Goodness Gracious Me - BBC2 Sketch Show - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

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

Genre

Sketch Show

Broadcast

1998 - 2015

Channel

BBC Two

Episodes

23 (3 series), plus 1 factual special

Stars

Sanjeev Bhaskar, Meera Syal, Kulvinder Ghir, Nina Wadia, Dave Lamb, Anil Desai, Amanda Holden, Sharat Sardana and more

Writers

Sharat Sardana, Richard Pinto, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Meera Syal, Anil Gupta and Sanjeev Kohli

Directors

Nick Wood and Christine Gernon

Producers

Anil Gupta and Jon Plowman

Company

Sending up British culture, Asian culture and everything in between, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Meera Syal, Nina Wadia and Kulvinder Ghir star in sketch show Goodness Gracious Me.

Taking on a variety of roles, the quad - together with a regular supporting cast lead by Dave Lamb and Fiona Allen - poke fun at Britain's established Indian and Pakistani generations; spoof television, film and music; and introduce a whole new range of unforgettable characters and catchphrases to British television.

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Production

Studio

Camera set-up

Multi-camera

Picture

Colour

Soundtrack

The theme tune is a Bhangra version of Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren's 1960 comedy song Goodness Gracious Me.

Broadcast details

First broadcast

Monday 12th January 1998 at 10pm on BBC Two

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Recording details