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Goodness Gracious Me. Image shows from L to R: Nina Wadia, Kulvinder Ghir, Dave Lamb, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Meera Syal. Copyright: BBC
Goodness Gracious Me

Goodness Gracious Me

  • TV sketch show
  • BBC Two
  • 1998 - 2015
  • 23 episodes (3 series)

British-Asian sketch show starring Sanjeev Bhaskar, Meera Syal, Kulvinder Ghir and Nina Wadia. Stars Sanjeev Bhaskar, Meera Syal, Kulvinder Ghir, Nina Wadia, Dave Lamb and more.

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Series 2 - Christmas Special

Goodness Gracious Me goes festive for Christmas. Mr "Everything Comes From India" makes some interesting arguments; the Robinsons and Coopers share a traditional meal; we see inside a women's drop-in centre; and Rav's Animal Hospital returns.

Sketches

The Bhangramuffins - Punjabi Nativity
Hammer Boys - Car stereo
"Cheque please" - Telescope
Indian restaurant
Career pressure
Meena and Beena, the Minx Twins - Father Christmas
Rav's Animal Hospital - Hammer Boys
Women's Drop-in Lounge - Husband
"Cheque please" - Parents
The Maharaja - Monkeys
Holiday - Asian camping
The Twist
The Competitive Mothers - Daughter in law
Malkit - Father Christmas
Asian University
The Maharaja - Kittens
The Competitive Mothers - Father Christmas
Mr "Everything Comes From India" - Father Christmas
World In Focus - Middle class
Hammer Boys - Space station
Close Encounters
"Cheque please" - Old people
Mr "Everything Comes From India" - O Little Town of Bethlehem
Women's Drop-in Lounge - Pregnancy
Mr "Everything Comes From India" - Good King Wenceslas
Hare Christians
"Cheque please" - Dump
Smeeta Smitten, Showbiz Kitten - Defence Ministers
Mr "Everything Comes From India" - Deck The Halls
"Will I, bollocks!" - Father Christmas
The Bhandari Bunch
Guru Mahareshi Yogi - Cluedo
Asian Home Front - Gardens
Herbalist Doctor
The Nativity
Mr "Everything Comes From India" - We Three Kings
"Cheque please" - Hot one
The Coopers and Robinsons - Christmas dinner
Mr "Everything Comes From India" - Father Christmas

Broadcast details

Date
Wednesday 23rd December 1998
Time
9:30pm
Channel
BBC Two
Length
45 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Sanjeev Bhaskar Various
Meera Syal Various
Kulvinder Ghir Various
Nina Wadia Various
Dave Lamb Ensemble Actor
Sharat Sardana Ensemble Actor
Fiona Allen Ensemble Actor
Writing team
Sharat Sardana Writer
Richard Pinto Writer
Sanjeev Bhaskar Writer
Anil Gupta Writer (Additional Material)
Sanjeev Kohli Writer (Additional Material)
Production team
Nick Wood Director
Anil Gupta Producer
Jon Plowman Executive Producer
Chris Wadsworth Editor
Pete Drinkwater (as Peter Drinkwater) Editor
Gina Parr Production Designer
Richie Webb (as Richard Webb) Composer

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