The Scotland based comedy Fags, Mags & Bags has returned to Radio 4 for the third time after picking up awards for its quirky humour and good writing (episode below).

The series is written by and stars Sanjeev Kohli, as newsagent and confectioner Ramesh Majhu.

He is ably assisted by his shop sidekick Dave (Donald Mcleary, co-writer), a forty-something underachiever who shares Ramesh’s love of the art of shopkeeping.

Then there are Ramesh’s sons Sanjay (Omar Raza) and Alok (Susheel Kumar, interviewed on AIM here).

The comedy series was recently nominated for a Sony Radio Academy Comedy award, while the writers won a Writers’ Guild Award.

The first series saw Ramesh et al boldly complete a magazine part-work and cause a near riot selling beef swastikas.

In series two the Majhu family was rocked to its core by the appearance of a much-despised auntie and the shop turned into a temporary shrine to Michael Jackson.

The new series of Fags, Mags & Bags sees Sanjay finding a girlfriend and embracing the arts while the very eco-balance of shop society is thrown into chaos after Ramesh allows Alok to install a slush machine.

Sanjeev Kohli previously appeared in six series of ‘Still Game’, where he played Navid.

Airing weekly: Wed 10th Feb to Wed 17th March at 11.30am, Radio 4.
More on the BBC website

Series 2, episode 1