Amandaland viewers only just realising where they’ve seen her hot neighbour before – as he drives fans wild on show
AMANDALAND viewers are driven wild by her hot neighbour and only just realising where they've seen him before.
The BBC's beloved sitcom Motherland ended in 2022 after three seasons with the final episode being the Christmas special.
The much anticipated spin-off show Amandaland has finally debuted on TV screens after months of waiting for excited fans.
Following her divorce, Amanda has had to downsize and move from leafy Chiswick to South Harlesden, or as she calls it SoHa.
With her two children now at secondary school, Amanda has to try and get her head around raising teenagers, dealing with modern motherhood horrors like underage drinking, fake Instagram accounts and eco anxiety.
Amanda’s mother Felicity is constantly around, and completely in denial that she is, in fact, lonely.
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And it's not long before Amanda finds herself struggling to adapt to her new surroundings.
While there are some very familiar faces returning for the spin-off like the iconic Joanna Lumley as Felicity and Philippa Dunne as Anne.
There are also some new characters, including Amanda's moody downstairs neighbour Mal, played by Samuel Anderson.
Lots of fans have taken to social media to comment on his handsome looks and call for his character to become a main love interest for Amanda.
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One viewer gushed: "Watching Amandaland. So funny. Also her neighbour is so yummm."
Another added: "Need more ASAP and so here for the Amanda/Mal slow burn. 'Love Mal."
"The bickering between Amanda and Mal got me so weak lmao, between that and Amanda's mom, that was just so freaking funny" said another fan.
But the biggest question seemed to be what had viewers seen him in before?
Samuel is no newbie to our television screens in fact you probably saw him at Christmas.
As he made an appearance in the final ever episode of Gavin & Stacey for the 2024 Christmas Day Special.
Gavin and Stacey's Best Moments
With the news that the show is set to make an exciting return to screens, let's take a look at some of the comedy programme's biggest and best moments...
- Smithy and Rudi's American Boy rap - No one will ever forget when James Corden and Sheridan Smith rapped perfectly word for word the Kanye West and Estelle hit American Boy as they walked across the car park on the phone to Gavin.
- Pam's Vegetarian faux pas - Despite loving a cheesburger, Pam found herself caught up in a web of unexpected lies when she claimed to be Vegetarian. She is forced to keep up the secret throughout the entire show and uses hubby Mick to help her scoff meat. She is later rumbled when Stacey catches her in the act as she scoffs ham in the kitchen. Stacey says to her: “Is that ham, Pam!?… “I’ve seen you, Pam. A scotch egg here, a bit of bacon there, putting those regular sausages into the Linda McCartney box”.
- THAT fishing trip - It remains one of the biggest mysteries in Gavin and Stacey history as to just exactly what did happen on the ill-fated fishing trip. Bryn appears to be hiding a secret as to an occurance between him and his nephew Jason which has left relations fractures. Ness' on-off boyfriend, Dave, is the only other person to know the whole truth. Bryn did appear to allude to him and Jason lying together naked to keep warm as he said to Dave: “We’re going to have this out, once and for all, man to man, you may know what happened, David, but you don’t know why it happened! It was freezing cold, it was! And when you are that cold…”
- Islands in the Stream - No one can ever forget the classic Karaoke performance of Islands in the Stream. Nessa and Bryn performed the track in front of all their nearest and dearest. It saw the whole pub burst into some line-dancing as they enjoyed a boozy night out.
- The Xmas special proposal - In 2019, fans were left overjoyed when the show made a comeback but it ended on the ultimate cliffhanger. Nessa asked Smithy if she would marry him as she finally laid bare her feelings for him. Fans were gutted as the show then cut straight to the credits as they never found out just how Smithy answered. Will all be revealed in the brand new episode?
He played the part of Fingers, part of Gavin (Mathew Horne) and Smithy's (James Corden) friendship group.
And he returned for Smithy's bachelor party ahead of his ill-fated wedding to Sonia (Laura Aikman).
Before that he also played a recurring role in the eighth series of Doctor Who.
Samuel starred as companion Clara Oswald's (Jenna Coleman) boyfriend Danny Pink.
The pair both worked as teachers in a local school and began dating, however Danny was hit by a car and was resurrected as a Cyberman but their love still remained.
Samuel has also appeared in various soaps including Emmerdale, Casualty and Doctors.
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And he has also starred in Netflix sci-fi series Another Life alongside Katee Sackhoff.
Amandaland airs on BBC1 and is available to stream on BBCIplayer.