''Home from Home'' is a

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set in the

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, England. The Hackett family buy a wooden lodge on a park site and immediately father Neil is trying to outdo the better off neighbours. The sitcom began as a pilot episode, part of the BBC Two's ''New on Two'' series featuring potential sitcom ideas. A full series was commissioned in December 2016, and debuted on

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in April 2018.

Synopsis

''Home from Home'' revolves around the

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between the Hackett family and the Dillons. The Hacketts, after saving for years to be able to afford a lodge holiday home in the Lake District, find that other second home owners are not quite on the same level as them. Their most immediate neighbours, the Dillons, have the most upmarket lodge on the site, having downgraded from their villa in

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. A class-war emerges between the Dillons and the Hacketts, particularly between Penny and Neil: she describes the family as "The Stoke Massive". Robert and Fiona, on the other hand, get on well and the Hackett's eldest son is clearly in love with the Dillons' adopted daughter, Petra.

Cast

Johnny Vegas Michael Joseph Pennington (born 5 September 1970), better known as Johnny Vegas, is an English comedian, actor, writer, and director. He is known for his thick Lancashire accent, husky voice, overweight appearance, angry comedic rants, and us ...

as Neil Hackett *

Emilia Fox Emilia Rose Elizabeth Fox (born 31 July 1974) is an English actress and presenter whose film debut was in Roman Polanski's film '' The Pianist''. Her other films include the Italian–French–British romance-drama film ''The Soul Keeper'' (20 ...

as Penny Dillon * Adam James as Robert Dillon *

Niky Wardley Nichola Petra "Niky" Wardley (born 11 August 1973) is an English stage and screen actress. Her most notable role is schoolgirl Lauren Cooper's sidekick in the BBC's Emmy and BAFTA-nominated sketch series ''The Catherine Tate Show'' (2004–2007 ...

as Fiona Hackett (after pilot) *

Oscar Kennedy Oscar Kennedy (born 21 June 1999) is an English actor having had television roles in ''Hunted (2012 TV series), Hunted'' (2012), ''Outlander (TV series), Outlander'' (2016), ''Home from Home (TV series), Home from Home'' (2016–2018), ''Decline a ...

as Garth Hackett *Harvey Chaisty as Little Neil Hackett *

Olive Gray Olive Gray (born Olivia Grant; 3 December 1994) is an English actor, known for portraying Mia Stone in the children's television series ''Half-Moon Investigations''. Early and personal life Gray is the eldest child of ''Fame Academy'' judges ...

as Petra Dillon *

Pearce Quigley Pearce Quigley is an English actor of the stage and screen. He plays Will in the BBC Radio 4 Sitcom ''Alone''. Theatre credits ''The Seagull'' (Royal Court); ''Paul'' (National Theatre); ''Journey's End'' (Comedy Theatre); ''My Night with Re ...

as Thistlewaite *

Susan Calman Susan Grace Calman (born 6 November 1974) is a Scottish comedian, television presenter, writer and panellist on a number of BBC Radio 4 shows including ''The News Quiz'' and ''I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue''. She has written and starred in two se ...

as Lorraine Sykes * Paul Barber as Fieldhouse *

Elaine Paige Elaine Jill Paige (née Bickerstaff; born 5 March 1948) is an English singer and actress, best known for her work in musical theatre. Raised in Barnet, Hertfordshire, Paige attended the Aida Foster Theatre School, making her first professiona ...

as Mercy Hackett *

Joanna Page Joanna Louise Page (born 23 March 1977) is a Welsh actress and presenter. She appeared as Stacey Shipman in the BAFTA-winning television series ''Gavin & Stacey''. She played Dora Spenlow in the 1999 adaptation of ''David Copperfield'', and ...

as Fiona Hackett (pilot only)

Production

The pilot and six-part series were filmed at the Skiddaw View Holiday Park,

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and

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. The pilot, which was broadcast in 2016, originally featured Joanna Page as Fiona Hackett. Page did not return for the full series and was replaced by Niky Wardley.

Episodes

Critical reception

Gabriel Tate, writing in

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, gave the sitcom three stars out of five and whilst acknowledging that the sitcom had many traits in common with other "over the garden-fence sitcoms" it was "fundamentally good-natured, resolutely unambitious and a lively addition to a crowded field”.

References

External links

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