Hilarious though it is – for females of the species, here’s one reason to work harder on your Kegel exercises – perhaps the greatest achievement of Motherland (BBC Two, 7 November, 10pm) is its near universal appeal. I can’t believe anyone with a kid wouldn’t enjoy it: basically, this is respite care for the maternally exhausted. But for those who are contentedly child-free and sick to death of being told what they’re missing, it’s like watching some crazy Elizabethan revenge drama play out, with cup cakes where there should be rapiers.
Liz (Diane Morgan), who couldn’t care less about parenting if she tried, is my total heroine. I can’t begin to describe the fantasies I have about what she might ultimately do to Amanda (Lucy Punch), the sitcom’s ghastly, glazed alpha-mum.
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