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Chopratown
Directed bySean Grundy
StarringSanjeev Bhaskar
Natalie Casey
Omid Djalili
Manish Patel
Distributed byHat Trick Productions
Release date
  • 19 December 2005 (2005-12-19) (UK)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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

  1. ^ "Sanjeev Bhaskar stars in Chopratown". BBC. 5 December 2005. Archived from the original on 21 December 2005. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  2. ^ Joseph, Joe (20 December 2005). "Bhaskar's gumshoe comes unstuck". ISSN 0140-0460.
  3. ^ "Kumars star to front BBC cop drama". Broadcast. 28 November 2005. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  4. ^ 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.