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.
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Series 1 Episode 1 The Peculiar Second Marriage of Archie Jones
It's 1974. Archie Jones is one of life's great losers. Even his attempt to kill himself is foiled by a passing butcher.
- Strong language and sexual scenes
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Series 1 Episode 2 The Temptation of Samad Iqbal
Samad Iqbal is in self-described 'chicken tikka purgatory', working as a waiter in his cousin's curry house and forced…
- Strong language and sexual scenes
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Series 1 Episode 3 The Trouble with Millat
It's 1992, and sexy Millat is 17, streetwise and idolised by Archie's daughter Irie, who is in turn adored by nerdy…
- Strong language and sexual scenes
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Series 1 Episode 4 The Return of Magid Iqbal
Magid arrives home in 1992 and moves in with his benefactor, Marcus Malfen. They are preparing for the launch of…
- Strong language
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