In the slate of BBC Christmas material, there’s a great deal of wondrous material to take in. Joyful specials are aplenty this year with Death in Paradise, Call the Midwife and The Cleaner all offering one-off Christmas-themed episodes for all of us.
Another Christmas television slot that numerous are anticipating is unquestionably Motherland. The series follows a group of west London moms and dads needing to manage raising their kids with the trials and adversities of school-gate politics.
Now, the hit BBC funny returns for Last Christmas, a half-hour-long episode devoted to the pandemonium that is Christmas.
It’s set to be as humorous as ever, filled with returning faces, and airs on the huge weekend itself– what more could we desire? Keep reading for whatever you require to understand about the upcoming episode.
Motherland Christmas 2022 unique release date
The funny series returns in the nick of time to get our Christmas weekend began in properly.
The joyful episode airs on Friday 23rd December at 9:30 pm on BBC One (instead of its typical BBC 2 slot) and will be readily available to see on BBC iPlayer.
Motherland Christmas 2022 unique cast
Along with Line of Task’s Anna Maxwell Martin leading the cast as Julia, we can anticipate to see her group of friends Liz (Diane Morgan), Kevin (Paul Ready) and Meg (Tanya Moodie).
Fans will be pleased to understand that the whole primary cast has actually been verified for the Christmas unique, that includes:
- Lucy Punch as Amanda
- Anthony Head as Expense
- Paul Ready as Kevin
- Philippa Dunne as Anne
- Oliver Chris as Paul
- Ellie Haddington as Marion
- Terry Mynott as Johnny
- Anthony Head as Expense
The Christmas unique will see a return of Dame Joanna Lumley as Felicity, Amanda’s mom, and likewise the function of Anne’s mom is likewise being played by returning visitor star Maggie McCarthy (Berkeley Square).
Louise Delamere (No Angels) will be making her Motherland launching as Johnny’s brand-new partner Tamara, while Crowning Street’s Elle Haddington stars as Marion and Oliver Chris (Bluestone 42) stars as her spouse Paul.
Find Out More: Motherland’s Tanya Moodie shares her long for season 4 stories
Motherland Christmas 2022 unique plot
The one-off unique is set to be as disorderly as the Christmas duration typically is. As the summary checks out: “School’s out for the joyful season, so the mums (and Kevin) are hectic prepping for the supreme in combined Christmas events.
” It’s a capacity at Julia’s with an intrusion of grandparents requiring limitless cups of tea as they have fun with a VR headset Paul purchased ‘for the kids’. Julia has actually welcomed Kevin along too after discovering his option was turkey crisps from the hotel vending maker with the other separated daddies.
More like this
” Kevin excitedly uses to work up a full-on Persian banquet. Liz likewise shows up when her ex drops off to sleep on a train following an enormous Christmas Eve bender, letting her down on his very first use to host. Amanda is investing Christmas Day with Johnny, the kids and Johnny’s brand-new partner Tamara. Which is great. Truly fine. It’s great.”
Motherland Christmas 2022 unique trailer
The trailer is a short insight into the drama to come in this episode, with Julia, Liz and Kevin all lining up outside the school gates. There, Kevin discreetly boasts about how Christmas is among his “leading abilities in addition to altering duvets and cooking rice”.
Julia then asks what she needs to get for her own mom, after being informed that she didn’t desire anything for Christmas which then resulted in “sad face throughout the day”.
Kevin recommends an experience, like Zorbing, which requires a humorous reaction from Liz: “She’s an old woman, Kevin, not a gerbil.”
You can see the complete trailer above.
Motherland’s Christmas 2022 unique airs on BBC One on Friday 23rd December at 9.30 pm.
Searching for something else to see? Visit our Television Guide and Streaming Guide to discover what’s on.
The Christmas double concern of Radio Times publication is on sale now— subscribe now For more from the greatest stars in television, listen to the Radio Times View From My Couch podcast
