Singer-guitarist Mike Pender of The Searchers is 84. Movie producer-director George Miller is 80. Actor Hattie Winston is 80.

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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.

A star rating of 4 out of 5. After years of fighting to be top dog on Motherland, relentless social climber Amanda finally has her name in lights – and honestly, it's where she belongs.

The focus is now on Amanda, the entitled yummy mummy played to perfection by Lucy Punch. Even better, Joanna Lumley is back as her mother. Between them, they provide more laughs per scene than ...

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.

The six-episode series follows snobby ‘alpha mum’ Amanda (played by Lucy Punch) as she navigates life as a divorced mum of two teenagers. Amanda has left behind her big house in leafy Chiswick ...

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 ...

Since the mid-1990s, pop stars have taken to the stage in the game's longest scheduled break in an exciting display of music and production. But before the halftime show, there are still multiple ...