When Motherland was quietly cancelled after its Christmas special in 2022, a small subsection of people in the UK were very, very angry. Strongly worded tweets were sent. Mumsnet message boards were filled with incensed comments. Diane Morgan, one of the show’s stars, said women with prams kept running up to her on the street to badger if it would ever return to screens. In sad news for the show’s cult following, the answer was: it would not.
Not in Motherland form, at least. Now, in 2025, it has returned via spinoff instead, courtesy of fan favourite character Amanda, played by perhaps the most typecast woman in the world, Lucy Punch.
