Tandoori Nights (1985)

Genre

sitcom

Country

United Kingdom

Length

2 seasons, 12 episodes

Rated

PG

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two rival Indian restaurants in London compete for customers. The sitcom follows the scheming owner of one restaurant, his rebellious daughter, and a clumsy servant.

lightheartedcomedicdatedformulaicfamily-farcemildenergeticsocial-clashwhimsical

What happens

Tandoori Nights is a television sitcom that was broadcast on Channel 4 between 4 July 1985 and 13 November 1987. It consisted of two series of six episodes each. The series was directed by Jon Amiel and written by Farrukh Dhondy. It is the story of two rival restaurants in London, and starred Saeed Jaffrey, Tariq Yunus, Rita Wolf and Zohra Sehgal. It was Channel 4's first Asian comedy series. After the sitcom had been commissioned to be written, Farrukh Dhondy himself became Channel 4's commissioning editor for multicultural programmes. Meera Syal wrote an episode for the sitcom (4 July 1985). Tandoori Nights traded on some pre-existing Asian stereotypes: an Indian restaurant setting; a conniving businessman (Jimmy Sharma, played by Saeed Jaffrey) who views dating white women as 'social climbing'; a rebellious daughter (played by Rita Wolf); and a bumbling servant-fool (Alaudin, played by Tariq Yunus). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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