Laurence Rickard

Following three series of the BAFTA award-winning series Motherland, a brand-new spin-off, Amandaland, is coming to the BBC, focused on Amanda, played by Lucy Punch, who has had to downsize and up sticks to South Harlesden. With both her children now at secondary school, Amanda has to try and get her head around raising teenagers, dealing with modern motherhood horrors like teenage drinking and fake Instagram accounts.

Co-starring Joanna Lumley and Philippa Dunne, the new series is script edited by Larry, who is also co-writing alongside Holly Walsh, Barunka O'Shaunessy and Helen Serafinowicz.