Amandaland
Camping
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- Aired
- Season / Episode
- 1 / 5
- Runtime
- 29 min
- Original network/platform
- BBC iPlayer
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Overview
Amanda finds herself out of her comfort zone when Anne organises a camping trip. Amanda's new boyfriend Johannes is a keen camper, so she's forced to dig out her Hunter wellies and tag along – on the proviso that she can hire a camper van. What should be a wholesome weekend away ends up being a nightmare. Amanda realises that the VW Westphalia she's hired doesn't have a toilet. So it's either she uses the communal drop-loos, or she crosses her legs for the entire weekend. Meanwhile, Johannes rubs Mal up the wrong way, Anne gets hormonal, Fi embraces life under canvas, and Della has to deal with a disaster back at the restaurant.
About the show
Following three series of the Merman-produced, BAFTA award-winning series Motherland , a brand-new spin-off, Amandaland , is coming to the BBC, focused on Amanda. Post her divorce, Amanda has had to downsize and up sticks to South Harlesden, or as the Estate Agent calls it SoHa (definitely not the area around Wormwood Scrubs prison). With both Manus and Georgie now at secondary school, Amanda has to try and get her head around raising teenagers, dealing with modern motherhood horrors like teenage drinking, fake Instagram accounts and eco anxiety. Not even a woman as certain of her parenting as Amanda can deal with these nightmares alone. Then there's Amanda's mother Felicity who is constantly around, and completely in denial that she is, in fact, lonely. Theirs is a slightly unhealthy co-dependent relationship based on backhanded compliments and veiled snipes about her new home. After a brief spell of freedom, Anne is sucked back into being Amanda's minion to help her navigate the social scene with the other parents at the children's new school. Thank God for Anne.
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