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The Worst Episodes of The Kumars at No. 42

Every episode of The Kumars at No. 42 ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of The Kumars at No. 42!

The Kumars at No. 42 is a British comedy show. It won an International Emmy in 2002 and 2003. It ran for seven series totalling...
Genre:Comedy

Worst Episodes Summary

"Christmas special 2001" is the worst rated episode of "The Kumars at No. 42". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Lissa Evans and written by Sharat Sardana, Sanjeev Bhaskar, it aired on 12/30/2001. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Ray Winstone and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen".

  • Christmas special 2001
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    #1 - Christmas special 2001

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/30/2001

    It's Christmas and the whole family are here. Mel B wasn't going to be interviewed but sing at the end. Sanjeev tells his horny uncle to keep away from her. A little boy from the family gets to ask a question to Claire Sweeney and gets clapped for it. Sanjeev tells him it was rubbish and for him to go away. At the end, the boy sings with Mel B. When the song ends, Sanjeev tries to get in a recorder solo. Ashwin calls him an idiot.

    Director: Lissa Evans

    Writer: Sharat Sardana, Sanjeev Bhaskar

  • Ray Winstone and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen
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    #2 - Ray Winstone and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 5/27/2002

    Tough guy (Ray Winstone) and Nancy boy (Llewelyn-Bowen) are on this episode. Sanjeev gets tips on how he could be cool like Ray Winstone.

    Director: Lissa Evans

    Writer: Sharat Sardana, Sanjeev Bhaskar

  • Jerry Hall and Melvyn Bragg
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    #3 - Jerry Hall and Melvyn Bragg

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 6/3/2002

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    Director: Lissa Evans

    Writer: Sharat Sardana, Sanjeev Bhaskar

  • Richard and Judy and Lorraine Kelly
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    #4 - Richard and Judy and Lorraine Kelly

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 6/10/2002

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    Director: Lissa Evans

    Writer: Sharat Sardana, Sanjeev Bhaskar

  • Eastenders special
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    #5 - Eastenders special

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 6/17/2002

    Eastenders special but they booked 3 guests and can't fit them all in so they reject Adam Woodyatt at the door. Ashwin wants to know if Barbara remembered him from one of the filmings of a Carry on film. Barbara, of course, can't remember. Ashwin also had a crush on her which Madhuri wasn't impressed about. At the end, Adam Woodyatt was left in the studio as the audience walk out.

    Director: Lissa Evans

    Writer: Sharat Sardana, Sanjeev Bhaskar

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    #6 - Helena Bonham Carter and Ismail Merchant

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 6/24/2002

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    Director: Lissa Evans

    Writer: Sharat Sardana, Sanjeev Bhaskar

  • Nigel Havers and Ronan Keating
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    #7 - Nigel Havers and Ronan Keating

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 7/1/2002

    The female audience have fallen on the Kumars because of Sanjeev. Ashwin and Madhuri try to get Nigel Havers to tell him that but Sanjeev didn't listen. Then when they finally tell Sanjeev, they say they're improve this by making Sanjeev doing a duet with Ronan Keating. They sing Life is a rollercoaster but Sanjeev sings the whole song and Ronan didn't even get to sing once.

    Director: Lissa Evans

    Writer: Sharat Sardana, Sanjeev Bhaskar

  • Ulrika Jonsson and Anthony Worrall Thompson
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    #8 - Ulrika Jonsson and Anthony Worrall Thompson

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 7/8/2002

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    Director: Lissa Evans

    Writer: Sharat Sardana, Sanjeev Bhaskar

  • Charlotte Church and Martin Kemp
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    #9 - Charlotte Church and Martin Kemp

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 7/15/2002

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    Director: Lissa Evans

    Writer: Sharat Sardana, Sanjeev Bhaskar

  • Wendy Richard and John Sergeant
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    #10 - Wendy Richard and John Sergeant

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 7/22/2002

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    Director: Lissa Evans

    Writer: Sharat Sardana, Sanjeev Bhaskar

  • Stephen Fry and Lesley Garrett
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    #11 - Stephen Fry and Lesley Garrett

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 8/5/2002

    Sanjeev attempts to be funny in this episode so he asks Stephen Fry to do a joke with him during an interview. It didn't work.

    Director: Lissa Evans

    Writer: Sharat Sardana, Sanjeev Bhaskar

  • Donny Osmond and Westlife
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    #12 - Donny Osmond and Westlife

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/2003

    The Kumars look for a new band in a Pop idol style way. But the real excitement is behind the appearance of Donny Osmond. The whole family are excited except for Ashwin, who's not interested in the music business. At the end, Donny Osmond and Westlife build Sushila a new wardrobe.

    Director: Lissa Evans

    Writer: Sharat Sardana, Sanjeev Bhaskar

  • Robson Green and Lulu
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    #13 - Robson Green and Lulu

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 1/13/2003

    Robson Green and Lulu came at the same time so the Kumars pick Lulu to interview first while Sushila locks Robson in her bedroom. Then after the Lulu interview, the Kumars realise they left Robson with Sushila and who knows what she'll do but they were only playing cards.

