Simon Hoggart

Dark doings in the suburbs

Kath & Kim (Living), Spooks (BBC 1), The Blair Years (BBC 1)

issue 08 December 2007

No doubt one reason why British people like Kath & Kim (often on BBC2, now on Living, Thursday) is that it takes the mick out of Australian suburban life. That makes those of us who lead British suburban lives feel superior. But it’s more than that. It’s very funny. It’s worth watching just for the strangulated, aspirational accents (‘pul-oyse’, ‘luck at moy’), which are a source of delight to Australians, too, as you’ll see on their website, kathandkim.com.

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