White Teeth (TV serial)
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| Genre | Drama, comedy |
| Written by |
Simon Burke Zadie Smith |
| Directed by | Julian Jarrold |
| Starring |
Om Puri Phil Davis Naomie Harris Archie Panjabi |
| Composer(s) | Adrian Johnston |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) |
Rebecca Eaton George Faber Suzan Harrison Charles Pattinson |
| Producer(s) | Nicolas Brown |
| Location(s) |
London, United Kingdom, India, Jamaica |
| Cinematography | David Odd |
| Editor(s) | Andrew Hulme |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Company Pictures Channel 4 Television Corporation |
| Distributor |
WGBH-TV Channel 4 Television Corporation All3Media |
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| Original network | Channel 4 |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 17 September – 8 October 2002 |
| External links | |
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| White Teeth: The Soundtrack | |
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| Soundtrack album by Various Artists | |
| Released | 16 September 2002 |
| Genre | Pop, psychedelic pop, glam rock, folk rock, hard rock, new wave, ska, dance, soul, rhythm and blues, alternative rock, punk rock |
| Length | 61:06 |
| Label | Channel 4 Music |
White Teeth is a 2002 British four-part television drama miniseries based on the novel of the same name written by Zadie Smith.
The series was directed by Julian Jarrold, adapted by Simon Burke, and stars Om Puri and Phil Davis. It was broadcast by Channel 4 over four consecutive weeks between 17 September 2002 and 8 October 2002.
White Teeth consists of four self-contained short-stories, focusing on a major male character as he encounters a turning point in his life, with background cameos from other characters. The series spans 20 years of three cultures, chronicling the interlinked stories of three families over three generations in a multicultural area of north-west London from 1974 to 1992.
The four-hour saga also features leaps back to the Second World War, where Samad and Archie served together, and even further back to the 1857 Indian Mutiny.
It is 1974, and recently divorced Archie Jones (Phil Davis) is one of life's losers, with a dead end job, who makes important life decisions on the toss of a coin. Archie's old war comrade, Samad Miah Iqbal (Om Puri) returns to fulfil an arranged marriage to a woman half his age, Alsana (Archie Panjabi). After being unable to find work, Samad reluctantly asks his cousin, Ardashir (Kammy Darweish), for a job in his restaurant, Curry Heaven.
Meanwhile, Jamaican-born, Clara Bowden (Naomie Harris), with the encouragement of her Jehovah's Witness mother, Hortense (Mona Hammond), proselytises door-to-door of the end of the world. When she meets Ryan Topps (Charlie Creed-Miles), she loses her virginity, abandons her religion and after an encounter with a commune takes up his rebellious ways. After Ryan and Clara have an accident in Ryan's scooter, Ryan himself becomes a believer. Merlin (Russell Brand) from the commune takes Clara from hospital to the End of the World party.
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