Straight-talking actress and writer Sharon Horgan opens up about her busy mind, her love of reality TV and true-crime and getting nervous creating 'unlikeable' female leads

The BAFTA-winning creative team behind Amandaland have revealed secrets behind separating the hit BBC spin-off from its origin series, Motherland. Speaking at the BBC Comedy Festival, co-creator Holly Walsh said the secret lies in the characters, especially the lead, played by Lucy Punch in a performance that has been hailed far and wide. In Motherland, […]

Amandaland writer Holly Walsh’s dream guest star is a bit left field. Walsh and co took home the award for Best Scripted Comedy at last night’s BAFTA Television Awards. After the victory, Walsh told the winners press conference that she would love to get First Lady Melania Trump involved. “She is very much America’s Amanda,” […]

The future of Amandaland has been teased by the creator, with a bizarre celebrity cameo hinted at.

Star of Amandaland. Nominated for actress in a comedy

Lucy Punch's Top 10 Comedy Picks

• Absolutely Fabulous
• French and Saunders
• The Cosby Show
• Blossom
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
• Friends
• Bottom
• Harry Enfield and Chums
• Baskets
• Eastbound and Down

It’s surely a sign of a great characterisation – comic, tragic, sometimes delightfully both…

Star of Amandaland. Nominated for actress in a comedy

Philippa Dunne's Top 10 Comedy Picks

• Friends
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
• Kath and Kim
• Billy Connolly: An Audience with Billy Connolly
• Dum and Dumber
• I Love You to Death
• Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill
• Absolutely Fabulous
• That '70s Show
• The Day Today

**Amandaland is sweeping the…

Amandaland is back this week on BBC1 and Lucy Punch explains why the Motherland spin-off has worked so well

The Motherland spin-off has been even more popular than the original show, and now a real Amandaland has been created within BBC Radio 2