''My Life as a Popat'' is a British television series for children which follows the lives of a British-Indian family, through the eyes of their eldest son, Anand. The first series revolves around the teenager fighting the embarrassment his family causes him. The second series brings a change in the storyline, with Anand's genius brother Chetan Popat sometimes taking centre stage. Milli Patel (the Popats' cousin) also joins the family's adventures in this series.

Cast

*Sonny Gill Dulay - Anand Popat *

Kulvinder Ghir Kulvinder Ghir (born 10 August 1965) is a British actor, comedian and writer. He is best known as one of the cast members in the BBC sketch show '' Goodness Gracious Me''. He is also known for playing Aslam in the 1987 Yorkshire-based film '' Ri ...

- Ramesh Popat * Shaheen Khan - Shoba Popat *

Chandeep Uppal Chandeep Uppal (born 19 July 1988) is a British actress best known for her critically acclaimed starring role as Meena Kumar in the film ''Anita and Me''. Career Uppal is known for her performances in the Bafta Award-winning children's series ' ...

- Dimple Popat * James Gandhi - Chetan Popat *

Laura Greenwood Laura Greenwood (born 1991) is an English people, English actress and a member of the YoungBlood Theatre Company in 2006. Greenwood's big breakthrough came in 2006 when at age 14 she starred as Penny Philips opposite Helen Mirren in ''Prime S ...

- Holly Saviour (Series 1 and one episode of Series 2) *

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- Ivy Saviour (Series 1 and one episode of Series 2) *

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- Alf Saviour (Series 1) *

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- Lucy Miesels (Series 2) *Manjeeven Grewal - Milli Patel (Series 2)

Trivia

''My Life as a Popat'' was not recommissioned after the second series due to

CITV CITV (short for Children's ITV, also known as the CITV Channel) is a British free-to-air children's television channel owned by ITV plc. It broadcasts content from the CITV archive and acquisitions, every day from 6 am to 9 pm which ...

budget restrains. However, after the show won a BAFTA, a second series was commissioned.

(Holly Saviour) was axed in the second series so (after a farewell appearance in the first episode) the character was written out. The new character of Lucy Miesels (played by

) was introduced in the next episode. Following further budget cuts to CITV ''My Life as a Popat'' was not recommissioned for a third series.

Game

CITV made a ''My Life as a Popat'' game which can be found on the CITV website

Episodes

Series 1 (2004)

Series 2 (2007)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

''My Life as a Popat''
at itv.com, itv.com/citv * 2004 British television series debuts 2007 British television series endings Television shows set in London ITV children's television shows Television series about families {{comedy-tv-prog-stub