BBC spin-off of ‘best comedy ever’ struck by disaster as entire set blew away
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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. Filming for the spin-off of hit BBC comedy Motherland, Amandaland, was quite the breeze. The show follows Amanda (Lucy Punch) who post-divorce is forced to downsize and live in a less well-heeled part of London, as she grapples to integrate into a different social scene at her children’s new school.
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But on tonight’s The One Show, Lucy, 47, revealed production for Amandaland was more of a blast than anticipated as the entire set was ‘blown away’. Turning to her co-star Dame Joanna Lumley, 78, who plays her critical mother Felicity, as they teased what to expect on the Sharon Horgan sitcom, she said: ‘Were you there the day the set blew away?’.
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The whole studio, including presenters Vernon Kay and Clara Amfo, erupted into laughter as the Fool Me Once star confirmed she was indeed present. Lucy continued: ‘We were doing a carboot sale and the weather turned and the entire set just blew off.’.
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Despite tables ‘falling over’ and ‘bits and pieces’ flying, the two actors perservered and continued with filming, like the champs they are. In Amandaland, Amanda and Felicity’s relationship ‘based on backhanded compliments’ changes as they become toxically co-dependent, while Amanda’s minon Anne (Philippa Dunne) is also roped back into her chaotic life.
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