Home from Home

2018

Home from Home

6.2 | en | Comedy

Uptight, try-hard dad Neil Hackett's decision to buy a lodge in the Lake District proves disastrous when he discovers he is living next door to the uber successful, effortlessly superior Dillons.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP6 Mandy Rowlands

May. 25,2018

Neil lets slip about an old crush and Fiona is not impressed. Penny and Robert contemplate selling up, and Neil's mum comes clean about her on-site relationship.

EP5 The Chrysler Building

May. 18,2018

Little Neil reveals he has a huge homework project to do.

EP4 Pitter Patter

May. 11,2018

It's the Hacketts' anniversary and Neil has bagged a great table at a top restaurant.

EP3 The Party

May. 04,2018

Neil is feeling despondent about his lack of popularity so decides to throw a party.

EP2 Into Thin Air

Apr. 27,2018

Neil takes the family on a perilous mountain walk and Robert steps into avoid a disaster.

EP1 The BLT

Apr. 20,2018

Neil believes he has been fired and goes off the deep end.

6.2 | en | Comedy | More Info

Released: 2018-04-20 | Released Producted By: BBC Studios , Country: United Kingdom Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b09jcg

Synopsis

Uptight, try-hard dad Neil Hackett's decision to buy a lodge in the Lake District proves disastrous when he discovers he is living next door to the uber successful, effortlessly superior Dillons.

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Cast

Johnny Vegas , Niky Wardley , Adam James

Director

Katy Tuxford

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Trailers

Cast

Johnny Vegas

as Neil Hackett

Richard Hammond's Brain Reaction The Island Johnny Vegas: Carry on Glamping The Drowning of Arthur Braxton Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break Murder, They Hope The Rubbish World of Dave Spud Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story Tales from the Lodge

Niky Wardley

as Fiona Hackett

Hard Cell The Nan Movie Home from Home National Theatre Live: Twelfth Night Catherine Tate's Nan Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?! In with the Flynns The Catherine Tate Show

Adam James

as Robert Dillon

Vigil The Kill Team Hunter Killer Johnny English Strikes Again Home from Home Eric, Ernie and Me King Charles III A Little Chaos The Game

Reviews

stephen_wild I watched the pilot and thought that this is like those unfunny comedy shows that used to be on ITV. But I watched the first episode of the series because Emilia Fox was in it. The writing seems to be better and the gorgeous Niky Wardley is always worth watching. I would have given the pilot a so-so average 5 but now I give it a 7.

onlythebest_73 Absolutely love home from home it's a good old fashioned English comedy with warm characters who you love. You find yourself rooting for Neil but laughing at his failures also. Love it

Prismark10 Home from Home rather started out like One Foot in the Grave. Johnny Vegas plays Neil Hackett and he is stuck on the motorway traffic and goes on to a school coach to give an errant boy a piece of his mind. Very Victor Meldrew-ish.Hackett is a working man of modest means. He might embarrass his wife Fiona and two children every now and then but he has saved enough money to buy a compact holiday chalet in the Lake District. The kids seem less impressed, no television means no sports and also there is no wifi.They meet their upwardly mobile neighbours in the holiday park. Robert and Penny Dillon are well to do, well travelled and used to the high life. Penny seems aloof, you get the impression that she does not want to be there. Robert seems more down to earth, sexier, charismatic and also practical. He mends the Hackett's television reception that Neil was having trouble with.You now sense then that this is going to be more like the 1980s sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles. Neil being jealous of the more posher neighbours who have seen and done better things.This was a pilot episode but I suspect if it was a series we can guess Vegas will be having regular rants on the state of the world and then feeling insecure about his life and wife who might have her head turned by Robert's infallible charm.

Paul Evans Neil and Fiona surprise their two young sons by announcing they've bought a log cabin home, a sanctuary for the family to enjoy. When they arrive however, the home is a little run down, lacking the essentials, such as a hot tub and WIFI. They meet their attractive and successful neighbours Robert and Penny. Penny a beautiful, distant blonde, definitely there under protest, her handsome and capable husband Robert, seems to be good at everything, much to Neil's annoyance.Of the many comedy pilots that have popped up recently, I think Home from Home has been my favourite, a pedigree of comedy actors in Vegas and Paige, and Emilia Fox was blindingly good, so good to see her cast in such a different role, what a versatile quality actress she is. Genuinely funny, original, with particularly well drawn characters, a full series of this is needed. 8/10