Bitingly witty Asian sketch show

I adored this TV series as a teenager, and was thrilled to see the original radio show available on Audible. It's the first time I've ever listened to the sketches, rather than viewing them.

Admittedly, I missed the memories I have of costumes and facial expressions, but the verbal humour is no less here, with a few characters and scenes I wasn't familiar with.

The actors carry over their characters with expertise, just a moment of the vocal and you know exactly which favourite you're about to hear. The teenagers ('as if!', 'kiss my chuddies!'), the Coopers/Kappors, Mr India, the Guru, and the wonderful costume drama remakes and mockumentaries, they are all here. I always loved the songs too, with their lyrics cleverly using the originals but digging at Asian culture.

As someone very 'white British' but who grew up in a multicultural town as a minority, I loved both seeing some familiar stereotypes and some I know only from Goodness Gracious Me but recognise as similar to those in my own background and culture - some things are universal.

And surely - Going Out for an English will go down as a classic sketch alongside the Dead Parrot as a beautifully realised piece of comic perfection.

A chortlesome delight to listen to, entertaining and also rather informative. A few cultural references are slightly dated now, but these were in the minority. The main cast of four still impress me with their writing/acting/comedy skills.

With thanks to Nudge Books for providing a sample copy.

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cheers you up no end!

laughter is good for you, and so is this! great for a laugh out loud or just to put a smile on your face, especially if you are feeling a bit down. timeless!

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Enjoyable!!

Seems to have several (developing) skits not in the TV dvds. Very amusing despite the age. One star down only because some of the kits were emerging ones and later sketches and TV reached fruition!

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Great Humour from those ok to laugh at themselves.

This is purely a product of its time. However it is really amazingly funny. This is a cavalcade of sketches put together in audio form, so it gets low story star points. I can understand how with a modern, sensitive audience may get upset by some of the humour on show, but bare in mind, it is British people of Indian heritage making fun of that heritage. A white person liking this isn't racist, they just have a diverse sense of humour.

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Fabulous Indian Comedy!!

These shows were funny and entertaining to listen to. Great observations about British Indian culture. Very witty and amusing throughout.
Shame that there aren't more of these radio shows.

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Hilarious and enjoyable

Really, really funny! I enjoyed the tv show years ago but had never heard the radio programmes until recently. This was just as good, humour from the same team, and I enjoyed it throughout.

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So dated .

I use to look forward to this comedy show on Radio 4, so was really pleased to find it on Audible. Unfortunately to me, it is no longer funny and a majority of the sketches fall flat. Sorry I wasted my money on it and have now deleted it.

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