Grease
Monkeys begins filming in Birmingham for 大象传媒 Choice
Filming
has begun on Grease Monkeys, a uniquely dark comedy series produced
exclusively for 大象传媒 Choice.
Grease
Monkeys is a surreal collection of stories about a dysfunctional
Asian family, all of whom work in the family business, Grand Trunk
Garage.
Filming
in Birmingham for 10 weeks, Grease Monkeys is written by Harwant
Bains (Wild West, Two Oranges and a Mango) and is based on his successful
Radio 4 series of the same name.
The
series stars Archie Panjabi (Bend it Like Beckham, East is East),
Ahsen Bhatti (NCS Manhunt, Cardiac Arrest), Marc Zuber (Shirley
Valentine), Indira Joshi (Kumars at No. 42), Jake Wood (Lenny Blue)
and Nicky Ladanowski (Paradise Heights).
GTM
is owned by patriach Mo (Mark Zuber), who spends his time worrying
about his beautiful daughter Rita (Archi Panjabi), an ace mechanic
who is obsessed with cars and the garage and has no interest in
boys, fashion or make-up, let alone finding a nice Asian boy to
settle down with.
His
son Dave (Ahsen Bhatti) is a sexually irrepressible, irresponsible,
minor criminal. He runs the sales side of the business - mostly
into the ground.
Mo
also has to contend with the ghost of his dead wife Jasbir (Indira
Joshi) and a talking dog.
Dave's
reluctant and unwitting partner in small time crookdom is best mate
Happy (Jake Wood) - idiot savant and genius car breaker.
He's
married to Mand (Nicky Ladanowski), professional lap dancer and
mother to their baby Edwin.
She
wants Happy to straighten out his act and stay away from Dave. She
longs for a better life and he wants to be a real husband and a
proper Dad but he just can't help himself getting involved with
Dave and his wacky schemes.
Executive
Producer Alexei De Keyser says: "Focused on a Mancunian Asian
family, viewers won't have seen anything like this before.
"It's
no-holds-barred, go-for-it TV. If a scene is imaginable in a writer's
mind we'll shoot it."
Stuart
Murphy, Controller of 大象传媒 Choice, says: "Grease Monkeys is
an ambitious, distinctive comedy drama, which we hope will have
real impact on and throughout our target audience.
"It's
witty, smart and very brave. Breaking new talent in front and behind
the lens, Grease Monkeys feels spot on for 大象传媒 Choice."
Grease
Monkeys is a 大象传媒 production for 大象传媒 Choice.
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