East Is East
“A comedy of families, a chip shop... and a very randy dog.”
DramaComedy
In 1971 Salford fish-and-chip shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim ways. But his children, with an English mother and having been born and brought up in Britain, increasingly see themselves as British and start to reject their father's rules on dress, food, religion, and living in general.
VIBE
A boisterous, laugh-out-loud look at a family struggling to balance cultural traditions with modern British life. It's messy, loud, and full of heart, capturing the universal chaos of growing up and pushing boundaries.
chaoticheartwarminghilariousfrustratingsteadykitchen sink dramasocial realismcharacter-driven comedyidentityfamilyculture clashtradition vs modernity
daughterjealousymuslimnorthern englandhippiereligious educationparent child relationshipfaithtraditionculture clash1970smodern societyislamintegrationcultural differencebritish asian
