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I spend my life trying not to be an embarrassing parent – but am I BBC’s Amanda?

The Independent·Charlotte Cripps·26 days ago
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I mage-conscious alpha mum Amanda, played by Lucy Punch, is back for the second series of the BBC sitcom Amandaland – the Motherland spin-off. She’s still living in “SoHa”, as she rebrands South Harlesden to make it sound more cool, having reluctantly downsized from the affluent Chiswick area. But much to the embarrassment of her two teenagers, Georgie and Manus, Amanda has now reinvented herself as an influencer – and is busy pushing her aspirational lifestyle brand, “Senuous”, despite a small hitch that she doesn’t have any followers. She’s clearly delusional . While asking for a £1m investment at her local bank, she accepts the smaller £3,000 offered, and brags to her SoHa mum friends that her company has attracted “major Chinese investors: a banking corporation based in Hong Kong and Shanghai” – otherwise known as HSBC. She’s investing in a laptop and some proper studio lights with the loan.…

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