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6,4 /10 (15 Votes)
2019 EN 2 Seasons

Overview

What happens when you return from a family holiday to France and open the boot to find a Syrian refugee where your luggage was supposed to be? That’s the situation facing new couple Peter and Katy when they get back to Dorking from their first family holiday with Katy’s young son John, who has spent the journey from Calais winding up his would-be stepdad. Their unexpected passenger is a bloke called Sami who hopes to claim asylum in Britain.

First air date

05/03/2019

Votes

15

Popularity

1.4

Genres

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Created by

David Sant

Networks

Channel 4

Language

EN

Last air date

2020-03-11

Episodes

12

Episode runtime

30 min

Season 1

Season 1

6 episodes • 2019

Season 2

Season 2

6 episodes • 2020

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Peter McGinn

Peter McGinn

2020-04-05

⭐ 10

A comedy with depth, feeling and humor, but no cheap shots I had lowered expectations when I started watching this series. Maybe it was the first scene when the refugee Sami is introduced. I was thinking something like "Let the shallow jokes begin." But it hit it out of the park as far as I am concerned. Home gets its laughs and chuckles not with insults or one-liners, but rather by working for them. It tells a good story and include wit and humor in the process. One scene, somewhere around episode 3 sees Sami in a classroom setting up a scenario where he explains to a heckling kid, "Th…

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