punch’s failed influencer Amanda Hughes the kind of deluded, ridiculous figure that great comedy is built around.
That said, victories are in short supply in the latest, second series, with indignity upon indignity piled atop Amanda’s perfectly coiffed hair.
If the first series hit the ground running, this one’s a sprint; a slick joke machine from writers Holly Walsh, Helen Serafinowicz, Barunka O'Shaughnessy and newcomer Laurence Rickard, one of the Horrible Histories/Ghosts collective (he also has a small role here as a teacher).
Every episode is stuffed with memorable one-liners ("she came, she saw, she gentrified") and clever payoffs, with great performances in particular from Punch, Lumley and Philippa Dunne as Amanda’s best pal Anne, who grows a bit of a backbone this series after years of being her punching bag.
View Green Video on the source websiteHowever, not everything in this series is as smooth as Amanda’s post-filter Instagram pics. Like Motherland, Amandaland is something of an ensemble, and sometimes the series struggles to juggle individual plots for all the other characters in Amanda’s orbit (although some are terrific, as when Rochenda Sandall’s Fi accidentally becomes a stereotypical white van driver).
Siobhán McSweeney’s frosty chef Della is somewhat absent this time round (appearing fully in two episodes and once over video call from an overseas job), which leaves room for a new character to emerge.
That aside, this second series is a comedy triumph; a winning confluence of characters, plotting and gag-writing that makes a sitcom worth returning to. Whether you see yourself in Amanda, her friends, her mum or her kids – or none of them at all – it’s the kind of slick, relatable 'content' that Amanda’s feed could only dream of hosting.
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