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The Kumars at No. 42
2001 - 2006 5.8 (4 votes) 7 Seasons
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Genres
Comedy
Networks
BBC One
BBC Two
Created By
Sharat Sardana

The Kumars at No. 42

Overview

The Kumars at No. 42 is a British comedy show. It won an International Emmy in 2002 and 2003. It ran for seven series totalling 53 episodes.

Key Crew

Producer: Anil Gupta

Top Cast

Indira Joshi
Indira Joshi

Vincent Ebrahim
Vincent Ebrahim

Sanjeev Bhaskar
Sanjeev Bhaskar

Meera Syal
Meera Syal

Carol Vorderman
Carol Vorderman

Seasons

Season 2 (2002)

No overview available.

11 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Ray Winstone and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen
2002-05-27

Tough guy (Ray Winstone) and Nancy boy (Llewelyn-Bowen) are on this episode. Sanjeev gets tips on how he could be cool like Ray Winstone.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: Jerry Hall and Melvyn Bragg
2002-06-03

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: Richard and Judy and Lorraine Kelly
2002-06-10

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: Eastenders special
2002-06-17

Eastenders special but they booked 3 guests and can't fit them all in so they reject Adam Woodyatt at the door. Ashwin wants to know if Barbara remembered him from one of the filmings of a Carry on film. Barbara, of course, can't remember. Ashwin also had a crush on her which Madhuri wasn't impressed about. At the end, Adam Woodyatt was left in the studio as the audience walk out.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: Helena Bonham Carter and Ismail Merchant
2002-06-24

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: Nigel Havers and Ronan Keating
2002-07-01

The female audience have fallen on the Kumars because of Sanjeev. Ashwin and Madhuri try to get Nigel Havers to tell him that but Sanjeev didn't listen. Then when they finally tell Sanjeev, they say they're improve this by making Sanjeev doing a duet with Ronan Keating. They sing Life is a rollercoaster but Sanjeev sings the whole song and Ronan didn't even get to sing once.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: Ulrika Jonsson and Anthony Worrall Thompson
2002-07-08

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: Charlotte Church and Martin Kemp
2002-07-15

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: Wendy Richard and John Sergeant
2002-07-22

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: Stephen Fry and Lesley Garrett
2002-08-05

Sanjeev attempts to be funny in this episode so he asks Stephen Fry to do a joke with him during an interview. It didn't work.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 11: Christmas special 2002
2002-12-29

It's Christmas again and the family are there again. Darius is also there and really wants to sing. Ashwin says maybe later. They interviewed Trinny and Susannah first (and played charades during the interview). Sanjeev tells a little girl in the family that there is no Santa Claus and she runs off crying. The family get angry with Sanjeev. Then the interview with Mark Owen and Darius in which Sanjeev interviews both of them than the family and Trinny and Susannah vote for which one is they want to be interviewed the rest of the programme. It goes to Darius (after Sanjeev rigs the vote) but the interview ends with Ashwin's Christmas quiz. Then the family (and Darius) force Sanjeev to tell the girl there is a Santa by dressing up as Santa. Then Darius finishes with an acoustic cover of Slade's So here it is, Merry Christmas.

Runtime: 30 min
Season 3 (2003)

No overview available.

9 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Donny Osmond and Westlife
2003-01-06

The Kumars look for a new band in a Pop idol style way. But the real excitement is behind the appearance of Donny Osmond. The whole family are excited except for Ashwin, who's not interested in the music business. At the end, Donny Osmond and Westlife build Sushila a new wardrobe.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: Robson Green and Lulu
2003-01-13

Robson Green and Lulu came at the same time so the Kumars pick Lulu to interview first while Sushila locks Robson in her bedroom. Then after the Lulu interview, the Kumars realise they left Robson with Sushila and who knows what she'll do but they were only playing cards.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: Shane Richie and Robin Gibb
2003-01-20

Ashwin and Madhuri are having problems. Ashwin is not listening to his wife. Shane Richie tries to help him but it didn't work. At the end, Ashwin and Madhuri have a Jerry Maguire ""You had me at hello"" scene and get back together. Meanwhile, after Shane Richie used the toilet, it mysteriously blocked up...

