The lives of three families are woven together across three decades in multi-cultural Britain.
- Created by
- Julian Jarrold

The lives of three families are woven together across three decades in multi-cultural Britain.
1 season · 4 episodes
S1 E1The Peculiar Second Marriage of Archie Jones
Sep 17, 200250 min
It's 1974. Archie Jones is one of life's great losers. Even his attempt to kill himself is foiled by a passing butcher. The return of his old war comrade, Samad Iqbal, brings back a secret Archie has been trying to forget, and Samad's weddi
S1 E2The Temptation of Samad Iqbal
Sep 24, 200250 min
Samad Iqbal is in self-described 'chicken tikka purgatory', working as a waiter in his cousin's curry house and forced to sleep in the loft by his wife, Alsana, who is on sex-strike. Fate presents frustrated Samad with the ultimate test of
S1 E3The Trouble with Millat
Oct 1, 200250 min
It's 1992, and sexy Millat is 17, streetwise and idolised by Archie's daughter Irie, who is in turn adored by nerdy Josh Malfen. When all three get caught with a joint at school, their punishment is study classes with Josh's eccentric paren
S1 E4The Return of Magid Iqbal
Oct 8, 200250 min
In a finale of love, death and revelation, Archie's secret comes out once and for all.