Series
Series· 1998–2001· 25m
Goodness Gracious Me
★6.7IMDbComedy
Goodness Gracious Me is not currently streaming on any Indian OTT platform, and is not available to rent or buy in India.
- Creators:
- Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Anil Gupta
Goodness Gracious Me is a 1998 English comedy series created by Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Anil Gupta. It spans 3 seasons and 22 episodes. The cast is led by Nina Wadia, Meera Syal and Kulvinder Ghir. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.7.
Synopsis
Goodness Gracious Me is a BBC English language sketch comedy show originally aired on BBC Radio 4 from 1996 to 1998 and later televised on BBC Two from 1998 to 2001. The ensemble cast were four British Indian actors, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Kulvinder Ghir, Meera Syal and Nina Wadia. The show explored the conflict and integration between traditional Indian culture and modern British life. Some sketches reversed the roles to view the British from an Indian perspective, and others poked fun at Indian stereotypes. In the television series most of the white characters were played by Dave Lamb and Fiona Allen; in the radio series those parts were played by the cast themselves. The show's title and theme tune is a bhangra rearrangement of a hit comedy song of the same name. The original was performed by Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren reprising their characters from the 1960 film The Millionairess. The show's original working title was "Peter Sellers is Dead", but was changed because the cast generally liked Peter Sellers. In her 1996 novel Anita and Me, Syal had referred to British parodies of Asian speech as "a goodness-gracious-me accent". One of the more famous sketches featured the cast "going out for an English" after a few lassis. They mispronounce the waiter's name, order the blandest thing on the menu and ask for twenty-four plates of chips. The sketch parodies often-drunk English people "going out for an Indian", ordering chicken phall and too many papadums. This sketch was voted the 6th Greatest Comedy Sketch on a Channel 4 list show.
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Seasons
Season 320007 episodes
Season 32000
7 episodes
E1Episode 1· 27mAward-winning British Asian comedy sketch show, starring Meera Syal and Sanjeev Bhaskar. Featuring Competitive Mothers, Cheque Please, The Kapoors and more.
E2Episode 2· 28mFeaturing a look at the blockbuster film Not Saving Private Narayan and the Asian children's show Live and Cooking.
E3Episode 3· 29mAward-winning British Asian comedy sketch show, starring Sanjeev Bhaskar, Kulvinder Ghir, Meera Syal and Nina Wadia.
E4Episode 4· 29mWith superhero and plumber Bhangraman, as he demonstrates the superhuman power of traditional music and dance.
E5Episode 5· 29mSketches including Channa's Angels, Bhangraman and Skipinder, the Punjabi Kangaroo.
E6Episode 6Finale· 29mIncluding an Asian version of Top Gear and the Kapoors' entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.
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Season 219989 episodes
Season 21998
9 episodes
E1Episode 1· 29mAward-winning British-Asian comedy sketch show, featuring old favourites and new characters like the Competitive mothers, the Bhangramuffins and Bollywood superstar Chunky La Funga.
E2Episode 2· 28mThe Asian comedy sketch show features Mr Everything Comes from India, who turns his attention to the royal family.
E3Episode 3· 29mFeatures the Indian Bridegroom Detective and a tribute to Hollywood's 'Blacked-Up Men'
E4Episode 4· 29mBritish Asian comedy sketch show. Includes Mrs Eatmore and tips on 'Fifty Ways to Leave Your Mother'.
E5Episode 5· 27mBritish-Asian comedy sketch show. With period drama in Nehru and Jinnah: The Cambridge Years, and the further adventures of Skipinder the Punjabi Kangaroo.
E6Episode 6Finale· 29mBritish-Asian comedy sketch show. Featuring Britain's No 1 kabaddi star, and a special edition of 'Asian Gladiators'.
E71998 Christmas Special· 43mThe Asian comedy sketch show features the Coopers sitting down to their Christmas dinner and the staging of the very cosmopolitan Hounslow nativity play.
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Season 119986 episodes
Season 11998
6 episodes
E1Episode 1· 28mAsian comedy sketch show. Highlights include life with the Coopers, nightclubbing with the Bhangramuffins, and why brown is the new black.
E2Episode 2· 28mFixer Uncle and The Six Million Rupee Man appear in the comedy sketch show with Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Nina Wadia and Kulvinder Ghir.
E3Episode 3· 29mThe Coopers endeavour to join the new tennis club while a Buddhist offers peaceful ways of killing mice.
E4Episode 4· 28mArabella Weir makes a guest appearance as Sarah, the white wife who wants to be Indian.
E5Episode 5· 26mAn advertising agency in India faces a big creative challenge and the Minx twins enjoy a night on the town.
E6Episode 6Finale· 28mA couple have an erotic time preparing Indian food and the Kapoors plan an English barbecue.
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- How many seasons of Goodness Gracious Me are there?
- Goodness Gracious Me has 3 seasons and 22 episodes.
- When did Goodness Gracious Me first air?
- Goodness Gracious Me first aired on 12 January 1998.