BBC Radio 4 sitcom written by and starring Sanjeev Kohli and Donald McLeary, set in a Glasgow corner shop.
First broadcast in 2007, Fags, Mags and Bags delivers shop-based shenanigans and over-the-counter philosophy, courtesy of Ramesh Mahju and his trusty sidekick Dave. Ramesh has built his shop up over the course of 30 years, and it is a firmly entrenched feature of the local area. He is ably assisted by Dave, a forty-something underachiever who shares Ramesh’s love of the art of shopkeeping, even if he is treated like a slave. Then of course there are Ramesh’s sons Sanjay and Alok, both surly and not particularly keen on the old-school approach to shopkeeping. However, they are the natural successors to the business, and Ramesh is keen to pass all his worldly wisdom on to them – whether they like it or not…
Episode List* S01E01 – Raising Keenan * S01E02 – The De-Magowarning Of Ramesh * S01E03 – Wall Of Crisps * S01E04 – Build The Titanic * S01E05 – The Festival Of Maltodextrin * S01E06 – January, February * S02E01 – Beansy, Beansy, Beansy, Beansy, Beansy * S02E02 – Skeletor Attack * S02E03 – Rameshtonite * S02E04 – All The Best * S02E05 – Cousin Wacko * S02E06 – Confectionary McEnroe * S03E01 – Jack Black’s Black Jacks * S03E02 – Mr Majhu Goes To Lenzie * S03E03 – The Wrath Of Khan * S03E04 – The Lenzie Splicer * S03E05 – Bacon Punctuation * S03E06 – The Fall Of Phallon And The Rise Of Bugatox * S04E01 – Sweetie Design Competition * S04E02 – Pennywise Empire * S04E03 – The Bewerdine Spectrum * S04E04 – Evil Narbara * S04E05 – Ayabassa Alan * S04E06 – Ramesh 50th * S05E01 – Hovering Chops * S05E02 – General Whitesnake Demeanour * S05E03 – Effervescent Members * S05E04 – Carnaptious Scroosh * S05E05 – Turn Around Dave Eyes * S05E06 – Meter Reading Chic * S06E01 – Chickpea Landslide * S06E02 – Schrodinger’s Birkenstock Interface Situation * S06E03 – Glamper, Camper, Pamper, Hamper * S06E04 – Crispquilibrium * S06E05 – Downton Abbey Voice Changer Helmet * S06E06 – Operation Voldemort Scrape-Away * S07E01 – Burger Burger Burger Burger Burger * S07E02 – Wizardy Lizardy Gubbins * S07E03 – Cumulus Nimbus * S07E04 – Begrudging a Crunchie * S08E01 – A Song For Lenzie * S08E02 – The Rubingtons Doobrery 9000 * S08E03 – Lenzie Has Fallen * S08E04 – Ladychase * S09E01 – Hamster Gamut * S09E02 – Bishop’s Finger * S09E03 – The Mike Leigh Theory * S09E04 – Soup Murder * S10E01 – Racismpallooza * S10E02 – Jeff Capes Five Egger * S10E03 – Full Five Pencil Belter * S10E04 – Florence Flouncingtons who lives in Flouncingtons Quadrant on the Flouncingtons Estate * S11E01 – The Pump Rubicon * S11E02 – Grumpy-Pumpy Doo-Dah McGraw * S11E03 – Ramesh-Pocalypse * S11E04 – Alok-Pocalyse * S11E05 – Priesty Weisty Hooversy Stairsy * S11E06 – Shopnucopia The post Fags Mags & Bags appeared first on Dimsdale Podcasts.