Mums are No 1 in a clever new sitcom

Six-episode sitcom written by and starring Canadian stand-up Katherine Ryan (above). Katherine is a ceramicist (her brand is called ‘Kiln ’em Softly’) and single mum who can’t stand the wastrel father of her daughter but, since their child Olive turned out pretty well, she wants to get pregnant by him again. It’s er… complicated. How will the thoroughly decent, reliable chap Evan (Steen Raskopoulos) she is currently in a relationship with feel about this? Katherine doesn’t really care. ‘We might as well enjoy men as temporary figures and focus on what is best for our children,’ she reasons. There are some great one-liners, particularly when Katherine spars with the other mums at the school gates and with her useless ex.

Netflix, from Friday