Goodness Gracious Me Season 1
Goodness Gracious Me is a BBC English language sketch comedy show originally aired on BBC Radio 4 from 1996 to 1998 and later televised on BBC Two from 1998 to 2001. The ensemble cast were four British Indian actors, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Kulvinder Ghir, Meera Syal and Nina Wadia. The show explored the conflict and integration between traditional Indian culture and modern British life. Some sketches reversed the roles to view the British from an Indian perspective, and others poked fun at Indian stereotypes. In the television series most of the white characters were played by Dave Lamb and Fiona Allen; in the radio series those parts were played by the cast themselves. The show's title and theme tune is a bhangra rearrangement of a hit comedy song of the same name. The original was performed by Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren reprising their characters from the 1960 film The Millionairess. The show's original working title was "Peter Sellers is Dead", but was changed because the cast generally liked Peter Sellers. In her 1996 novel Anita and Me, Syal had referred to British parodies of Asian speech as "a goodness-gracious-me accent". One of the more famous sketches featured the cast "going out for an English" after a few lassis. They mispronounce the waiter's name, order the blandest thing on the menu and ask for twenty-four plates of chips. The sketch parodies often-drunk English people "going out for an Indian", ordering chicken phall and too many papadums. This sketch was voted the 6th Greatest Comedy Sketch on a Channel 4 list show.
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Goodness Gracious Me
1996
Goodness Gracious Me is a BBC English language sketch comedy show originally aired on BBC Radio 4 from 1996 to 1998 and later televised on BBC Two from 1998 to 2001. The ensemble cast were four British Indian actors, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Kulvinder Ghir, Meera Syal and Nina Wadia. The show explored the conflict and integration between traditional Indian culture and modern British life. Some sketches reversed the roles to view the British from an Indian perspective, and others poked fun at Indian stereotypes. In the television series most of the white characters were played by Dave Lamb and Fiona Allen; in the radio series those parts were played by the cast themselves. The show's title and theme tune is a bhangra rearrangement of a hit comedy song of the same name. The original was performed by Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren reprising their characters from the 1960 film The Millionairess. The show's original working title was "Peter Sellers is Dead", but was changed because the cast generally liked Peter Sellers. In her 1996 novel Anita and Me, Syal had referred to British parodies of Asian speech as "a goodness-gracious-me accent". One of the more famous sketches featured the cast "going out for an English" after a few lassis. They mispronounce the waiter's name, order the blandest thing on the menu and ask for twenty-four plates of chips. The sketch parodies often-drunk English people "going out for an Indian", ordering chicken phall and too many papadums. This sketch was voted the 6th Greatest Comedy Sketch on a Channel 4 list show.
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Goodness Gracious Me Season 1 Full Episode Guide
Sketches: Arranged Shag, Ghost, Journo's Daughter - PM, Mr 'Everything Comes From India' - Famous people, Bharat Home Advert, Barbee Coopers, Mrs 'I Can Make it at Home' - Serotonin, Uncle Fixer - Directions, Journo's Daughter - India and Pakistan PM, Skipinder, Mr 'Everything Comes From India' - Shakespeare, Diwali Muffins, Mrs 'I Can Make it at Home' - Love, Mr 'Everything Comes From India' - Croceries, Guru - Jungle book, Journo's Daughter - Alien, We'd Do It All Again (song), Guru - Bollocks.
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Sketches: Muslim Woody Allen, Fat Boy - Birthday cake, Minx Twins - Gay disco, Fat Boy - Chicken, The Marriage Emporium, Chat Up, Indian Wedding, Mr 'Everything Comes From India' - Words, Minx Twins - Street, Fat Boy - Paddling pool, Lack of Indian Culture, Mr 'Everything Comes From India' - Books, Minx Twins - Swing, Immigration (song), Fat Boy - Trifle, Guilt Trip Parents, Minx Twins - Football Ad Agency, Tampon Ad, Mr 'Everything Comes From India' - Car parts.
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Sketches: It's a Miracle, Marriage Guidance, Flash Ash - Street, White Indian Wife - Dinner party, Smita Smitten - Toilet, Malkit - Late for work, Competitive Mothers - Wedding, White Indian Wife - Bus stop, Flash Ash - Car washer, Asian Babe, White Indian Wife - Park, Melodramatic Family - Car, Competitive Mothers - Baby, On The Waterfront, Smita Smitten - Chip shop(Art Malik), Overachieving Muffins, Competitive Mothers - Pimp, Untouchable (song), Competitive Mothers - Long jump.
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Sketches: Coopers at Wimbledon, Smita Smitten - No tickets, Kid's Turn, Check Please - Rose, Buddhist Pest Control, 70's Quickie, Guru Doorstepper - Double glazing, The Accountant, Conservative Coopers, Masterchef, Buddhist Pharmacologist, When the Kids are Away (song), Check Please - No effort, Euromuffins, British Asian Man's Quarterly, Check Please - Vomit, Authentic Products, Buddhist Hitman.
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Sketches: Mrs 'I Can Make It At Home' - Italian, Six Million Rupee Man, Gay Son, Mrs 'I Can Make It At Home' - Cheese, Pet Cow Montage, Mrs 'I Can Make It At Home' - Casualty, Uncle Fixer - Holiday, I Know Him Too Well (song), Uncle Fixer - Money, Audition, Pet Cow - Cowflap, Uncle Fixer - Kidney transplant, Oprah Muffins, Uncle Fixer - Funeral, Rough Guide to the UK, Mrs 'I Can Make It At Home' on Masterchef.
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Sketches: Indian Office, Check Please - Fat, What does it mean to be a Sikh?, Calcutta Male Vocal Choir, New Image Muffins, Check Please - Rash, What does it mean to be a Hindu?, Smita Smitten, Cinema Ad, Going For An English, Check Please - Models, Guru - Rhapsody, Briefly Encountered, Muslim Gag, Dinner at the Coopers, Check Please - Fish smell, Kiss My Chuddies (song), Guru Doorstepper - Becoming a Hindu.
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