Lisa McGrillis as Kelly and Sam Swainsbury as Jason, with Ross Boatman, right, as uncle Derek. He was shocked that one, let alone both of them said yes – a fact that Mullan, not exactly known for his comedy chops, finds particularly entertaining. Manville and Mullan were Golaszewski’s first choices for the parts of Cathy and Michael. It is their relationship that lies at the centre of Mum and it is the show’s honest, occasionally bleak, impossibly moving exploration of two middle-aged people tentatively reaching out for a second chance that so captivates us. Most of all, though, we know Cathy and Michael. Yet, like the year’s other comedy hits, Derry Girls and This Country, which are similarly precise in their evocation of character and place, Mum’s charms lie in the way that it is both incredibly specific and entirely universal.Īs the series progresses so we feel that we really know these people: hapless son Jason (Sam Swainsbury), his talkative, well-meaning girlfriend Kelly (Lisa McGrillis), Cathy’s bumbling brother Derek (Ross Boatman) and his permanently angry partner, Pauline (Dorothy Atkinson). The first episode, which aired in 2016, drew mixed reviews with critics and audiences seemingly unsure what to make of its melding of brash sitcom tropes – the dumb blonde, the posh snob, their dim-but-genial partners – with a touching, understated exploration of grief.
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