7.4/1036 votes#1 - The Peculiar Second Marriage of Archie Jones
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/2002
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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7.3/1025 votes#2 - The Temptation of Samad Iqbal
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/2002
Samad Iqbal is in self-described 'chicken tikka purgatory', working as a waiter in his cousin's curry house and forced to sleep in the loft by his wife, Alsana, who is on sex-strike. Fate presents frustrated Samad with the ultimate test of his faith, in the shapely form of Poppy Burt-Jones, his twin sons' teacher. A passionate adulterous affair throws Samad into turmoil. He decides to try and make amends by saving his sons from the corruption of the West, although he can afford to send only one of them back to Bangladesh for a proper education in the old ways. Millat needs it most, but Magid saw his dad kissing Poppy.
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7.2/1029 votes#3 - The Trouble with Millat
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/2002
It's 1992, and sexy Millat is 17, streetwise and idolised by Archie's daughter Irie, who is in turn adored by nerdy Josh Malfen. When all three get caught with a joint at school, their punishment is study classes with Josh's eccentric parents, controversial geneticists Marcus and Joyce. Millat charms Joyce, and soon moves in with them after Samad kicks him out. But before long, Joyce and Irie are heartbroken when Millat leaves to join an Islamic sect. Meanwhile, to Samad's horror, grown-up Magid is more 'British' than ever. He has a place at Oxford - and a secret benefactor who is flying him home.
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7.3/1027 votes#4 - The Return of Magid Iqbal
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/2002
In a finale of love, death and revelation, Archie's secret comes out once and for all.
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The lives of three families are woven together across three decades in multi-cultural Britain.
Genres:DramaComedy
Network:Channel 4
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Peculiar Second Marriage of Archie Jones" is the best rated episode of "White Teeth" season 1. It scored 7.4/10 based on 36 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/17/2002. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Temptation of Samad Iqbal".