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Meera Syal

Meera Syal is a British actress, comedian, playwright, and writer who has appeared in numerous films, television shows, and stage productions. She is best known for her work as one of the creators and stars of the BBC comedy series "Goodness Gracious Me" and for her role in the film "Bhaji on the Beach." Syal has also received critical acclaim for her writing, including her novel "Anita and Me."

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Goodness Gracious Me

Goodness Gracious Me

Series Age rating: 15 Year: 1996 IMDB Rating: 8.3

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 Britis...

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Jekyll

Jekyll

Series Age rating: 15 Year: 2007 IMDB Rating: 8

Tom Jackman is learning to cope with his alter ego, the dark and mysterious Hyde, who threatens his life and family. They also have to live in the same body while on the run from a mysterious organiza...

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Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee

Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee

Series Age rating: 15 Year: 2005 IMDB Rating: 7.6

Meera Syal stars in this poignant story of friendship, betrayal and cross-cultural conflict based on her hit novel. Three childhood friends, now in their 30s, find themselves at a crossroads & struggl...

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Beautiful Thing

Beautiful Thing

Film Age rating: 13 Year: 1996 IMDB Rating: 7.6

Set during a long, hot summer on the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London, three teenagers edge towards adulthood.

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Desert Flower

Desert Flower

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 2009 IMDB Rating: 7.3

The autobiography of a Somalian nomad who was sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN spokeswoman against fe...

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The Smeds and the Smoos

The Smeds and the Smoos

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2023 IMDB Rating: 7.2

In this animated intergalactic adventure, the red Smeds and the blue Smoos must learn to overcome their differences and work together to find young Janet and Bill – who eloped to escape their families...

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Kate & Koji

Kate & Koji

Series Age rating: 10 Year: 2020 IMDB Rating: 7

Kate runs an old-fashioned café in a seaside town, and develops a strong, if sometimes volatile, friendship with asylum-seeking African doctor Koji. Although from different worlds, Kate and Koji are s...

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The Kumars

The Kumars

Series Age rating: n/a Year: 2014 IMDB Rating: 6.9

Having suffered hard during the economic downturn, The Kumars are now living in a flat in Hounslow behind the shop that Ashwin now runs. Sanjeev is divorced from his wife of nearly two years and Ashwi...

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In Deep

In Deep

Series Age rating: 15 Year: 2001 IMDB Rating: 6.8

Lying, cheating, thieving—they’re the best undercover cops in the business. Liam Ketman (Nick Berry, Heartbeat) and Garth O'Hanlon (Stephen Tompkinson, Wild at Heart) take on false identities to infil...

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