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Series · 1985–1987Ended

Tandoori Nights

6.3·2 seasons·12 episodes·30 min avg.·United Kingdom

Tandoori Nights is a Channel 4 sitcom broadcast in two six-episode series from 1985 to 1987. The programme focuses on the rivalry between two Indian restaurants in East London: The Jewel in the Crown and The Far Pavilions.

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Apart from the Kama Sutra
Apart from the Kama SutraUp next
Jul 4, 1985

Jimmy plans to acquire a new wife over an intimate family supper, but the course of true love doesn't run smoothly. Meanwhile, one of Jimmy's old waiters opens a rival restaurant across the road.

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White Lies
White Lies
Jul 11, 1985

It's clear that Allaudin, the Jewel's brilliant but temperamental chef, has a problem: he's mixing up the quail and chicken orders and his immigration status is causing problems with the Home Office.

03
Down with Oswald Pick
Down with Oswald Pick
Jul 18, 1985

Oswald Pick has ruined the reputation of The Far Pavilions in a magazine review. Jimmy is delighted but worries that Pick might target the Jewel next. And who is the real Oswald Pick?

04
Far from the Ganges
Far from the Ganges
Jul 25, 1985

Jimmy's mum demands to be allowed to move back to India, but Jimmy wants her to stay in England until Bubbly and Asha are married, so she immediately embarks on a search for husband material.

05
Film Fare
Film Fare
Aug 1, 1985

Asha is delighted when she hears that Mumbai megastar Ravi Dastaan will be eating at the Jewel after his Wembley concert, but waiter Noor, who's secretly in love with his boss's daughter, isn't happy.

06
A Little Free Enterprise
A Little Free Enterprise
Aug 8, 1985

Rashid offers Jimmy an olive branch: a special price on a delivery of vintage (stolen) wine. But then Rashid is arrested...

Cast

5 credited
Saeed Jaffrey
Jimmy Sharma
Tariq Yunus
Allaudin
Shelley King
Bubbly
Zohra Sehgal
Gran
AJ
Andrew Johnson
Noor

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