{"id":7813,"date":"2021-11-25T14:30:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T13:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1519835"},"modified":"2021-11-25T15:03:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T14:03:08","slug":"kate-and-koji-returns-for-season-2-jimmy-akingbola-replaced-by-okorie-chukwu","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/kate-and-koji-returns-for-season-2-jimmy-akingbola-replaced-by-okorie-chukwu\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate and Koji returns for season 2 \u2013 Jimmy Akingbola replaced by Okorie Chukwu"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Flora Carr\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 25 November 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Vera\u2019s Brenda Blethyn will return for a second season of Kate and Koji<\/a>, the ITV comedy about an unlikely friendship between a caf\u00e9 owner and an asylum seeker.<\/p>\n

Blethyn will reprise her titular role of Kate, while\u00a0Okorie Chukwu will be taking over the role of Koji from Jimmy Akingbola, who currently stars in The French Prince of Bel Air reboot.<\/p>\n

Blethyn said: \u201c<\/span>I\u2019m so pleased Kate will be welcoming her customers back into the caff. Even the postman! I\u2019ve missed them. So looking forward to donning the gingham apron and welcoming Okorie to our Kate and Koji family.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Okorie Chukwu said he was \u201cexcited to step into the role of Koji\u201d, adding that he \u201ccan\u2019t wait to get working with this brilliant cast of actors\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Blake Harrison (The Inbetweeners) and Barbara Flynn will both return in their roles as Kate\u2019s nephew \u2018Medium\u2019 Dan and Councillor Bone.<\/p>\n

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The second season was postponed due to COVID-19, but the hit sitcom is now set to return for a six-part season in spring 2022.<\/p>\n
For those who\u2019ve yet to watch the comedy drama, the season one synopsis reads: \u201cKate and Koji centres around a working-class woman who runs an old-fashioned caf\u00e9 in a seaside town and who develops a strong, if sometimes volatile, friendship with an asylum-seeking African doctor. Although from very different worlds, Kate and Koji are similar in ways which they do not recognise, including a dogged determination to never back down!\u201d<\/p>
While you wait for Kate and Koji season two, you can visit our TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/b><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n
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