The Kumars at No. 42 produced by Hat Trick Productions as The Kumars at No. 42B for Sky 1. The pilot was said to focus on a divorced Sanjeev and his family who now live in a flat (No. 42B) behind their Hounslow gift shop. A 6-episode series was commissioned after a successful pilot and has been renamed to simply The Kumars, which started on 15 January 2014. The Kumars at No. 42 The Kumars at No. 42 is a British television show. It won an International Emmy in 2002 and 2003, and won a Peabody Award in 2004. It ran for seven series totalling
The Kumars at No. 42 not. In the early episodes only Meera Syal improvised to any great extent though as the cast became accustomed to their characters, the improvised content increased for later episodes. Bhaskar stated in a 2009 interview, "We never rehearsed the guests, and the best ones were the ones to keep the ball in the air." When talking about "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" for the British Book Awards, Sanjeev Bhaskar stated that he chose 42 as the house number because in the "Hitchhiker's" series 42 features prominently as the Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything. Sanjeev Bhaskar told interviewer