{"id":27506,"date":"2022-12-20T18:48:11","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T17:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1758924"},"modified":"2022-12-20T18:57:50","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T17:57:50","slug":"motherland-christmas-2022-special-release-date-cast-and-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/motherland-christmas-2022-special-release-date-cast-and-latest-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Motherland Christmas 2022 special: Release date, cast and latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Morgan Cormack\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 20 December 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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In the slate of BBC Christmas<\/a> content, there\u2019s a lot of joyous content to take in. Festive specials are aplenty this year with Death in Paradise<\/a>, Call the Midwife<\/a> and The Cleaner<\/a> all providing one-off Christmas-themed episodes for us all.<\/p>\n

Another Christmas TV slot that many are looking forward to is undoubtedly Motherland<\/a>. The series follows a group of west London parents having to juggle raising their kids with the trials and tribulations of school-gate politics.<\/p>\n

Now, the hit BBC comedy returns for Last Christmas, a half-hour-long episode dedicated to the pandemonium that is Christmas.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s set to be as hilarious as ever, full of returning faces, and airs on the big weekend itself \u2013 what more could we want? Read on for everything you need to know about the upcoming episode.<\/p>

Motherland Christmas 2022 special release date<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Tanya Moodie as Meg and Diane Morgan as Liz in Motherland: Last Christmas.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

The comedy series returns just in time to get our Christmas weekend started in the right way.<\/p>\n

The festive episode airs on Friday 23rd December at 9:30pm on BBC One<\/strong> (rather than its usual BBC Two slot) and will be available to watch on BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n

Motherland Christmas 2022 special cast<\/strong><\/h2>\n

As well as Line of Duty\u2019s Anna Maxwell Martin leading the cast as Julia, we can expect to see her group of best friends\u00a0Liz (Diane Morgan), Kevin (Paul Ready) and Meg (Tanya Moodie).<\/p>\n

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Lucy Punch as Amanda and Dame Joanna Lumley as Felicity in Motherland.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Fans will be pleased to know that the entire main cast has been confirmed for the Christmas special, which includes:<\/p>\n