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.
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Jimmy Sharma hustles his way through all manner of jobs and deals before he can buy The Jewel in the Crown restaurant. But will his rivalry with The Far Pavilions restaurant cost him dear?
- Ep 1
1.Apart from the Kama Sutra
04-07-198526mJimmy 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 a...
- Ep 2
2.White Lies
11-07-198526mIt'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 wi...
- Ep 3
3.Down with Oswald Pick
18-07-198526mOswald 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 Pi...
- Ep 4
4.Far from the Ganges
25-07-198526mJimmy'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 husban...
- Ep 5
5.Film Fare
01-08-198526mAsha 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 da...
- Ep 6
6.A Little Free Enterprise
08-08-198526mRashid offers Jimmy an olive branch: a special price on a delivery of vintage (stolen) wine. But then Rashid is arrested...
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