My Family - Season 1

Tart, snappy Britcom My Family proves that the most familiar scenario--in this case, a straightforward family sitcom--can be made fresh again through sharp writing and sparky performances. Robert Lindsay (from the Horatio Hornblower series) and Zoe Wanamaker (probably best known as Harry Potter's flying teacher) star as Ben and Susan Harper, the parents of three rambunctious children: 20 year old Nick (Kris Marshall, Love, Actually), a slacker who's not always as thick-witted as he seems; sly, sexy 16 year old Janey (Daniela Denby-Ashe, who played Saffron's daughter at the end of Absolutely Fabulous); and bookish, sensitive Michael (Gabriel Thomson). Ben and Susan squabble with each other and their children (who fight vigorously among thems

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