For all that we might be on the other side of the world to our home country, here in London you can find Australian culture on show in many places. Now, the BBC is adding to it.
Hot on the heels of 'Home and Away', 'Neighbours', and 'the Crocodile Hunter Diaries' come 'Kath and Kim'. But we're not sure how the Brits are going to take it.
Discussing amongst a bunch of Aussies and one Brit (who has seen Kath and Kim on a visit to Australia) yesterday we believe the Beeb has gone out on a limb here. Will the same people who laugh at the class struggles of Hyacinth in 'Keeping up Appearances' find Kath and Kim amusing or simply not know what to make of it?
Still, for ex-pats such as ourselves it will be a welcome break from the mostly (or should I say, almost entirely) bland (and ridiculous) programming over here: Where else would you find TV channels who, with 30 mins left in their evening film cut to a 30 minute newsbreak before returning to the film?
Anyway, Kath and KIm will be required viewing for Natalie and I as we prepare for a brief return home, thus masking any feux British accents we may have developed.
On a side note, one interesting place where Natalie and I came across Australian culture was on German radio while we were visiting Bremen in March. While travelling in a car we heard the Seekers and their hit 'Georgey Girl'. Who knew they were big in Germany?
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