Series synopsis
Amandaland is a British comedy television series that premiered on BBC One on February 5, 2025. It was created by Sharon Horgan, Holly Walsh, Helen Serafinowicz, Barunka O'Shaughnessy. It stars Lucy Punch, Joanna Lumley, Phillipa Dunne and Samuel Anderson.
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. Spin off from Motherland.
Premise
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. Spin off from Motherland.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Lucy Punch as Amanda
- Joanna Lumley as Felicity
- Phillipa Dunne as Anne
- Samuel Anderson as Mal
- Siobhán McSweeney as Della
- Rochenda Sandall as Fi
- Ekow Quartey as JJ
- Peter Serafinowicz as Johannes
Supporting cast
- Archie Smith as Ned
- Jack Veal as Darius
- Miley Locke as Georgie
- Alexander Shaw as Manus
- Harriet Webb as Abs
- Cavan Clerkin as Daniel
- Anya McKenna-Bruce as Morten
- Clare Pointing as PC Kendra Hoskins
- David Proud as Aiden
- Laurence Rickard as Mr Hastings
- Kaedon Skerritt as Zahan
- Juliette Motamed as Ellie
Guest cast
- Miley Locke as Georgie
- Alexander Shaw as Manus
- Harriet Webb as Abs
- Cavan Clerkin as Daniel
- Anya McKenna-Bruce as Morten
- Clare Pointing as PC Kendra Hoskins
- David Proud as Aiden
- Laurence Rickard as Mr Hastings
- Kaedon Skerritt as Zahan
- Juliette Motamed as Ellie
- Susy Kane as Maggie
- Ray Emmet Brown as Hi-Vis Guy
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 13 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 1 | December 25, 2025 | December 25, 2025 |
| Season 1 | 6 | February 5, 2025 | March 12, 2025 |
| Season 2 | 6 | May 6, 2026 | June 10, 2026 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Christmas Special Amanda and family head to Aunt Joan’s country house, but plans change when Mal and Anne tag along, and she struggles to recreate the magical Christmases she spent there as a child. |
December 25, 2025 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
House Party After moving from Chiswick to So-ha (South Harlesden), Amanda rekindles her friendship with Anne and tries to schmooze a celebrity chef at her kids’ new secondary school. |
February 5, 2025 |
| 2 |
Car Boot After embracing minimalism (or as she calls it, ‘simpletonism’), Amanda is forced to sell the contents of her lock up at a car boot sale. |
February 12, 2025 |
| 3 |
New Job Anne takes on the herculean task of teaching teenagers. Meanwhile, Amanda gets a job at Kichen’s Kitchens and Bathrooms, while Della launches her new restaurant – Double Shin. |
February 19, 2025 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Careers Week Amanda meets Mal’s ex Abs for the first time and then discovers that Abs found her shallow. So she decides to use a school careers talk to prove her wrong. |
May 6, 2026 |
| 2 |
Vantablack Coffee Amanda is thrilled when a hipster coffee shop opens in Soha and offers to promote the cafe on Senous. Meanwhile, Anne unexpectedly finds fame after a video she’s posted goes viral. |
May 13, 2026 |
| 3 |
Soha Sofa Amanda finds a used condom in a sofa she’s disposing of and tries to work out which family member family could have left it there. |
May 20, 2026 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | BBC One |
|---|---|
| First aired | February 5, 2025 |
| Last aired | June 10, 2026 |
| Status | continue |