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  • Channel 4

Tandoori Nights

  • 1985 – 1987
  • Ended
  • Comedy
  • ~30m / ep
  • 2 seasons
  • 6.3/10

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.

Latest: Series 2 · 1987

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The rivalry between the up-market Jewel in the Crown and the not-so-posh Far Pavilions continues.

  1. E1. Bring on the Dancing Girls

    Oct 9, 1987 · 25m

    Jimmy's world is falling apart. He's losing business to the Far Pavilions who are serving tandoori and chips! So Jimmy enlists a PR girl to help raise his profile.

  2. E2. Welcome Home Sweetie

    Oct 16, 1987 · 25m

    Bubbly is in love, but that's the least of Jimmy's problems when his niece Sweetie arrives for a visit from India. They're shocked when she turns out to be a sophisticated swinger.

  3. E3. Holy Deadlock

    Oct 23, 1987 · 24m

    The Jewel is in chaos: Alaudin has been arrested for praying in the street, he refuses to cook anything but halal meat, and Hansa Mia will not serve alcohol.

  4. E4. The Captain and the Kings Depart

    Oct 30, 1987 · 24m

    Jimmy is flattered when he's offered the captaincy of the local Ealing golf club. However, as Bubbly portrays Jimmy as an old guard socialist to a local councillor, a clash is inevitable.

  5. E5. Allaudin's Gambol

    Nov 6, 1987 · 25m

    Jimmy joins forces with a left-wing activist group in order to change the thinking of his right-wing staff, led by Allaudin.

  6. E6. Sage Struck

    Nov 13, 1987 · 24m

    While in India, Asha has come under the influence of Rajiv, a guru-style hippie whose genuine innocence and charisma has captivated her.

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