Iceland’s first ever sitcom debuted last night on state television station RÚV. Kallakaffi (Karl’s Café) is set in a run-of-the-mill café which is owned by Margrét and Kalli. A little gang of quirky regulars is usually around, including Margrét’s half-brother Gísli, a bus driver, the owners’ daughter Silja, her rocker boyfriend Sjónni, and Áslákur, the medical student who is burdened with an unrequited passion for the daughter (actually the latter two haven’t appeared yet, but I took a peek at details of the upcoming episodes online). Sagafilm, the production company behind this series, says the show focuses on “grey Icelandic daily life” (think the UK’s Coronation Street with a laugh track and fewer characters).
From Iceland Review_Online, September 26, 2005.
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