The BEST episodes of Goodness Gracious Me

Every episode of Goodness Gracious Me ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Goodness Gracious Me!

A British sketch comedy that explores the integration of Indian and British cultures through a series of satires, musicals and skits.

Last Updated: 9/21/2024Network: BBC TwoStatus: Ended
Episode 4
star
8.80
5 votes

#1 - Episode 4

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/4/1998

The comedy sketch show features Mrs Eatmore and tips on 50 ways to leave your mother. The Melodramatic Family demonstrate that organising a picnic is a potential nightmare for anyone who expects things to be just so. There are also appearances for Mrs Eatmore and Fixer Uncle along with familiar faces like the youthful Bhangramuffins and showbiz-gossip kitten Smeeta Smitten. The Maharaja Gourmet reveals a new slant on exotic eating with some challenging delicacies and the very English Coopers, alias the Kapoors, are embarrassed by an undignified error on the golf course.

Directors: Nick Wood
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Episode 1
star
8.60
5 votes

#2 - Episode 1

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/25/2000

The comedy sketch show returns for a third series, starring Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Nina Wadia and Kulvinder Ghir. In this first programme the Kapoors go to church to hear a sermon by the Bishop of Hounslow.

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Episode 6
star
8.50
4 votes

#3 - Episode 6

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/31/2000

Including an Asian version of Top Gear and the Kapoors' entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.

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Episode 2
star
8.20
5 votes

#4 - Episode 2

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/20/1998

Sketches: Grandma's Birthday, Guru - Football, Indian Broadcasting Corporation, Mr 'Everything Comes From India' - Royal Family Grandma's Good Luck Cheer, Check Please - Humor, Asians football, Grandma's Bus Stop, Check Please - Underwear, My Son - Dependent, Grandma's Dying, Check Please - Fart, Jamima and Humpty, Great Train Journey of the World.

Directors: Nick Wood
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Episode 1
star
8.18
60 votes

#5 - Episode 1

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/12/1998

Sketches: Indian Office, Check Please - Fat, What does it mean to be a Sikh?, Calcutta Male Vocal Choir, New Image Muffins, Check Please - Rash, What does it mean to be a Hindu?, Smita Smitten, Cinema Ad, Going For An English, Check Please - Models, Guru - Rhapsody, Briefly Encountered, Muslim Gag, Dinner at the Coopers, Check Please - Fish smell, Kiss My Chuddies (song), Guru Doorstepper - Becoming a Hindu.

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Episode 1
star
8.00
8 votes

#6 - Episode 1

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/13/1998

Sketches: Asians world, Tandoori Cooking, The Love Dance - Club, Check Please - Asain Woman, Bollywood Star - Sir Jankie, Check Please - Holding Hands, Mrs 'I Can Make It At Home' - Paris, The Love Dance - Ball, Swingers and Asians, Muslim Harassment, Guru - Female Auras, The Love Dance - Gentlemen's Club, My Son - Fertility, Check Please - Moustache, New Zealand from Cousin, Smita Smitten - Birthday Bash, Check Please - Ass, Come On Binder, Let's Go Bhangra - Punjabi Girl, Guru - Scrabble.

Directors: Nick Wood
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Episode 6
star
8.00
2 votes

#7 - Episode 6

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/18/1998

Featuring Britain's No 1 kabaddi star, and a special edition of 'Asian Gladiators'.

Directors: Nick Wood
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Episode 3
star
8.00
4 votes

#8 - Episode 3

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/10/2000

A look at the draughts-obsessed film director Ratyajit Say, and the Gurus performing their song Club Nirvana.

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Episode 4
star
7.75
4 votes

#9 - Episode 4

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/17/2000

With superhero and plumber Bhangraman, as he demonstrates the superhuman power of traditional music and dance.

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Episode 5
star
7.75
4 votes

#10 - Episode 5

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/24/2000

Sketches including Channa's Angels, Bhangraman and Skipinder, the Punjabi Kangaroo.

