Sanjeev Bhaskar
Sanjeev Bhaskar is an actor, writer and presenter. He first came to notice in the ground breaking television comedy sketch show Goodness Gracious Me which he co-created and the award winning comedy The Kumars at Number 42, (Both BBC) which he created, wrote and acted in and for which he was BAFTA nominated. He was the lead character in three series of The Indian Doctor (BBC) and six series of the ongoing crime drama Unforgotten (ITV).
His book India with Sanjeev Bhaskar , based on his BBC documentary series of the same name, was a Sunday Times bestseller.
Movie credits include Notting Hill, Paddington 2 and Yesterday. On stage he has appeared in the West End in Art, as King Arthur in the Monty Python based musical Spamalot, and Dinner with Sadaam.
His personal claims to fame are having a #1in the pop charts with Spirit in the Sky with Gareth Gates in 2003 and adding the word ‘chuddies’ to the OED.
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