The Kumars at No. 42 interview for "Radio Times" in May 2007, Bhaskar confirmed that the show had run its course and there were no plans for any further series. The Kumars also made a guest appearance on the 2003 Comic Relief single "Spirit in the Sky" performed by Gareth Gates. They also starred in the video. It reached number 1 in the charts and sold more than 550,000 copies. "The Kumars at Number 42" was also shown in Asia (including India and Malaysia) on the Star World satellite TV channel and on SABC in South Africa. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation screens it in Australia.
The Kumars at No. 42 short for the Armenian name "Ruben"). The idea of the show was that an Armenian named Rubik (played by Ruben Dzhaginyan) and his family interview the Russian stars (such as pop singers Vera Brezhneva and Anna Semenovich; TV presenters Dmitri Dibrov, Timur Rodriguez (real name Timur Yunusov), Valdis Pelsh and Sergei Svetlakov; and actors Igor Vernik and Anastasia Zavorotnyuk). There were just four episodes of the show, and it was soon taken off the air because of generally negative reviews from critics. On 1 May 2012, it was announced that a pilot for a revival of the show would be