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23/12/2025

Amandaland Christmas Special on Christmas Day at 9:15pm BBC One AND on !
Two days to go! Plenty of time to recap on Series one on iPlayer!

Alongside the returning cast of Lucy Punch, Philippa Dunne , Joanna Lumley and Samuel Anderson the Christmas special welcomes the absolutely fabulous Jennifer Saunders who will play Aunt Joan, Felicity’s (Joanna Lumley) sister. Aunt Joan is a ball of country-living, enthusiastic upper-class bluster – very, very different from Felicity. This very special episode will be first scripted on-screen reunion for Jennifer and Joanna since Absolutely Fabulous.

Amandaland was created by , Holly Walsh, Helen Serafinowicz and Barunka O’Shaughnessy. This series is written by Holly Walsh and Laurence Rickard. It is produced by Arnold Widdowson and the BBC Commissioning Editor is Tanya Qureshi. Lionsgate distributes the series worldwide.

12/12/2025

First look at the Amandaland Christmas Special trailer! 9:15pm Christmas Day on .

Alongside the returning cast of Lucy Punch, Joanna Lumley and Philippa Dunne (), the Christmas special welcomes the absolutely fabulous Jennifer Saunders who will play Aunt Joan, Felicity’s (Joanna Lumley) sister. Aunt Joan is a ball of country-living, enthusiastic upper-class bluster – very, very different from Felicity. This very special episode will be first scripted on-screen reunion for Jennifer and Joanna since Absolutely Fabulous.

Amandaland was created by , Holly Walsh, Helen Serafinowicz and Barunka O’Shaughnessy. This series is written by Holly Walsh and Laurence Rickard. It is produced by Arnold Widdowson and the BBC Commissioning Editor is Tanya Qureshi. Lionsgate distributes the series worldwide.

02/12/2025

Watch Christmas Special at 9:15pm on Christmas Day! The countdown is on!

The first series of Amandaland is available now on !

26/11/2025

Congratulations to all involved in Amandaland for their Televisual Bulldog Award WIN in the Comedy category! We’re absolutely thrilled. Thank you to everyone who voted for us.

The first series of Amandaland is available to watch now on !

Post her divorce, Amanda has had to downsize and up sticks to South Harlesden, or as the Estate Agent calls it SoHa (definitely not the area around Wormwood Scrubs prison).
With both Manus and Georgie now at secondary school, Amanda has to try and get her head around raising teenagers, dealing with modern motherhood horrors like teenage drinking, fake Instagram accounts and eco anxiety. Not even a woman as certain of her parenting as Amanda can deal with these nightmares alone.
Then there’s Amanda’s mother Felicity (Joanna Lumley) who is constantly around, and completely in denial that she is, in fact, lonely. Theirs is a slightly unhealthy co-dependent relationship based on backhanded compliments and veiled snipes about her new home.

After a brief spell of freedom, Anne (Philippa Dunne ) is sucked back into being Amanda’s minion to help her navigate the social scene with the other parents at the children’s new school. Thank God for Anne.

Leading the cast are Lucy Punch as Amanda, Joanna Lumley as Felicity and Philippa Dunne as Anne with Samuel Anderson as Mal, Siobhan McSweeney as Della, Rochenda Sandall as Fi, as JJ and as Johannes.

Amandaland is created by , Holly Walsh, Helen Serafinowicz and Barunka O’Shaughnessy. It is written by Holly Walsh, Helen Serafinowicz, Barunka O’Shaughnessy and Laurence Rickard . produces the series and directs.

Amandaland (6 x 30) is a Merman production for BBC One and .
The show was commissioned by Tanya Qureshi, Head of Comedy at the BBC.
Executive Produced by , , Helen Serafinowicz (), Barunka O’Shaughnessy and Holly Walsh. distributes the series worldwide.

18/11/2025

We are delighted that Pushers has been nominated in the Comedy Drama and Sitcom category at the this year! Congratulations to all involved!

You can still catch the full series of Pushers on Channel 4 on Demand.

Written by Rosie Jones and Peter Fellows, Produced by Merman Television and , Pushers is based on an award-winning Comedy Blap and stars Rosie Jones in her first ever sitcom.

Having had her state benefits cut to shreds after being made redundant, a young woman with very little left to lose begins to build an illegal drugs empire. But Emily (Rosie Jones) isn’t your average street-dealing dope peddler – she’s sharp, funny, biting, highly educated – and on top of all that, she has cerebral palsy.People have underestimated Emily her entire life. If they’re not patronising her for completing the most menial of tasks, they’re pretending she’s not there. What better disguise could there be for criminal activity than to be entirely written off by the same broken system which exists to protect the law?

Joining the cast of Pushers alongside Rosie are as Ewen, Jon Furlong as Sean, Lynn Hunter as Pat, Rhiannon Clements as Jo, Ruben Reuter@rubenreuter28 as Harry, as Hope, Trevor Dwyer-Lynch as Minibus Masir and Clive Russell as Emily’s dad Clive.

Pushers (6x30’) was commissioned for by , Head of Comedy and Laura Riseam@rizzlybear, Comedy Commissioning Editor and co-produced by Merman Television and . Executive producers are for Merman Television and Michael Livingstone and Tom Thostrup for 2LE. The series producer is Charlie Laurie from Merman.

11/11/2025

The Televisual Bulldog Awards 2025 shortlist has been announced and we’re delighted to be in 3 of the categories!

Bad Sisters S2 in the Drama Series - Streamer AND Editing.
Amandaland in the Comedy category.

Congratulations to everyone involved across both productions! These awards are voted for by people in the industry so, if that is you, we’d be thrilled to have your support!
https://www.televisual-bulldogs.com/

The full series of Amandaland is available on now. And you can catch the first and second series of Bad Sisters on !

