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The Return of Magid Iqbal
In a finale of love, death and revelation, Archie's secret comes out once and for all.
Writing:
Release Date:
Tue, Sep 17, 2002
Country: GB
Language: En
Runtime: 50
Country: GB
Language: En
Runtime: 50
Om Puri
Samad
Phil Davis
Archie
Naomie Harris
Clara
Archie Panjabi
Alsana
Deepak Verma
Shiva
Mona Hammond
Hortense
Jeff Mirza
Mo
Geraldine James
Joyce Malfen
Robert Bathurst
Marcus Malfen
Kammy Darweish
Ardashir
Charlie Creed-Miles
Ryan Topps
Nina Wadia
Neena
Rhys Bond
Reporter
Christopher Simpson
Magid/Millat
Sarah Ozeke
Irie
San Shella
Young Samad
Bryan Dick
Young Archie
David Langham
Young Devil of Dachau
James McAvoy
Josh Malfen
Sophie Winkleman
Joely
Rufus Jones
Crispin
Daniel Tuite
Paddy
Chu Omambala
Brother Ibrahim
Maggie O'Neill
Poppy
Lucy Jules
Ambrosia
Russell Brand
Merlin
Charles Collingwood
Sir Edmund
Paul Bhattacharjee
Bahadur Khan
Julian Barratt
Aide de Camp
Sonnell Dadral
Hifan
Annie Cooper
Karina
Joy McBrinn
Racist Neighbour
Sam Smart
Car Salesman
John Simm
Mr. Hero
Ian Thompson
Headmaster
Nasser Memarzia
Alim
Medina Aijikawo
Denise
Ruth Sheen
Maureen
Shahnequa Duprey
Irie
Ruth Lass
Ms. Miniver
Joe Starrs
Josh
Richard Butler
Mr. Hamilton
Charlie Lemmer
Maxine
Vernon Dobtcheff
Devil of Dachau
Alastair Parker
Policeman
Damian Brooke
Drunk in doorway
Nikki Tovell
Press
Jeanie Gold
Homeless Woman
Anne Devlin
Hairdresser
Andy Skinner
PC Phillips (uncredited)
Andrew Hasley
Hippy at the end of the world 1974 party (uncredited)
James Witt
Curry House Drunk (uncredited)
Steve Sweeney
Lager Lad/Neighbour
Season 1:
It's 1974. Archie Jones is one of life's great losers. Even his attempt to kill himself is foiled by a passing butcher. The return of his old war comrade, Samad Iqbal, brings back a secret Archie has been trying to forget, and Samad's wedding to a feisty girl half his age makes lonely Archie feel even worse. Convinced that he 'picked up the wrong life in the cloakroom of existence', Archie is not expecting a sudden diversion to a funkier place. But on New Year's Eve, a chance encounter at a wild party changes everything.
Samad Iqbal is in self-described 'chicken tikka purgatory', working as a waiter in his cousin's curry house and forced to sleep in the loft by his wife, Alsana, who is on sex-strike. Fate presents frustrated Samad with the ultimate test of his faith, in the shapely form of Poppy Burt-Jones, his twin sons' teacher. A passionate adulterous affair throws Samad into turmoil. He decides to try and make amends by saving his sons from the corruption of the West, although he can afford to send only one of them back to Bangladesh for a proper education in the old ways. Millat needs it most, but Magid saw his dad kissing Poppy.
It's 1992, and sexy Millat is 17, streetwise and idolised by Archie's daughter Irie, who is in turn adored by nerdy Josh Malfen. When all three get caught with a joint at school, their punishment is study classes with Josh's eccentric parents, controversial geneticists Marcus and Joyce. Millat charms Joyce, and soon moves in with them after Samad kicks him out. But before long, Joyce and Irie are heartbroken when Millat leaves to join an Islamic sect. Meanwhile, to Samad's horror, grown-up Magid is more 'British' than ever. He has a place at Oxford - and a secret benefactor who is flying him home.
In a finale of love, death and revelation, Archie's secret comes out once and for all.