Chopratown
| Chopratown | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Sean Grundy |
| Starring | Sanjeev Bhaskar Natalie Casey Omid Djalili Manish Patel |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC |
| Release | 19 December 2005 |
Chopratown is a 2005 comedy drama from the BBC about private eye Vic Chopra (Sanjeev Bhaskar).[1][2][3] In the film Chopra investigates Ali Ergun (Omid Djalili), a shady Turkish bakery owner. During his investigation he falls foul of Asian wide boy Ash Desai (Manish Patel) and added to this is the mystery of a missing cow.
Chopratown was directed by Sean Grundy, who also directed the first series of the Channel 4 drama Sugar Rush. The name "Chopratown" is a pun on the Jack Nicholson cult film Chinatown.
On release on 19 December 2005, the program had 4.1 million viewers.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sanjeev Bhaskar stars in Chopratown". BBC. 5 December 2005. Archived from the original on 21 December 2005. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ Joseph, Joe (20 December 2005). "Bhaskar's gumshoe comes unstuck". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460.
- ^ "Kumars star to front BBC cop drama". Broadcast. 28 November 2005. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ Deans, Jason (20 December 2005). "Stein stirs up ratings for BBC2". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 20 September 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
External links
[edit]- Chopratown at IMDb
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