Chopratown
| Chopratown | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Sean Grundy |
| Starring | Sanjeev Bhaskar Natalie Casey Omid Djalili Manish Patel |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC |
| Release | 19 December 2005 |
Chopratown is a 2005 comedy drama from the BBC about private eye Vic Chopra (Sanjeev Bhaskar). In the film Chopra investigates Ali Ergun (Omid Djalili), a shady Turkish bakery owner. During his investigation he falls foul of Asian wide boy Ash Desai (Manish Patel) and added to this is the mystery of a missing cow.
Chopratown was directed by Sean Grundy, who also directed the first series of the Channel 4 drama Sugar Rush. The name "Chopratown" is a pun on the Jack Nicholson cult film Chinatown.
On release on 19 December 2005, the program had 4.1 million viewers.