EMMA 2002 - Best TV Entertainment

The Kumars at No 42

The Kumars are like any other family on the surface. Sharing a house are: son Sanjeev (Sanjeev Bhaskar), granny Sushila (Meera Syal); mum Madhuri (Indira Joshi) and dad Ashwin (Vincent Ebrahim). Sanjeev doesn't always find it convenient living with his family, however, because he is a professional chat-show host who films his weekly show in a studio attached to the house.

Each week the guests arrive and have to run the gauntlet of the Kumars, not only by walking through the house to get to the studio but also being subjected to interrogation in the studio from mum, dad and granny. In all the chaos, Sanjeev tries to keep order and occasionally ask the odd question himself.

The Kumars at No 42 is produced by Sharat Sardana, Richard Pinto and Lissa Evans. Lissa also directed the show. The executive producers are Denise O'Donoghue and Jimmy Mulville. It is a Hat Trick production for the BBC. A new Series will be shown on BBC Two at the end of May.

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