The Kumars at No. 42: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

This is a sitcom/talk show. The Kumars are an asian family who have their own talk show! Sanjeev Kumar, the host, talks to the guests while his family asks questions! Sanjeev who is a very big attention-seeker and keeps thinking he's such a handsome professional talk show host is a loser, really. His father, Ashwin, is the show's producer and is always interested in business and money. In interviews, he would say these pointless stories to the celebrities with no punchline. Sanjeev's mother, Madhuri, loves having guests around and always offers food. She usually asks questions about the guest's family or love life. But the real star of the show is Sushila, Sanjeev's gran who likes to ask cheeky questions and flirts with the handsome male guests. The Kumars had a No 1 single! With Gareth Gates that is. It was a cover of "Spirit in the sky". It was for Comic relief and was at number 1 for...

Series details

• Title: The Kumars at No. 42
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 2001-11-12
• Final broadcast date listed: 2006-06-27
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Two
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 7058
• TVDB ID: 77534

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2001-11-12; final listed air date 2001-12-30; episode order: 7.
• Season 2: premiered 2002-05-27; final listed air date 2002-12-29; episode order: 11.
• Season 3: premiered 2003-01-06; final listed air date 2003-03-03; episode order: 9.
• Season 4: premiered 2003-09-15; final listed air date 2004-12-26; episode order: 8.
• Season 5: premiered 2005-01-12; final listed air date 2006-06-27; episode order: 5.

Source and licence

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