OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Friday Night Dinner’ has ended following the death of Paul Ritter.
Show creator Robert Popper has confirmed the sitcom will not continue after Paul – who played patriarch Martin Goodman in the sitcom – passed away last month aged 54 from a brain tumour.
He told LadBible: “I was thinking this will be the end, because I didn’t want to do a series where they had kids and babies, and Jim would have seven dogs, also, like, the world’s weirdest dog that you couldn’t find seven of.
“So that was going to be the end, yeah.”
The show tells the story of a Jewish family, dad Martin, mum Jackie (Tamsin Greig), and sons Adam (Simon Bird) and Jonny (Tom Rosenthal) Goodman, who gather every Friday for a Shabbat meal and are always interrupted by their eccentric neighbour Jim Bell (Mark Heap).
Series six came to an end in May 2020 with Adam and Jonny discovering their girlfriends, who were portrayed by Rebecca Humphries and Pearl Mackie respectively, were both pregnant, much to the lads’ surprise.
Channel 4 is to air ‘Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years And a Lovely Bit of Squirrel’, a documentary marking the sitcom’s 10th anniversary, on May 28, and it will be dedicated to Paul.
Big Talk Publications recently said in a statement: “He was a brilliant, kind and talented man much loved by everyone who was lucky enough to know and work with him, and Paul will forever be part of both the Big Talk and ‘Friday Night Dinner’ families.
“Our thoughts are with his own family at this time and following their wishes we will be making a donation to the Old Vic Impact Fund – https://www.oldvictheatre.com/support-us/donate.”
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