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Episode 5
star
7.75
4 votes

#11 - Episode 5

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/11/1998

With period drama in Nehru and Jinnah: The Cambridge Years, and the further adventures of Skipinder the Punjabi Kangaroo.

Directors: Nick Wood
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Episode 2
star
7.67
3 votes

#12 - Episode 2

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/3/2000

Featuring a look at the blockbuster film Not Saving Private Narayan and the Asian children's show Live and Cooking.

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Episode 2
star
7.24
21 votes

#13 - Episode 2

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/19/1998

Sketches: Mrs 'I Can Make It At Home' - Italian, Six Million Rupee Man, Gay Son, Mrs 'I Can Make It At Home' - Cheese, Pet Cow Montage, Mrs 'I Can Make It At Home' - Casualty, Uncle Fixer - Holiday, I Know Him Too Well (song), Uncle Fixer - Money, Audition, Pet Cow - Cowflap, Uncle Fixer - Kidney transplant, Oprah Muffins, Uncle Fixer - Funeral, Rough Guide to the UK, Mrs 'I Can Make It At Home' on Masterchef.

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Episode 3
star
7.20
15 votes

#14 - Episode 3

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/26/1998

Sketches: Coopers at Wimbledon, Smita Smitten - No tickets, Kid's Turn, Check Please - Rose, Buddhist Pest Control, 70's Quickie, Guru Doorstepper - Double glazing, The Accountant, Conservative Coopers, Masterchef, Buddhist Pharmacologist, When the Kids are Away (song), Check Please - No effort, Euromuffins, British Asian Man's Quarterly, Check Please - Vomit, Authentic Products, Buddhist Hitman.

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Episode 5
star
7.18
11 votes

#15 - Episode 5

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/9/1998

Sketches: Muslim Woody Allen, Fat Boy - Birthday cake, Minx Twins - Gay disco, Fat Boy - Chicken, The Marriage Emporium, Chat Up, Indian Wedding, Mr 'Everything Comes From India' - Words, Minx Twins - Street, Fat Boy - Paddling pool, Lack of Indian Culture, Mr 'Everything Comes From India' - Books, Minx Twins - Swing, Immigration (song), Fat Boy - Trifle, Guilt Trip Parents, Minx Twins - Football Ad Agency, Tampon Ad, Mr 'Everything Comes From India' - Car parts.

Directors: Nick Wood
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Episode 3
star
7.13
31 votes

#16 - Episode 3

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/27/1998

Features the Indian Bridegroom Detective and a tribute to Hollywood's 'Blacked-Up Men'

Directors: Nick Wood
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Episode 4
star
6.77
13 votes

#17 - Episode 4

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/2/1998

Sketches: It's a Miracle, Marriage Guidance, Flash Ash - Street, White Indian Wife - Dinner party, Smita Smitten - Toilet, Malkit - Late for work, Competitive Mothers - Wedding, White Indian Wife - Bus stop, Flash Ash - Car washer, Asian Babe, White Indian Wife - Park, Melodramatic Family - Car, Competitive Mothers - Baby, On The Waterfront, Smita Smitten - Chip shop(Art Malik), Overachieving Muffins, Competitive Mothers - Pimp, Untouchable (song), Competitive Mothers - Long jump.

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Episode 6
star
6.58
12 votes

#18 - Episode 6

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/16/1998

Sketches: Arranged Shag, Ghost, Journo's Daughter - PM, Mr 'Everything Comes From India' - Famous people, Bharat Home Advert, Barbee Coopers, Mrs 'I Can Make it at Home' - Serotonin, Uncle Fixer - Directions, Journo's Daughter - India and Pakistan PM, Skipinder, Mr 'Everything Comes From India' - Shakespeare, Diwali Muffins, Mrs 'I Can Make it at Home' - Love, Mr 'Everything Comes From India' - Croceries, Guru - Jungle book, Journo's Daughter - Alien, We'd Do It All Again (song), Guru - Bollocks.

Directors: Nick Wood
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