Tamsin Greig has explained why she thinks Friday Night Dinner has grown in popularity.

The Episodes actress told The Express that she thinks everyone can relate to the Goodman family.



She said: "Families are families. We've all got them, more or less, and we all know what it's like to be bullied by another generation. Jackie is pushed around by her children because she has an overwhelming need to be wanted by her two sons.

"But they need her just as much. Adam and Jonny come home every Friday night and eat her food. So both parties need each other."

Greig also thinks the comedy show is truthful in the way it shows her character, Jackie, fuss over her adult sons.



She added: "You step over the threshold of your parents' home and you're instantly transported back to your childhood.

"It's like time travel. You revert at once to a place of arrested development. The Goodmans' constant fighting is also very childish. Everyone turns into a child when they don't get their way.

"We're all just idiot children pretending to be grown-ups."

Friday Night Dinner series three begins Friday, June 20 on Channel 4. Watch a trailer below:

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