
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…
Comedy • Series • 1985 • 2 seasons
Starring: Saeed Jaffrey, Tariq Yunus, Shelley King
Created by: Jon Amiel
S1 E1 - Apart from the Kama Sutra
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.
Jul 4, 1985 • 26m
S1 E2 - White Lies
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.
Jul 11, 1985 • 26m
S1 E3 - Down with Oswald Pick
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?
Jul 18, 1985 • 26m
S1 E4 - Far from the Ganges
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.
Jul 25, 1985 • 26m
S1 E5 - Film Fare
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.
Aug 1, 1985 • 26m
S1 E6 - A Little Free Enterprise
Rashid offers Jimmy an olive branch: a special price on a delivery of vintage (stolen) wine. But then Rashid is arrested...
Aug 8, 1985 • 26m
Tandoori Nights
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.
Comedy • TV Series • 1985