Fags, Mags And Bags. Image shows from L to R: Sanjay (Omar Raza), Ramesh (Sanjeev Kohli), Dave (Donald Mcleary), Alok (Susheel Kumar). Copyright: The Comedy Unit
Fags, Mags And Bags

Fags, Mags And Bags

  • Radio sitcom
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2007 - 2022
  • 52 episodes (10 series)

Radio 4 comedy about a proud Scottish shopkeeper and his tireless quest to please an ungrateful public. Stars Sanjeev Kohli, Donald Mcleary, Omar Raza, Susheel Kumar, Marj Hogarth and more.

  • Due to return for Series 11

Press clippings

Comedy.co.uk Awards 2022 shortlist

The 60 TV and radio programmes shortlisted across the 10 categories in the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2022 have been revealed. Voting is now open to determine the winners.

British Comedy Guide, 9th January 2023

Comedy.co.uk Awards 2020 shortlist

60 TV and radio programmes have been shortlisted across 10 categories for the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2020. Voting is now open to determine the winners.

British Comedy Guide, 11th January 2021

Comedy.co.uk Awards 2018 shortlist

The shortlisted TV and radio shows for the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2018 have been announced. 60 programmes are now in the running for the Comedy Of The Year title.

British Comedy Guide, 21st January 2019

Scottish Comedy Awards 2018 nominations

The nominations for the Scottish Comedy Awards 2018 have been announced. Various stand-up comedians, TV shows and radio programmes are shortlisted.

British Comedy Guide, 7th March 2018

Comedy.co.uk Awards 2017 shortlist

The shortlisted TV and radio shows for the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2017 have been announced. 60 programmes are in the running for the Comedy Of The Year title.

British Comedy Guide, 15th January 2018

Fags, Mags & Bags to return for Series 7

Radio 4 corner shop set sitcom Fags, Mags & Bags is to return for a seventh series. Four new episodes are being made, for broadcast in August.

British Comedy Guide, 9th June 2017

Radio 4 sitcom 'Fags, Mags & Bags' to return

Fags, Mags & Bags, Radio 4's sitcom set in a Scots-Asian corner shop, is to return for a sixth series.

British Comedy Guide, 14th January 2016

Fags, Mags & Bags tried out as a TV sitcom

Radio show Fags, Mags And Bags could become the next Scottish comedy TV hit after a successful try-out before a live audience this week.

Paul English, Daily Record, 4th May 2013

The lunchtime invasion by a swarm of schoolchildren leaves devastation in its wake. A new line of confectionery called Fizzy Limbs is the cause of the frenzy. This third episode of the Glasgow corner-shop sitcom is as mad as ever - and very funny. You might need to sharpen your ears for the wide-ranging accents, but it's worth the effort.

Daily Mail, 10th October 2012

A lively edition of the comedy set in a Scottish corner shop has guest Julie T Wallace (star of the BBC's The Lives and Loves of a She-Devil) as Mrs Temple, a fearsome local headmistress with an unfortunate alliteration habit, as in "Don't be a mumbling Millicent!". When she tries to stop the shop from selling Fizzy Limb sweets to her hyperactive pupils, Ramesh decides that continuing to serve all his customers whatever they want is a point of "Peter principle".

Stephanie Billen, The Observer, 10th October 2012

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