When Friday Night Dinner creator Robert Popper was looking for inspiration for his family-based sitcom, he didn't have far to look.
The Channel 4 sitcom debuted in 2011 and over its six series, has firmly placed itself as one of the nation's favourite comedies.
Focusing on the Goodmans, played by Tamsin Greig and Paul Ritter as the parents with Simon Bird and Tom Rosenthal as the bickering sons who return at the end of each week for a meal with their mum and dad, the show has quickly become a must-see.
With every episode descending into chaos, it would seem that some of these events couldn't possibly happen in real life.
It would seem though that this is exactly where some of the ideas were born with writer Popper experiencing them first hand.
Writing for The Guardian before the first episode was aired, he explained: "When I was developing the show, I really wanted to show a family under the microscope, so Friday Night Dinner is full of Goodman 'familyisms'".
As well as sharing some of his own family's weird names for items and situations, who also revealed that one of the show's 'catchphrases' was inspired by his own father.
"S*** on it!"
Robert Popper revealed that the most memorable saying from the show is one that his dad used to say.
Martin Goodman, the father, has a penchant for shouting "s*** on it!" when a situation doesn't quite go as planned.
Popper said: "My dad says "S*** on it" if he stubs his toe, bangs his head, bites his tongue or runs out of ketchup.
"It's always "S*** on it". I've never met anyone else on Earth who's ever uttered this beguiling, beautiful phrase.
"It belongs completely to my family. So before you think of asking, the answer is no, you can't have it."
Little did he know that it would soon become a staple of households across the country.
"Go to your room!"
One memorable moment in the show came when the grandma ordered mum Jackie to "go to your room" amidst an argument, as if they were mother and child again.
It turns out that this actually happened in real life, when Popper's grandmother came to tea and got in to a verbal spat with his mum.
He said: "Voices had been raised and tempers were alight, when my grandma – in front of everyone – suddenly snapped and told my mother 'Go to your room!'
"My mother was stunned. It being her home and all.
"'What?' she said. 'Go to my room?' 'Yes. You heard me,' shouted Grandma. 'Go to your room!'
"The argument grew and grew, until Mum yelled, 'No – you go to your room!'
"Grandma looked back blankly, blinked a few times and then said, 'But I don't have a room.'"
He wrote into the show almost word-for-word as it had played out in real life.
'Familyisms' that were echoed in the show
There were a few other 'familyisms' which Popper looked to recreate in the show.
He cites a yellow container that was used to take clothes from the washing machine to the tumble dryer.
In his house, it was yellow and no matter what replaced it in whichever colour, it was always named 'the yellow container'.
A similar beast appeared in the show for bringing dirty clothes to the washing machine, but this was rather gloriously christened "the s***ty basket."
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