Corner Shop Show is a Britishcomedydramaweb series that premiered on YouTube in March 2014. The series is created by Islah Abdur-Rahman and consists of continuous episodes uploaded on his YouTube channel CornerShopShow, following the adventures of a young man's transition to fill his father's shoes after becoming the custodian of the family business.
Premise
In mid 2013, the series came to fruition when Islah Abdur-Rahman was with a friend who, like Malik in the series, was taking care of a family business whilst his father was away on business. Whilst they were in the shop, that Abdur-Rahman began mind mapping a new series.
Development
The original music is provided by Mike Tan, the theme song features vocals by the creator, director and writer of the series, Islah Abdur-Rahman alongside former UK Beatbox Champion MC Zani. As the series ventured into its second season, the team included singer/songwriter Sonna Rele & Sauce In August 2014, Episodes 1 and 2 of Corner Shop Show were removed from YouTube because Abdur-Rahman did not think they had the same production level as Episode 3 onwards and wanted to take the series in a new direction. The series had its television premiere on Christmas Eve 2014 on Brit Asia TV. When reaching the ninth Episode, Abdur-Rahman launched a crowd funding campaign to create Season 2.
Cast and characters
Main
Islah Abdur-Rahman as Malik: The Corner Shop manager
Michael Truong as Tony Chang: Chinese businessman whose store is shut down so he works at the Corner Shop
Recurring
Sheplo Mozomil as Riaz: University student who helps out at the Corner Shop
Kaysar Miah as Tariq: Malik's best friend
Bilal Shahid as Harry the Hobo: A former Woolworths employee who has an addiction for paracetamol
Hassan Khan as Saif: Owner of the rival shop, Off Licence
Hamzah Jeetooa as Amil: Worker at the rival shop, Off Licence
Samuel Frimpong as Mr. Asante: Ghanaian barber
Yasmin Elizabeth as Shantelliqua: Nail salon beautician
Andrea Martinez as Claudia: Spanish nail salon beautician
Lawrence Ben Walters as Dun Know Dan: Delivery guy
The Corner Shop Show YouTube channel eventually dissolved into The CS Network in early 2019 as Islah Abdur-Rahman conversed about plans of launching other series and spin-offs.
In other media
The Corner Shop has been featured in other comedy series and songs. In April 2015, Malik was a character in the web series called Mandem On The Wall, directed by himself, where the shop was featured. In July 2014, Malik and Tony were characters in the 7th episode of the web series, As We Proceed by Sunny and Shay where the shop was also featured. In late 2015, Malik, Tony and the Corner Shop were featured in Iksy's parody music video alongside Mumzy Stranger, Humza Arshad, Bengali Blitz, Puremovements and Char Avell. In 2017, Malik and Tony appeared on Raxstar's music video for his song "King Midas". In March 2018, Malik, Tony and Mehmet featured in Humza Arshad's parody of the viral Nike advertisement, known as "Nothing Beats A Londoner", featuring notable Londoners from underrepresented minorities such as Juggy D, H-Dhami, Tasha Tah, Sevaqk, Bobby Friction, Raxstar, Tez Ilyas, Arjun, Steel Banglez, Char Avell, Jay Sean, Mumzy Stranger and Naughty Boy.