My Life as a Popat
My Life as a Popat was a British television series for children which followed 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 also joins the family's adventures in this series.
Cast
- Sonny Gill Dulay - Anand Popat
- Kulvinder Ghir - Ramesh Popat
- Shaheen Khan - Shoba Popat
- Chandeep Uppal - Dimple Popat
- James Gandhi - Chetan Popat
- Laura Greenwood - Holly Saviour
- Felicity Montagu - Ivy Saviour
- Dave Hill - Alf Saviour
- Yasmin Paige - Lucy Miesels
- Manjeeven Grewal - Milli Patel
Trivia
Laura Greenwood was axed in the second series so the character was written out. The new character of Lucy Miesels 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)
| Episode # | Title | First broadcast | Synopsis |
| 1. | "Men in Turbans" | 13 July 2004 | Anand Popat arrives with his family in Harrow and is particularly keen to make a good impression on his next door neighbour, Holly. Will he ever pluck up the courage to invite her to see ‘Men in Turbans’?. |
| 2. | "Entertaining Radha" | 20 July 2004 | Anand's heart sinks when his parents announce that his bratty showbiz cousin Radha is coming all the way from Bombay to visit. |
| 3. | "Dimplicious" | 27 July 2004 | Dimple's never-ending singing, practice for an important end of year school concert, is driving Anand and Chetan to distraction. |
| 4. | "Health is Wealth" | 3 August 2004 | When Anand is given a school project to assess his family's eating habits, he sees that their high fat curry diet gives them a low life expectancy. He must do something to get them to change before it's too late. |
| 5. | "Happy Diwali" | 10 August 2004 | It's the night before Diwali – the Indian Festival of light – and Dimple, Chetan and Anand are dreading yet another record-breaking speech from their father, Ramesh. They have much more exciting plans and have to escape. |
| 6. | "Take Your Child to Work Day" | 17 August 2004 | Anand is assigned yet another school project that fills him with dread. Ramesh, his father, hates to be disturbed when he's filming for his Asian satellite channel- how will he take to ‘take your child to work day’ ? |