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Meera Syal

Meera Syal


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Meera Syal - what members say


  • Anita And Me
  • Anita And Me review by from Winchester
    Rated - 2.0 stars Oh dear 20 May 2004
    ...he overall production values weren't a lot better. I'm afraid I've always felt Meera Syal was overrated but I did think some of the other cast would lift this - they did...   Read customer review

Meera Syal - filmography


  • Desert Flower
  • Desert Flower (2009)
    Starring: Liya Kebede,  Sally Hawkins,  Craig Parkinson
    Director: Sherry Horman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The autobiography of a Somalian nomad circumcised at 3, sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN spokeswoman against circumcision.
    4 stars out of 5 82% from 9 members
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  • Mad, Sad & Bad
  • Mad, Sad & Bad on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Meera Syal,  Nitin Ganatra,  Zubin Varla
    Director: Avie Luthra
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Atul is a sitcom writer who despises the work that everybody else loves. Rashmi lives at home with her mother, craving a life of her own but dreading all that goes with it. And Hardeep is a psychiatrist who can diagnose everyone's problems but his own.
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 330 members
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  • Beautiful People - Series 2
  • Beautiful People - Series 2 on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Olivia Coleman,  Meera Syal,  Aidan McArdle
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This is not your average family sitcom because the Doonans are not your average family. The show is the story of a dream, the dream that one day Simon would leave suburban Reading and move to London to be with the beautiful people. In fact he moved to New York to become the creative director of ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 81% from 220 members
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  • Beautiful People
  • Beautiful People on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Meera Syal,  Olivia Colman,  Aidan McArdle
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    It's 1997. Thirteen-year-old Simon and his best friend Kyle can't open a fridge door without belting out a show tune. And his family is even more eccentric. Mum Debbie (played by Olivia Colman) is a whirlwind of matriarchal warmth in killer heels. Dad Andy is a lovable Irish softy and avid wine ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1,004 member
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  • Jekyll - Season 1
  • Jekyll - Season 1 (2 discs) on DVD (2006)
    Starring: James Nesbitt,  Michelle Ryan,  Gina Bellman
    Director: Matt Lipsey,  Douglas Mackinnon
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    It is 2006 and there's a new Dr Jekyll, with an old problem - Mr Hyde. But they have a deal - a body share - and an impossible life is somehow lived. What Hyde doesn't know is that Jekyll is married. There's a wife and two children he'll do anything to protect from his dark side. With all the ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 1,916 member
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  • Salaam Bombay Dreams
  • Salaam Bombay Dreams on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Andrew Lloyd Webber,  A.R. Rahman,  Meera Syal
    Director: Salaam Bombay Dreams
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Over four hours of behind-the-scenes, Bollywood-style, of the fantastic stage show BOMBAY DREAMS. Full of exclusive unseen footage and interviews, from rehearsal to Gala performance, this is a fascinating insight for fans of the spectacularly lavish production.
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 215 members
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  • Anita And Me
  • Anita And Me on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Max Beesley,  Sanjeev Bhaskar,  Kathy Burke
    Director: Metin Huseyin
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    ANITA & ME is a charming, comic look back at the 1970s based on the autobiographical novel by Meera Syal, who also stars in the film as her own aunt. Set in 1972, Meena is a twelve year old girl born to Indian parents whose life is turned upside down when she befriends an outrageous fourteen year ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 2,849 members
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  • Bedtime - Series 1
  • Bedtime - Series 1 on DVD (2001)
    Starring: David Gillespie,  Sheila Hancock,  Emma Pierson
    Director: Andy Hamilton
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The BBC mini-series BEDTIME follows the pre-slumber rituals of three couples in three adjoining houses in the same suburban street. The couples' final half-hour is scrutinised and observed in writer/director Andy Hamilton's (DROP THE DEAD DONKEY) compelling drama. Sheila Hancock and Timothy West star.
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 250 members
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  • The Kumars At Number 42
  • The Kumars At Number 42 on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Sanjeev Bhaskar,  Meera Syal,  Vincent Ebrahim
    Director: Lissa Evans
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The KUMARS AT NO.42 is fantastic spoof chat show, in which the Kumars, a fictional immigrant family, have indulged their son Sanjeev by building a television studio in their back garden! Each week a selection of real celebrities are grilled by Sanjeev and the rest of the Kumars. Guests include ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 261 members
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  • Mrs Bradley's Mysteries
  • Mrs Bradley's Mysteries (2 discs) on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Diana Rigg,  Neil Dudgeon,  Peter Davison
    Director: Audrey Cooke
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Set in the prim and proper 1920s, MRS BRADLEY'S MYSTERIES follows amateur sleuth Adela Bradley as she attempts to solve murders thought the use of psychoanalysis and toxicology, aided by her chauffer George Moody.
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 287 members
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  • Comic Aid
  • Comic Aid on DVD
    Starring: Jonathan Ross,  Jack Dee,  Graham Norton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Britain's biggest comedy stars team up to raise money for the Asian Tsunami disaster appeal with all proceeds from the show, and this DVD, donated to the Disasters Emergency Committee.
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 3,171 members
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  • Keeping Mum - Series 2
  • Keeping Mum - Series 2 (2 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Stephanie Cole,  Martin Ball,  David Haig
    Director: Sylvie Boden
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The Beares are back for a second helping of the hit BBC series 'Keeping Mum', as Stephanie Cole and Martin Ball reprise their roles as demanding mother and dutiful son. Peggy is up to her old tricks again and poor Andrew is once more the reluctant guardian, teacher, peacemaker and pragmatist. Still ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 16 members
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