When Motherland was quietly cancelled after its Christmas special in 2022, a small subsection of people in the UK were very, very angry. Strongly worded tweets were sent. Mumsnet message boards were filled with incensed comments.

Based, as the name suggests, on Lucy Punch’s break-out character, the “alpha mum” of the schoolgates, the spin-off focusses on Amanda at a new stage of her life with her kids now all at secondary school, and also introduces us to members of her family.

The diva alpha mum has been knocked down a peg or two when we meet her in Amandaland. Fresh from her divorce and with her kids now teenagers, Amanda (Lucy Punch), now broke, has been forced to trade her safety blanket of Waitroses in Chiswick to the life of Tesco Metros in the "up-and-coming" SoHa (that's South Harlesden for the uninitiated).

The spin-off’s focus is in its name: it will centre around the new life of Amanda, the self-obsessed leader of the original sitcom’s “Alpha Mums”. As Motherland neared its end, we saw the facade of Amanda’s seemingly perfect life crumble when her husband filed for divorce and she was forced out of her envy-inducing Acton home.

Fans of the BBC hit comedy Motherland have a brand new sitcom to enjoy with spin-off Amandaland. The new show comes as Motherland creator Holly Walsh previously shared the show would not be returning.

Three long years after we last heard from the MCU ( Motherland Cinematic Universe), the Robert Downey Jr. of school run politics returns. Divorced, downsizing and the mother of teenage boys, Lucy Punch’s ( A Series of Unfortunate Events) Amanda has got her work cut out in this new spin-off sitcom.