The BAFTA-winning creative team behind Amandaland have revealed secrets behind separating the hit BBC spin-off from its origin series, Motherland . Speaking at the BBC Comedy Festival, co-creator Holly Walsh said the secret lies in the characters, especially the lead, played by Lucy Punch in a performance that has been hailed far and wide. In Motherland, Amanda was sharper and more cartoonish than the version that leads her own show, which won the BAFTA over the weekend for Best Scripted Comedy and had three of its stars nominated. “We broadened her out and warmed her up,” said co-creator Laurence Rickard . “She is a woman who cares about her friends and family, and is also just immensely shallow and awful. So we needed both of those things.…