The Kumars at No. 42 on BBC America
The Kumars At No. 42 are back Wednesday nights in a new season premiering at
Part scripted comedy, part improvisation, part genuine interview; The Kumars at No. 42 offers a twist on the traditional talk show format. Star struck son Sanjeev (Sanjeev Bhaskar) ostensibly conducts the interviews but has to contend with wildly inappropriate and irrelevant questions and interruptions from his family - and what a family! Mom, Madhuri (Indira Joshi), is always plying guests with food and trying to get Sanjeev married off. Dad, Ashwin (Vincent Ebrahim), has a tendency to tell long, tedious stories and is obsessed with money. While granny Sushila (Meera Syal), affectionately called Ummi, has a youthful zest for life and, ... good-looking men.
On arrival, the guests are inevitably embroiled in whatever domestic dispute is taking place before being ushered to the back of the house where the Kumars have converted their garden into a state-of-the-art TV studio.
Guests at No. 42 this season are Jennifer Saunders (Absolutely Fabulous), Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees, gardening goddess Charlie Dimmock and comedy talk-show host Graham Norton.
The series is the winner of two International Emmys, a bronze rose of Montreux at
