The groundbreaking new British TV drama 'Ralph & Katie' is also comfort viewing that's 'bound to warm and reassure U.K. viewers heading into an especially uncertain winter.' Our review:
Centred on a chaotic family coming to terms with an autism diagnosis, the Israeli comedy-drama “Yellow Peppers” never aired on British television, but it’s had a pronounced influence on British TV schedules over the past decade.
What’s going on front and centre, however, mirrors the breakaway the show represents — it’s a push for much-coveted space in the schedules, as in’s lives. While engaging throughout, the show is only semi-successful in this aim. “Ralph & Katie” proves far gentler than its memorably lively source, sometimes feeling as though written and directed with kid gloves, and forever threatening to overdose on fairylights.
The shift towards cosiness is also reflected in the soundtrack selections. In place of “The A Word’s” angular New Wave and post-punk cuts, we get a poppier, far more familiar playlist: “Just the Two of Us,” “It Must Be Love,” a choreographed dance routine to Amii Stewart’s “Knock on Wood,” and — in a closing festive special — both Slade’s “Merry Xmas Everybody” and Shakin Stevens’ “Merry Christmas Everyone.” It’s comfort listening for comfort viewing, bound to warm and reassure U.K.
Ultimately, though, “Ralph & Katie” stands or falls on its leads, and despite some hesitant line readings, Harrop and Gordy remain a team you keep cheering for even when they find themselves on opposite sides of an argument. Something in the show’s DNA switches in episode three, which confines Ralph to the sofa with a leg injury and forces Katie to weigh up how much she wants to wait on him.
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