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Nov 7, 2017 · The Birthday Party: Directed by Juliet May. With Anna Maxwell Martin, Lucy Punch, Diane Morgan, Paul Ready. With Liz and Kevin's help, Julia plans a party for her daughter Ivy's birthday. However she has to lie to the other mums when she turns sick at the last minute.
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- Comedy
- Juliet May
- 2017-11-07
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The Birthday Party is the first episode of Motherland Season One, and the second episode overall. It aired November 7, 2017 on BBC to 3.2 viewers, almost double the audience of the pilot, which was aired over a year ago. It was directed by Juliet May.
After Liz convinces her, Julia plans to throw a party for Ivy's ninth birthday initially as a drop off, and hires the "Animal Man", a racist children's entertainer. Ivy becomes sick right before the party and the mums don't assume it's a drop off. With the absence of Ivy, Amanda grows impatient.
Main
•Anna Maxwell Martin, in the role of Julia •Diane Morgan, in the role of Liz •Paul Ready, in the role of Kevin •Lucy Punch, in the role of Amanda •Philippa Dunne, in the role of Anne
Recurring
•Oliver Chris, in the role of Paul •Ellie Haddington, in the role of Marion •Connie Wilkins, in the role of Ivy •Peter Singh, in the role of Andrew
Guest
•Ben Crompton, in the role of Animal Man •Barnaby Ferris, in the role of the balloon video man
•This is the first episode to refer to Amanda's husband as Johnny as he is in the rest of the series, whereas in the Pilot he was named Ian.
•Ben Crompton guest stars in this episode. He is known best for playing Eddison Tollet in "Game of Thrones."
Julia throws a birthday party for Ivy, but with her mom refusing to help, Julia must rely on Liz and Kevin's party skills along with her own event-organizing savvy to make it a success.
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- Anna Maxwell Martin, Diane Morgan, Paul Ready
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- Motherland
Julia finds herself trying to impress the alpha Mums by throwing her daughter a massive birthday party.
Julia moves out of her comfort zone and reluctantly invites the entire class to her kid's birthday party. With her Mum still refusing to help out she relies on Liz's party hacks and Kevin's entertaining skills.
Sep 6, 2016 · Julia (Anna Maxwell Martin) struggles with balancing life as a mother without the help of her own mother when she meets Type A mom, Amanda (Lucy Punch); single mom, Liz (Diane Morgan); and stay-at-home-dad, Kevin (Paul Ready Utopia) in this British comedy from Sharon Horgan, Graham Linehan, Helen Linehan, and Holly Walsh.
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Summaries. With Liz and Kevin's help, Julia plans a party for her daughter Ivy's birthday. However she has to lie to the other mums when she turns sick at the last minute. Precariously balancing work and parenting Julia is dreading planning little daughter Ivy's birthday party but determined to impress the haughty Amanda.
