Tandoori Nights was a television sitcom broadcast on Channel 4

Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...

 between 1985 and 1987. It consisted of two series of six episodes each. The series was directed by Jon Amiel

Jon Amiel

Jon Amiel is an English film director who has since the early 1980s worked in film and television in both the UK and the US.-Early life:...

 and written by Farrukh Dhondy

Farrukh Dhondy

Farrukh Dhondy is a British writer, playwright and activist of Indian Parsi descent.-Education:Dhondy obtained a BSc degree from University of Poona in India before winning a scholarship to Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1964 where he read Natural Sciences before switching to English...

. It is the story of two rival restaurants in London, and starred Saeed Jaffery, Tariq Yunus, Rita Wolf

Rita Wolf

Rita Wolf is a British-Indian actress and theatre producer. She moved to London at an early age and trained at the prestigious Royal Court Youth Theatre. She has appeared on British television and in many theatre productions. Her first leading film role came in 1984 in the movie Majdha, the real...

, Zohra Segal. It was Channel 4's first Asian comedy series.

Plot summary

Jimmy Sharma is the owner of "Jewel in the Crown Tandoori Restaurant" in Brick Lane, in the East of London. His rival is the restaurant across the street "The Far Pavilions".