The Reluctant Landlord

I would say this series wasn't the funniest thing I've seen. But it is watchable in my opinion. I feel it is lighthearted, and not over the top. The main character Romesh , is serious but does have a sense of humour. The bar lady, I feel is eye candy but fits into the show well. But I feel the character lemon, steals the show. He can be funny without even trying. I feel this program does need a few more series though. I think it would be a shame to end at this point.

I gave this 3/10. I only rated it so highly cos I fancy Yasmine Akram.

Perfectly watchable translation of a stand-up style into a sitcom and although it wasn't a dazzlingly brilliant example of comedy, it was still a good bit of fun with a very likable protagonist.

It does annoy me when workplace sitcoms desperately try to make their business struggle against a technically better rival. I don't want them to be consistently failing or be that good but something in between.

The efforts to carry storylines over multiple episodes was misguided but didn't ruin it.

The child characters help.

I like Romesh and his stand up is very good with some great humour, he is also good on panel shows etc.

I so wanted it to be funny and it just isn't, in my opinion. I think I chuckled once in the 2 episodes and that was it.

A shame but I don't think this is funny, sorry Romesh.

The premise is good but horribly carried out. Romesh tries to bring his dry style of comedy to this but it really doesn't work. Most characters play daft (suggesting the script writing is lazy) , trying to garner a few cheap laughs but they just come off insulting to the audience's intelligence. There seems to be no chemistry between any of the characters, most of all Romesh and his family. I've watched four episodes and was really tempted during the last to just switch off. Definitely would not recommend