Classic 1990s comedy chat show The Kumars is returning to television, here are the details.
In the 1990s, there were two shows which brought black British comedy into the mainstream. The first was The Real McCoy, a sketch show which launched the television careers of double acts Curtis Walker and Ishmael Thomas, and Llewella Gideon and Collette Johnson. Later series featured Robbie Gee, Eddie Nestor, Judith Jacob, Kulvinder Ghir, Meera Syal and the much missed Felix Dexter, amongst others.
The second series was sketch show Goodness Gracious Me, which premiered on the BBC in 1997. Taking an irreverent look at Asian-British experience, the series is probably best known for the now iconic ‘Going For An English’ sketch, which poked fun at the stereotypical British experience of going for a curry, but flipping races to an Indian family going out for bland English food.
Following the success of the show, the BBC...
In the 1990s, there were two shows which brought black British comedy into the mainstream. The first was The Real McCoy, a sketch show which launched the television careers of double acts Curtis Walker and Ishmael Thomas, and Llewella Gideon and Collette Johnson. Later series featured Robbie Gee, Eddie Nestor, Judith Jacob, Kulvinder Ghir, Meera Syal and the much missed Felix Dexter, amongst others.
The second series was sketch show Goodness Gracious Me, which premiered on the BBC in 1997. Taking an irreverent look at Asian-British experience, the series is probably best known for the now iconic ‘Going For An English’ sketch, which poked fun at the stereotypical British experience of going for a curry, but flipping races to an Indian family going out for bland English food.
Following the success of the show, the BBC...
- 2/26/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
Paddy McGuinness has joined the cast of The Delivery Man.
The Take Me Out host will play Ian in the ITV sitcom, the best friend of ex-police officer Matthew (Darren Boyd).
The Delivery Man follows Matthew, who quits his job as a policeman and becomes a midwife on a maternity ward.
The six-episode series also stars Aisling Bea, Fay Ripley, Alex MacQueen and Llewella Gideon.
The Delivery Man was picked up for a full series after a pilot aired earlier this year.
Written by Green Wing's Robert Harley and James Henry, the series will air on ITV in 2015.
It will be joining returning comedies Benidorm, Birds of a Feather and Vicious.
The Take Me Out host will play Ian in the ITV sitcom, the best friend of ex-police officer Matthew (Darren Boyd).
The Delivery Man follows Matthew, who quits his job as a policeman and becomes a midwife on a maternity ward.
The six-episode series also stars Aisling Bea, Fay Ripley, Alex MacQueen and Llewella Gideon.
The Delivery Man was picked up for a full series after a pilot aired earlier this year.
Written by Green Wing's Robert Harley and James Henry, the series will air on ITV in 2015.
It will be joining returning comedies Benidorm, Birds of a Feather and Vicious.
- 11/19/2014
- Digital Spy
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