[6] Hannah J. Davies of Refinery29 praised the series for the variety in its humour, as well as the perspectives from its 50% female cast.
[7] In August 2020, the show and the BBC were criticised for a sketch involving a Jamaican version of Countdown.
Historian Paul Gilroy of University College London and the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council criticised the sketch for perpetuating stereotypes of Jamaicans as hypersexual, simple minded and drug-using.
The BBC and Famalam actor Tom Moutchi defended the show as an exploration of stereotypes from a black perspective.
[8] Samson Kayo was nominated for Best Male Comedy Performance at the 2018 British Academy Television Awards,[6] while Gbemisola Ikumelo was nominated in the female equivalent in 2020 and 2021.