Mum

The best of Lightbox’s mums to watch this Mother’s Day

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You want mothers? Lightbox has ’em. Tara Ward takes a look at the best TV mothers to hang with this weekend. Mothers. They’re everywhere these days; at work, at the gym, on the television. They’ve even had the audacity to give themselves a day in their own honour (it’s tomorrow, FYI). Nowhere is safe from women … Read more

Mum is an awkward British love letter to difficult families everywhere

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Tara Ward watches British sitcom Mum, a show for anyone who has found themselves in an inescapable family mess.  What’s the story? Mum is a family comedy seen through the eyes of newly widowed Cathy. The show follows Cathy as she negotiates the first year after her husband’s death, beginning in January on the day … Read more