    Director: Lissa Evans

    Writer: Sharat Sardana, Sanjeev Bhaskar

  • Shane Richie and Robin Gibb
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    #14 - Shane Richie and Robin Gibb

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 1/20/2003

    Ashwin and Madhuri are having problems. Ashwin is not listening to his wife. Shane Richie tries to help him but it didn't work. At the end, Ashwin and Madhuri have a Jerry Maguire ""You had me at hello"" scene and get back together. Meanwhile, after Shane Richie used the toilet, it mysteriously blocked up...

    Director: Lissa Evans

    Writer: Sharat Sardana, Sanjeev Bhaskar

  • Eamonn Holmes and Tamzin Outhwaite
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    #15 - Eamonn Holmes and Tamzin Outhwaite

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 1/27/2003

    Sanjeev is thinking of getting his own house and Eamonn Holmes encourages it. Eamonn causes a family fued between the Kumars! Obviolously, Sanjeev doesn't do it.

    Director: Lissa Evans

    Writer: Sharat Sardana, Sanjeev Bhaskar

  • Jodie Kidd and Jimi Mistry
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    #16 - Jodie Kidd and Jimi Mistry

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 2/3/2003

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    Director: Lissa Evans

    Writer: Sharat Sardana, Sanjeev Bhaskar

  • Boy George and June Whitfield
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    #17 - Boy George and June Whitfield

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 2/10/2003

    Madhuri is taking a fast for Ashwin (Indian tradition). But Ashwin is horrified to find that Madhuri is eaten some food. Sanjeev and Ashwin decide to fast but at the end, Madhuri is caught feeding Sanjeev.

    Director: Lissa Evans

    Writer: Sharat Sardana, Sanjeev Bhaskar

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    #18 - Madness and Leslie Phillips

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 2/17/2003

    Sanjeev is excited that Madness is coming. At the end, Madness play in their living room and Sanjeev tries to join in but get's phased out. So Suggs dances with him in the hallway.

    Director: Lissa Evans

    Writer: Sharat Sardana, Sanjeev Bhaskar

  • Pete Waterman, Samantha Mumba and Gareth Gates
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    #19 - Pete Waterman, Samantha Mumba and Gareth Gates

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 2/24/2003

    It's a pop special, seeing as at the end of the show, the Kumars are going to sing with Gareth Gates. So they perform at the end, their Comic relief single, Spirit in the sky where Pete Waterman and Samantha Mumba joins in at the end, dancing.

    Director: Lissa Evans

    Writer: Sharat Sardana, Sanjeev Bhaskar

  • Jonathan Ross and Tony Adams
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    #20 - Jonathan Ross and Tony Adams

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 3/3/2003

    It's the last in the series and the family fear that they won't get another series if this show wasn't good. So after the Jonathan Ross interview (and he told a funny story on how one time he thought he was a Sikh), the Kumars still didn't think it was good enough. So the pressure's on on the Tony Adams interview but they still have doubts. But at the end, when they have a party as it's the last of the series, Sanjeev says he's sure they're get another series.

    Director: Lissa Evans

    Writer: Sharat Sardana, Sanjeev Bhaskar

  • Neil Pearson, Denise Van Outen and Westlife
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    #21 - Neil Pearson, Denise Van Outen and Westlife

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/2003

    The family got really excited about the new series and really felt it was going to be their best series till all 4 of them saw.....crossed slippers. In India, people who look at crossed slippers get a curse and start fearing for the show. Westlife came in, making it a sign of the curse as they had them on before! Then after the Neil Pearson interview, (which they thought went badly), Ashwin tells Sanjeev to tell Westlife they can't perform on the show. So Sanjeev leaves Denise Van Outen to do it, who doesn't do it obviously. Then afterwards, Sanjeev finally tells the band they can't do it. But they did anyway so Madhuri and Sushila put something on them to stop the curse. Then gives them chutney at the end.

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  • Amanda Holden and Rachel Stevens
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    #22 - Amanda Holden and Rachel Stevens

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/2003

    Sushila is going to be meeting her childhood sweetheart again. It develops during the episode including Amanda Holden (badly) doing Sushila's make-up. Then he finally arrives with Rachel Stevens' dancers. And he's as old and feeble as she is. Rachel performs her solo single ""Sweet dreams, my LA Ex"" using toilet paper and the family dance along to the song with also toilet paper. They use Amanda as a maypole. Then when Sushila goes to the toilet, Amanda and Sushila's sweetheart start talking then leave the house with each other. Sushila sees and stands there heartbroken.....with toilet paper.

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  • Lenny Henry and Maureen Lipman
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    #23 - Lenny Henry and Maureen Lipman

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/2003

    As big British comedy man, Lenny Henry was going to be on the show, Sanjeev has been practising being a comedian, making bad jokes all over the house. He's also hoping to get an invite to one of Lenny's house parties. He asks him but he obviously refused as you don't see his reaction. Then at the end of the show, Sanjeev says that he'll see Lenny later in the British comedy awards. The family bursted out laughing at the idea of Sanjeev at the awards.

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  • Johnny Vaughan and Sophie Ellis Bextor
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    #24 - Johnny Vaughan and Sophie Ellis Bextor

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/2003

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  • Cilla Black, Emma Bunton and Leslie Grantham
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    #25 - Cilla Black, Emma Bunton and Leslie Grantham

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/2003

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