Series 1, Episode 4
This week we meet Flash Ash; an incredibly melodramatic family cause their father hell; Smita Smitten bumps into an apparent old friend; and the competitive mothers meet at a wedding. Plus an Indian take on On The Waterfront.
Sketches
Miraculous statue
Marriage counselling
Flash Ash - Street meeting
White bride at a restaurant
Smita Smitten, Showbiz Kitten - Private Bollywood party
Skiving employee
The Competitive Mothers - Wedding
White bride at a bus stop
Flash Ash - Window washing
Newsnight interview
White bride in the park
Melodramatic Family - Car
The Competitive Mothers - Baby
On The Waterfront
Smita Smitten, Showbiz Kitten - New eatery
The Bhangramuffins - Academic pressure
The Competitive Mothers - Pimp
Untouchable
The Competitive Mothers - Triple jump
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 2nd February 1998
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Press
Certainly, BBC2 has every reason to be enthusiastic about Goodness Gracious Me, an Asian comedy sketch series which hit the ground running three weeks ago. Last night's edition was less spectacular than earlier shows (mid-series being the place where producers always dump the weakest sketches) but, if it occasionally limped a little, it still hobbled along 10 times faster than most comedy shows can run.
Victor Lewis-Smith, Evening Standard, 3rd February 1998
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