Many may be familiar with the name Exploding Kittens from the popular game. But although I haven’t actually played the game (it just graces the coffee table as a ‘cool feature’), I was told by a bunch of giggling teenagers that it was worth watching and so I half-heartedly decided to do so.

Initially put off by the fact that it is animated, I was in for a very amusing surprise. Tom Ellis returns to Netflix as a very vain and mischievous god, unintrigued by the pettiness of mortals although they are good deep down (much like his character in Lucifer), he is sentenced to time on Earth to make up for his sins, which include floods and the disappearance of unicorns.

His penalty is to find a family that has prayed to him and make that prayer come true, so he lands as a meteor slap bang in the middle of a playground, flaming crater and all, from which he climbs out as a bearded white cat, ‘Godcat’.

He then attaches himself to the dysfunctional Higgins family, of which one member – an atheist – started a sentence with ‘Dear god’.

Meanwhile, the devil is not doing much better herself and is sent to Earth as ‘Devilcat’ to become bad and in the process make Godcat’s life a living hell.

The two talking and very catty cats strive to fulfil their task and get back home, often distracted by their newfound cat natures and their growing attachment to the humans they have been appointed to.

With every other sentence going along the lines of ‘What in the name of Zeus’ thundering buttocks’, and everyone whining in their own salty way, it makes for light entertainment.

Although I hate to admit it, I have gone back to re-watch many hilarious quips that are even funnier coming out of a cat’s mouth.

With vibrant and energetic animation, a wonderfully humorous knowledge of cats and their antics, touching upon the real struggles of many of today’s families, the series is an explosion of fun for young and old.

Tom Ellis as Godcat and Sasheer Zamata as Devilcat are a TV match made in heaven.