31/10/2025

We are thrilled that Amandaland has made the Awards official shortlist for BEST COMEDY SHOW this year. Congratulations to all involved! And thank you to everyone who voted for us to get us here!

These awards continue to be voted for by the public. Please follow this link to cast your vote- https://www.tvchoicemagazine.co.uk/vote/

Voting closes on Sunday 16th November.

And, if you haven’t already, or you want to see it again, you can watch the full first series of Amandaland on now!

21/10/2025

confirms Christmas special of Amandaland, as filming begins for the second series of the hit comedy.

The second series of the hit BBC comedy Amandaland, starring Lucy Punch, Joanna Lumley and Philippa Dunne , is returning to and in 2026.

Alongside the returning cast, the Christmas special welcomesthe absolutely fabulous Jennifer Saunders who will play Aunt Joan, Felicity’s (Joanna Lumley) sister. Aunt Joan is a ball of country-living, enthusiastic upper-class bluster – very, very different from Felicity. This very special episode will be first scripted on-screen reunion for Jennifer and Joanna since Absolutely Fabulous.

Lucy Punch, who plays Amanda said: “I’m beyond excited to get started on Amandaland Series two with our brilliantly talented lovely cast. The Christmas special is going to be an absolute cracker – it’s like totes fire, with all the festive feels, for reals. Slay bells!”

Jennifer Saunders , who plays Joan said: “I am delighted to be joining the fabulous Amandaland gang for a Christmas special. Playing Joanna’s on-screen sister is guaranteed to be a laugh, who doesn’t love a family reunion SoHa style!”

Co-writer and creator Holly Walsh and co-writer LaurenceRickard said: “It’s an absolute joy to be back in SoHa (South Harlesden) again. After six months of researching Brent Council’s fly tipping rules, attempting Anne’s Irish accent and writing the odd bit of script, we’re so excited to get filming with our amazing cast. We’re thrilled to bits to have a Christmas special and Jennifer Saunders is the perfect addition to the gang.”

Broadcast details will be confirmed in due course.

Amandaland was created by , Holly Walsh, Helen Serafinowicz and Barunka O’Shaughnessy. This series is written by Holly Walsh and Laurence Rickard. It is produced by Arnold Widdowson and the BBC Commissioning Editor is Tanya Qureshi. distributes the series worldwide.

02/10/2025

We are thrilled that our three releases from the last year have made the long list on the awards! The awards are voted for by the public so please do place yours via the link below!

Bad Sisters: Best Drama Series

Pushers: Best Comedy Programme and Best Comedy Performance for !

Amandaland: Best Comedy Programme and Best Comedy Performance for both Lucy Punch and Philippa Dunne ().

Congratulations to all and hopefully we make the shortlist with your votes!

Copy and paste to place your vote:
https://www.tvchoicemagazine.co.uk/vote/

14/08/2025

The Merman co-founder talks change at the company, signing a first-look deal with HBO and championing new talent.

Interview (including excerpts below) by Marian McHugh for . See links in our story’s or Broadcast website for full piece.

“Bloody Nora!” exclaims upon hearing that Merman, the company she co-founded and
leads, is the UK’s fourth largest true indie by turnover, according to this year’s Broadcast Indie Survey.

She credits the exec team (who include .parkinson, Jackie Sidey, , and Amanda Wasey) for running
the majority of the day-to-day operations, stating she is as involved as she “needs to be” and that the team
accommodates her writing and filming schedules.

“There’s only so much I could do as a one-man band and I find it exciting to watch the company grow and
expand,” she says. “I’ve always been someone who just loves making stuff and with the company, that’s so much more viable.”

Siren is a joint venture with , Lucas Ochoa, who previously served as chief creative officer of Pulse’s scripted division and latterly steered its film and scripted TV output. His credits include returning TV series Gangs Of London (Sky/AMC), as well as feature films such as Andrea Arnold’s American Honey, Robert Eggers’ The Witch and Emmy-winning documentary Trophy.

Horgan says Siren has given access to new and different talent, particularly in the film space, through Ochoa. “It’s a bit more masculine. It’s different to what we make but has the same quality control as Merman.”

16/07/2025

We’re absolutely delighted for and her Emmy nomination for her role in the second series of Bad Sisters. Sharon has been nominated in the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama series for playing Eva Garvey. Congratulations, Sharon!

Both series of Bad Sisters are available to watch now on .

Season two follows the lives of the Garvey sisters played by , Anne-Marie Duff, , and .

A delicious blend of both dark comedy and thriller, the critically acclaimed series welcomes new and returning cast in its second season including Fiona Shaw, Owen McDonnell, , Barry Ward, , , , Yasmine Akram,, , , Lorcan Cranitch , Liz Fitzgibbon , and Justine Mitchell.

Bad Sisters season 2 is written by , , Malcolm Campbell, Perrie Balthazar, Ailbhe Keogan and Paul Howard. Directed by , Stacey Gregg and James Griffiths .

The series is executive produced by Horgan, , .parkinson and for Merman Television; also serves as executive producer and director. The series producer is and produced by Catherine Magee. Additional executive producers include Bert Hamelnick, Michael Sagol, along with Dave Finkel and Brett Baer, who adapted the series from the Belgian version of the series “Clan,” which was created by Malin-Sarah Gozin.

16/07/2025

We’re really thrilled to announce that Merman is partnering with Lucas Ochoa on joint venture Siren.

The sub-label will focus on returning streamer series and films with a genre focus. It aims to be the home for writers and directors to nurture and pursue their most ambitious ideas in the genre space.

Ochoa said: “I’m so excited to be joining the Merman family and working with them all at such an exciting time for the company”.

You can read the full article over on .

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