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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.

Horgan returns as co-producer of Amandaland, which takes up the story of Motherland’s obliviously posh “alpha mum” Amanda, portrayed once again with expert dizziness by Lucy Punch.

If ever there was a sign that times are tough, surely it is that Motherland’s pristine but pompous alpha-mum Amanda has been forced to swap Waitrose for Tesco Metro. How the mighty have fallen.

Instead, a spin-off centred around Amanda would be created with Lucy Punch and Joanna Lumley returning. Amandaland fellows Amanda in the wake of her divorce, with her children, now teenagers ...

The success of Motherland has spawned a spin-off series with acerbic alpha-mum Amanda at the heart of it. Viewers are invited to venture into Amandaland this week, where life is not quite a rosy ...

Post her divorce, Amanda has had to downsize and up sticks to South Harlesden, or as the Estate Agent calls it SoHa. With both Manus and Georgie now at secondary school, Amanda has to try and get ...

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Following three series of the BAFTA award-winning series Motherland produced by Merman, Amandaland, which focuses on the character of Amanda played by Lucy Punch, is coming to BBC One and iPlayer ...

"Amandaland" is a spinoff of the hugely successful comedy "Motherland". It focuses on Amanda, her friends and extended family as they reevaluate their life post divorce, to to often hilarious and ...