British television programmes with Asian leads

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources:  –  ·  ·  · scholar · JSTOR (April 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

This is a list of scripted British television programmes featuring one or more actors of Asian ancestry as the programme's leading actor portraying the protagonist or protagonists.

List of television programmes[]

1980s[]

• The Chinese Detective (protagonist portrayed by David Yip)
• The Jewel in the Crown (protagonist portrayed by Art Malik)

1990s[]

• Goodness Gracious Me (the entire cast)

2000s[]

• The Kumars at No. 42 (the entire cast)
• My Life as a Popat (majority of the cast)
• M.I.High (first series starring Rachel Petladwala and Moustafa Palazli)
• Planet Ajay starring Ajay Chhabra

2010s[]

• Spirit Warriors (majority of the cast), first British television drama series to have a predominantly East Asian cast^[1]
• The Indian Doctor (protagonist portrayed by Sanjeev Bhaskar)
• Citizen Khan (majority of the cast)
• Ackley Bridge (half the cast)
• Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist (majority of the cast)
• Indian Summers (half the cast)
• The Bisexual (Protagonist portrayed by Desiree Akhavan
• The A List (protagonist portrayed by Lisa Ambalavanar)
• Strangers (half the cast)
• Humans (protagonist portrayed by Gemma Chan)
• Informer (protagonist portrayed by Nabhaan Rizwan)
• Man Like Mobeen (protagonist portrayed by Guz Khan)
• Zomboat (upcoming show on ITV, protagonists portrayed by Hamza Jeetooa and Ryan McKen)^[2]
• Giri/Haji (protagonist portrayed by Takehiro Hira)
• Killing Eve (protagonist portrayed by Sandra Oh
• What We Do in the Shadows (Protagonist Portrayed by Kayvan Novak)
• Almost Never (TV series) (Protagonist portrayed by Nathaniel Dass)
• Departure (TV series) (Protagonist portrayed by Archie Panjabi)

2020s[]

• Get Even (Protagonist portrayed by Kim Adis) first British show to feature a South East Asian lead.
• Baghdad Central (TV series) (Protagonist portrayed by Waleed Zuaiter) first British produced show with a West Asian Arab lead.
• Intelligence (Protagonist portrayed by Nick Mohammed)
• Sandylands (Protagonists portrayed by Natalie Dew, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Hamza Jeetooa)
• A Suitable Boy, a miniseries adapted from Vikram Seth's 1993 novel of the same name, (Majority of the cast from South Asia)
• Shadow and Bone (Protagonists played by Jessie Mei Li and Amita Suman)
• Starstruck (Co-Leads played by Nikesh Patel and Sindhu Vee)

See also[]

• American television series with Asian leads

References[]

This article relating to a television programme from the UK is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

• v
• t