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A BBC comedy branded 'unmissable and wickedly funny' has been snapped up by Netflix - and is already racing up the streaming platform's charts.
Amandaland premiered in 2025 and is a spin-off to popular long-running sitcom Motherland.
Lucy Punch returns as posh Amanda Hughes, with Dame Joanna Lumley reprising the role of her mother Felicity.
They are joined by Phillipa Dunne, who portrayed Amanda's sidekick Anne in Motherland.
Meanwhile, Amandaland has expanded its audience after being added to Netflix's library.
The premise sees Amanda navigating her recent divorce, downsizing to South Harlesden in London, as well as being a parent to teenagers.
BBC sitcom Amandaland has been expanding its audience - with the show added to Netflix and racing up its charts
The show - which is a spin-off to long-running BBC comedy Motherland - first hit screens back in 2025
Six episodes initially aired, with a Christmas special - featuring guest star Jennifer Saunders - following in December 2025.
Furthermore, Daily Mail's TV critic Christopher Stevens described the sitcom as 'wickedly funny' and awarded it a five-star review.
He penned: 'The show, a spin-off from Motherland starring Lucy Punch and Joanna Lumley, has become unmissable in the space of a couple of weeks. 'Anyone who hasn't heard of it probably doesn't live here, no matter what they claim. 'And only a robot could reply, 'I've seen it but didn't think it was amusing.' 'Amanda, once the school gates bully who lorded it over the other mums with her swanky kitchen and designer clothes, is as pretentious as ever. 'It's not enough for her to post videos of herself to social media -- she has to claim to be, 'the face and brains and body and hair of a rapidly growing Instagram start-up'.
Christopher continued: 'But she's so much more interesting now that her life has fallen apart. 'Divorced, struggling to pay the rent in unfashionable South Harlesden and reduced to riding a bicycle after her car is repossessed, Amanda is realising to her horror that she's no better than anyone else.'
After the initial six episodes, viewers were later treated to a Christmas special with guest star Jennifer Saunders reuniting with Joanna Lumley.
Elsewhere, BBC viewers shared their enjoyment of Joanna’s increased role—as she had previously appeared as a guest star in Motherland.
One wrote: 'Thank god for #Joannalumley in #Amandaland.'
Another echoed: 'Love it, and love Joanna Lumley, as always #amandaland.'
It comes as the show will have a presence at Comic Relief—via a sketch featuring an all-star line-up of Amandas.
The skit will follow Amanda being invited for a collaboration on Radio 2 with her friend Anne.
But confusion occurs when she bumps into Amanda Holden, 55, travel presenter Amanda Lamb, 53, Coronation Street’s Amanda Barrie, 90, presenter Amanda Byram, 51, and The Traitors’ detective Amanda Collier, 57, at Broadcasting House.
Sara Cox will play a DJ, while Big Mood’s Lydia West will portray a stressed out producer.
'Expect mix-ups, misunderstandings, and classic slapstick humour in this unmissable Comic Relief Amandaland special,' a TV insider told The Mirror.
Amanda Holden added: 'I am a massive fan of Amandaland. We watch it religiously in our house, so it's a little bit of an out-of-body experience for me.'
While Sara said: 'I was playing the DJ, so it wasn't that much of a stretch, but it was just brilliant to work with actual Amanda from Amandaland, and so many iconic Amandas. We had Lamb, we had Holden, we had Barrie - who I grew up with, not literally - but on Coronation Street.
'So, it's been an incredible time pretending to be an actor and getting to work with amazing Lydia West.'