Kate & Koji

I liked the premise and think this sit-com has a lot of promise. Am a big fan of Brenda Blethyn; I've never seen the actor who plays Koji in action before, but he is superb. In fact, all characters are played well. Obviously Kate is very crotchety; I'm assuming we eventually get to find out more of her backstory as to why. I also like that they've (maybe deliberately and intentionally) seemingly limited themselves to the "caff" (or caff-ay) setting. In this respect, it's more like porridge than fools and horses. Amazing what you can do with limitations however, as it forces ingenuity and creativity to come to the fore, as "The Terminal", "Phone Booth", and "Buried" have all testified to. I think it's very clever the way the initial misunderstanding and misreading between Kate and Koji was set up (I'm guessing his original name was Kolo, but Koji does have a nicer ring to it - a bit like how oompa loompas were originally called whipple-scrumpets, which is good, but oompa loompas is better - Obviously from Kolo to Koji is not as drastic as that), but it's also nicely done that he is quite reticent and taciturn normally, as well as pleasant; until provoked, when he can become forceful when insulted, but always in a relatively dignified manner. His cheerful upbeatness and pleasant bearing contrasts well with the cafe owner, and this makes the whole thing work and be interesting for the audience. I look forward to the five remaining episodes; let's face it, we could probably most all of us do with a bit of light-hearted comedy relief over the next few weeks and months. Thank you to the writers and cast and crew for making this happen. All good comedy always touches the soul in the way no other genre ever can.

I found this very funny. The main character (Kate) is similar to Barbara (1990's series stating Gwen Taylor) and if you liked that then you'll like this. Probably also appeal to people who found the excellent Dinner Ladies funny as it is a similar sort of humour.

You would expect Brenda Blethyn to be good but she is more Vera than Alison Little (Chance in a Million - also an excellent comedy). But Jimmy Akingbola who I've never seen before is excellent in his deadpan delivery and Blake Harrison has managed to get away from the terrible Inbetweeners to be good in this show.

One reviewer actually said this was "borderline racist". Good grief - it is exactly the opposite of that.

However I can't see how the plot can develop and so I expect one (or maybe two) series.

This show has it's moments. The reviews either seem to be very, very bad or very, very good but I am somewhere in between. My rating reflects the attempt to at least make a show other than murder and mayhem and utilizes very good cast to do so. Much of it is predictable and of course some of the situations are just dumb, but overall it's at least funny and lighthearted in an acerbic way particularly against the "woke" idiots of today. Koji is the perfect foil for Kate's quirkiness and Medium a good go between the two main characters. I doubt highly that there will be a second season.

I thoroughly enjoyed it, it was a refreshing change in humour. We've had years of dumbed down humour, this was a lot more like it, cutting, sarcastic, and humour that was very much on point.

Blethyn was cracking as Kate, such a change in character from Vera, shows what a damn good actress she is.

A few jokes about The BBC.

Will it last more than just a single series? I do hop so. 8/10.

We have really enjoyed the first two seasons of K&K although it took awhile to warm up to the "new" Koji. The actor is much better in the last couple of episodes but lacks the dry wit and sarcasm of Jimmy. Granted this is just silly slapstick and you might even say, predictable most of the time however the writers are definitely playing to the strengths of the actors and it is pretty much confined to one small cafe. Not the best comedy on tv but certainly entertaining.