The Reluctant Landlord

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| genre = Sitcom

| creator = Romesh Ranganathan

| writer = Romesh Ranganathan, Will Smith, Steve Stamp

| director = David Sant

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| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| num_seasons = 2

| num_episodes = 13

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| executive_producer = Claire Whalley
Jon Mountague
Tilusha Ghelani

| producer = Jane Bell

| location = Egham, Surrey

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| camera = Single-camera

| runtime = 30 minutes

| company = CPL Productions
Ranga Bee Productions
What Larks Productions

| network = Sky One

| first_aired = {{Start date|2018|10|30|df=yes}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2019|12|23|df=yes}}

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The Reluctant Landlord is a British sitcom created by Romesh Ranganathan. The series stars Romesh Ranganathan, Sian Gibson and Nick Helm. It premiered in the UK on 30 October 2018.{{cite web |title=Sky One Sets Premiere Date For 'The Reluctant Landlord'|url=https://www.tvwise.co.uk/2018/10/sky-one-sets-premiere-date-for-the-reluctant-landlord/ | date=3 October 2018 | publisher=TVWise | first=Patrick | last=Munn |access-date=3 October 2018 |language=en}} A second and final series premiered on 4 September 2019.

Cast and characters

Romesh Ranganathan as Romesh
Sian Gibson as Natasha
Nick Helm as Lemon
Phil Davis as Dirty Harry
Yasmine Akram as Julie
Marek Larwood as Lee
Steve Edge as David Foster
Gary Douglas as Gary
Ben Sura as Senior Lawyer
Ceyda Ali as Theresa
Alexander Molony as Charlie
Nigel Havers as Dr. Shepherd

Filming

The series was filmed on location in Egham, Surrey. A real pub called The White Lion was used for the fictitious setting of The Seven Swans.

Episodes

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| end2 = {{End date|2019|10|9|df=yes}}
23 December 2019 {{small|(special)}}

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=Series 1 (2018)=

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|EpisodeNumber = 1

|EpisodeNumber2 = 1

|Title = Dirty Harry

|DirectedBy = David Sant

|WrittenBy = Will Smith

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|EpisodeNumber = 2

|EpisodeNumber2 = 2

|Title = Pants On Fire

|DirectedBy = David Sant

|WrittenBy = Romesh Ranganathan

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|11|6|df=yes}}

|Viewers = 602,000

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|EpisodeNumber = 3

|EpisodeNumber2 = 3

|Title = Mama's Boy

|DirectedBy = David Sant

|WrittenBy = Romesh Ranganathan

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|11|13|df=yes}}

|Viewers = 665,000

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 4

|EpisodeNumber2 = 4

|Title = Mystery Shopper

|DirectedBy = David Sant

|WrittenBy = Will Smith

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|11|20|df=yes}}

|Viewers = 586,000

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|EpisodeNumber = 5

|EpisodeNumber2 = 5

|Title = I Ain't 'Fraid of No Ghost, Dad

|DirectedBy = David Sant

|WrittenBy = Steve Stamp

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|11|27|df=yes}}

|Viewers = 457,000

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|EpisodeNumber = 6

|EpisodeNumber2 = 6

|Title = Win, Lose or Brewery

|DirectedBy = David Sant

|WrittenBy = Romesh Ranganathan

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|12|4|df=yes}}

|Viewers = 438,000

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=Series 2 (2019)=

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|EpisodeNumber = 7

|EpisodeNumber2 = 1

|Title = Daddy Day Care

|DirectedBy = David Sant

|WrittenBy = Shaun Pye

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|9|4|df=yes}}

|Viewers = 339,000

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|EpisodeNumber = 8

|EpisodeNumber2 = 2

|Title = Love & Marriage

|DirectedBy = David Sant

|WrittenBy = Shaun Pye and Susan Wokoma

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|9|11|df=yes}}

|Viewers = 260,000

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|EpisodeNumber = 9

|EpisodeNumber2 = 3

|Title = Love Is in the Air

|DirectedBy = David Sant

|WrittenBy = Romesh Ranganathan

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|9|18|df=yes}}

|Viewers = 171,000

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|EpisodeNumber = 10

|EpisodeNumber2 = 4

|Title = Couples Amnesty

|DirectedBy = David Sant

|WrittenBy = Mark Boutros

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|9|25|df=yes}}

|Viewers = 143,000

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 11

|EpisodeNumber2 = 5

|Title = Dreadlock Jeff

|DirectedBy = David Sant

|WrittenBy = Romesh Ranganathan

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|10|2|df=yes}}

|Viewers = 129,000

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|EpisodeNumber = 12

|EpisodeNumber2 = 6

|Title = Die Another Day

|DirectedBy = David Sant

|WrittenBy = Phil Bowker

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|10|9|df=yes}}

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=Christmas Special (2019)=

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|EpisodeNumber2 = Special

|Title = Christmas Special

|DirectedBy = David Sant

|WrittenBy = Phil Bowker

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