No Smoke
- Radio comedy drama
- BBC Radio 4
- 2017
- 1 pilot
Wannabe chef, Hardeep, and the force of nature that is Penge Princess, Shazza, clash over ways to save their failing Vape café in Dundee. Stars Maddy Anholt, Hardeep Singh Kohli, Bilal Zafar, Georgie Glen, Shobu Kapoor and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Comedy Drama
- Broadcast
- 2017
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 1 Pilot
- Stars
- Maddy Anholt, Hardeep Singh Kohli, Bilal Zafar, Georgie Glen, Shobu Kapoor, Emilio Doorgasingh and Tom Forrister
- Writers
- Maddy Anholt and Hardeep Singh Kohli
- Director
- Gemma Jenkins
- Producer
- Gemma Jenkins
- Company
Welcome to the madcap world of Hardeep and Shazza.
They have been thrown together after Hardeep finds himself the owner of EVapeOr8. His tenants have done a runner, leaving him with a shop full of vape equipment and a stack load of debts. This puts Hardeep in a difficult position. Firstly, it goes against the grain to throw in the towel and sell the shop and secondly, Sikhs don't smoke.
Into EVapeOr8 walks Shazza aka The Vape Queen - dragging a wobbly suitcase, wearing scuffed gold hi-tops and with a vape pen out of juice. Hardeep is drawn to her can-do attitude and offers her a full-time job.
Secretly he has his heart set on transforming the place into a restaurant but due to a lack of funds and with Shazza full of ambitious vaping plans, this looks unlikely.
Shazza finally believes she's found her calling in life. Deep down, she knows she owes a lot to Hardeep and wants to repay his kindness by putting EVapeOr8 on the map.
Hardeep feels he's only got one more roll of the dice left to be a chef. He's starting to fall for the Vape Queen but does he love her more than he loves a successful business?
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Friday 15th December 2017 at 11:30am on BBC Radio 4
- Episode length
- 30 minutes
Recording details
- BBC Broadcasting House - Recorded on 1st April 2017.