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: Eamonn Holmes and Tamzin Outhwaite
2003-01-27

Sanjeev is thinking of getting his own house and Eamonn Holmes encourages it. Eamonn causes a family fued between the Kumars! Obviolously, Sanjeev doesn't do it.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: Jodie Kidd and Jimi Mistry
2003-02-03

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: Boy George and June Whitfield
2003-02-10

Madhuri is taking a fast for Ashwin (Indian tradition). But Ashwin is horrified to find that Madhuri is eaten some food. Sanjeev and Ashwin decide to fast but at the end, Madhuri is caught feeding Sanjeev.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: Madness and Leslie Phillips
2003-02-17

Sanjeev is excited that Madness is coming. At the end, Madness play in their living room and Sanjeev tries to join in but get's phased out. So Suggs dances with him in the hallway.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: Pete Waterman, Samantha Mumba and Gareth Gates
2003-02-24

It's a pop special, seeing as at the end of the show, the Kumars are going to sing with Gareth Gates. So they perform at the end, their Comic relief single, Spirit in the sky where Pete Waterman and Samantha Mumba joins in at the end, dancing.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: Jonathan Ross and Tony Adams
2003-03-03

It's the last in the series and the family fear that they won't get another series if this show wasn't good. So after the Jonathan Ross interview (and he told a funny story on how one time he thought he was a Sikh), the Kumars still didn't think it was good enough. So the pressure's on on the Tony Adams interview but they still have doubts. But at the end, when they have a party as it's the last of the series, Sanjeev says he's sure they're get another series.

Runtime: 30 min
Season 4 (2003)

No overview available.

8 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Neil Pearson, Denise Van Outen and Westlife
2003-09-15

The family got really excited about the new series and really felt it was going to be their best series till all 4 of them saw.....crossed slippers. In India, people who look at crossed slippers get a curse and start fearing for the show. Westlife came in, making it a sign of the curse as they had them on before! Then after the Neil Pearson interview, (which they thought went badly), Ashwin tells Sanjeev to tell Westlife they can't perform on the show. So Sanjeev leaves Denise Van Outen to do it, who doesn't do it obviously. Then afterwards, Sanjeev finally tells the band they can't do it. But they did anyway so Madhuri and Sushila put something on them to stop the curse. Then gives them chutney at the end.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: David Dickinson and Patrick Stewart
2003-09-22

Ashwin gets jealous of David Dickinson as he can find cheap bargains better than he can. Sanjeev, a big Trekkie he is, was excited about Patrick Stewart coming to the show and even dressed up as him in Star trek though Sushila told him he hated talking about Star trek but it turns out he doesn't and spent the first half of the interview talking about it.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: Amanda Holden and Rachel Stevens
2003-09-29

Sushila is going to be meeting her childhood sweetheart again. It develops during the episode including Amanda Holden (badly) doing Sushila's make-up. Then he finally arrives with Rachel Stevens' dancers. And he's as old and feeble as she is. Rachel performs her solo single ""Sweet dreams, my LA Ex"" using toilet paper and the family dance along to the song with also toilet paper. They use Amanda as a maypole. Then when Sushila goes to the toilet, Amanda and Sushila's sweetheart start talking then leave the house with each other. Sushila sees and stands there heartbroken.....with toilet paper.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: Lenny Henry and Maureen Lipman
2003-10-06

As big British comedy man, Lenny Henry was going to be on the show, Sanjeev has been practising being a comedian, making bad jokes all over the house. He's also hoping to get an invite to one of Lenny's house parties. He asks him but he obviously refused as you don't see his reaction. Then at the end of the show, Sanjeev says that he'll see Lenny later in the British comedy awards. The family bursted out laughing at the idea of Sanjeev at the awards.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: Johnny Vaughan and Sophie Ellis Bextor
2003-10-13

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: Cilla Black, Emma Bunton and Leslie Grantham
2003-10-20

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: Christmas Special 2004
2004-12-26

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: Christmas Special 2003
2003-12-22

The Kumars are now being boardcasted in India! So their relatives in India can see the show there. But there is a problem. They going to have to show all the crap presents they send on the show to show they ""like"" them. So through the show, the Kumars hold up gifts to show to the camera. The Neil Morissey interview goes well, despite Neil almost wanting to give up with the Kumars cheeky questions. But then Sir Cliff Richard comes in and he's going to sing his Christmas single. But the Kumars ask him a favour. If he can sing the 12 days at Christmas in Hindu. But after the interview, Cliff says he doesn't want to do it. So while Cliff performs his single ""Santa's list"", Sanjeev and Neil Morissey show Hindu subtitles.

Runtime: 30 min

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