The Reluctant Landlord

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

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.

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.

You can't write off a new series after a single episode, I wasn't blown away by it but I enjoyed it as an open minded fan of his stand up comedy. I will give it a fair chance and can see this has potential.