The Duchess

Raunchy, irreverent, tasteless, feminist screw up Katherine Ryan leads the charge accompanied by an excellent star of the future, 'Olive' (Katy Byrne). Olive is the sensible, level headed daughter and conscience that reins in Katherine's excesses, most of the time. Katherine's also a great and fearsome mother, no doubt about it. No Spoilers - but let's get this straight, Katherine is not nice. She's self centred, a show off, pure evil if crossed, so her and Olive are Yin Yang. A great supporting cast ( Apart from Steen Raskopoulos, 'Evan', who I swear is carved out of wood and operated by a puppeteer) and some fantastic dialogue move things along nicely. There's plenty of conflict and awkward situations, some real left field thinking that takes you by surprise, and some very touching moments, but it's never schmaltzy or saccharin. I've just binged all 6 episodes and felt that it was 3 hours well spent and seemed to end on just the right note. Hopefully a second series has already been commissioned? I don't think I'm the intended demographic, being an almost old bloke, and I've had enough Katherine's to last me a lifetime, a hard lesson learned. But I ended up respecting the character, just not 'liking' her at all, if you know what I mean? Rory Keenan, 'Shep', her crazy conspiracy nut and long suffering ex, but doting dad, is a bonus.

Give it a go, you have nothing to lose.

If Katherine Ryan is your thing then you'll probably seem this passable.

It's loosely based on her stand up shtick.. and her life as a single parent. She does the whole 'mouthy sass' thing but with the volume on 11

The child actor is annoyingly stage school and she's the best amongst them.

Terrible cast and thin premise.

Still gave it a 5 as I like Ryan... despite this.

Saw this was trending so I thought I'd give it a good. Episodes aren't longer than a half hour each and there's only 6, so was quick to get though. I know this woman is a comedienne in real life but it's clear she's no actress. I just wasn't convinced by the character she was trying to portray. She lacked depth and she just had the same expression through the whole show. And as a comedienne this should have been a lot funnier than it was. For me it only had a few laugh out loud moments but not near enough. Very average. Wouldn't watch a second season.

Not a terrible show but not great. This is not British humour people! Watch Peep show or The Inbetweeners. I'm sorry but Katherine Ryan is not a good actress. It works through some of it but not all of it. I like Michelle De Swarte and the girl who played Olive. They did a 180 on her tho. She was all sweet then became this demanding, bossy brat. Like I'd be afraid she's hurt the baby , make it do her chores. Any ways it's a short series and doesn't take up a lot of time and is decently entertaining for the evening. That is all.

I personally really enjoyed this and finished the whole series in one setting. It might not be revolutionary or hilarious but I like it. It's humorous and aesthetically pleasing to watch. (The outfits and locations were gorgeous) I actually wish the series was a little longer as it was so easy to watch and would definitely tune in for a second series.