Fags, Mags And Bags
- Radio sitcom
- BBC Radio 4
- 2007 - 2024
- 58 episodes (11 series)
Radio 4 comedy about a proud Scottish shopkeeper and his tireless quest to please an ungrateful public. Stars Sanjeev Kohli, Donald Mcleary, Omar Raza, Susheel Kumar, Marj Hogarth and more.
- Series 10, Episode 3 repeated tomorrow at 8am on Radio 4 Extra
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 2007 - 2024
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 58 (11 series)
- Stars
- Sanjeev Kohli, Donald Mcleary, Omar Raza, Susheel Kumar, Marj Hogarth, Julie Wilson Nimmo, Kate Brailsford, Sean Scanlan and more
- Writers
- Sanjeev Kohli and Donald Mcleary
- Directors
- Iain Davidson and Colin Gilbert
- Producer
- Gus Beattie
- Company
Sitcom written by and starring Sanjeev Kohli and Donald Mcleary, set in a Scots-Asian corner shop near Glasgow.
Join the staff of Fags, Mags and Bags in their tireless quest to bring nice-price custard creams and cans of coke with Arabic writing on them to an ungrateful nation. Ramesh Mahju has built it up over the course of over 30 years and is a firmly entrenched, friendly presence in the local area.
Ramesh loves the art of the 'shop'. However; he does apply the 'low return' rules of the shop to all other aspects of his life. Ramesh is ably assisted by his shop sidekick Dave, a forty-something underachiever who shares Ramesh's love of the art of shopkeeping, even if he is treated like a slave.
Then there are Ramesh's sons Sanjay and Alok, both surly and not particularly keen on the old school approach to shopkeeping, but natural successors to the business. Ramesh is keen to pass all his worldly wisdom onto them - whether they like it or not!
Catch-up
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
Website links
- Official Web Page
The official web page for the series on the BBC Radio 4 website. - The Comedy Unit
A page about the show from the production company. - @FagsMagsandBags
- Wikipedia
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Monday 1st October 2007 at 11:30am on BBC Radio 4
- Next repeats
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- Series 10, Episode 3: Tomorrow at 8am on Radio 4 Extra
- Series 10, Episode 3: Tomorrow at 1pm on Radio 4 Extra
- Series 10, Episode 3: Tomorrow at 7pm on Radio 4 Extra
- Series 10, Episode 3: Wednesday at 3am on Radio 4 Extra
- Series 10, Episode 4: Tuesday 1st April at 8am on Radio 4 Extra
- Series 10, Episode 4: Tuesday 1st April at 1pm on Radio 4 Extra
- Series 10, Episode 4: Tuesday 1st April at 7pm on Radio 4 Extra
- Series 10, Episode 4: Wednesday 2nd April at 3am on Radio 4 Extra
- Most recent repeats
-
- Wednesday 19th March 2025 at 3:00am on Radio 4 Extra - Series 10, Episode 2
- Tuesday 18th March 2025 at 7:00pm on Radio 4 Extra - Series 10, Episode 2
- Tuesday 18th March 2025 at 1:00pm on Radio 4 Extra - Series 10, Episode 2