Sanjeev Bhaskar
The Travel Diaries
Holly Rubenstein
4.5 • 813 Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2021
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Today, I’m joined by the much loved actor and comedian, Sanjeev Bhaskar. Following a late arrival into comedy, Sanjeev was catapulted to stardom in the comedy series Goodness Gracious Me, and later The Kumars at No. 42, both bringing the British Asian experience to the masses to international acclaim.
This success, which has led to decades of movie and TV roles, has taken Sanjeev all over the world. India, of course, is a big feature today - Sanjeev has filmed documentaries and written books about the country, where some of his family still live. From Delhi and Rajasthan to Shimla and Darjeeling, Sanjeev paints a wonderful picture of such a diverse and exciting country.
He transports us to the American city he first fell in love with, his European all time favourite and we chat about the new season of his hit ITV show Unforgotten, which is back for its fourth season.
Destination Recap:
- Delhi, India
- Karnal, India
- New York, USA
- Amalfi, Italy
- Rajasthan, India
- Shimla, India
- Darjeeling, India
- Ellora, India
- Vesuvius, Italy
- Pompei, Italy
- Rome, Italy
- Australia
- Paris, France
- New Zealand
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Today’s episode was recorded during the UK’s Covid-19 lockdown. It was produced by Holly Rubenstein.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Travel Diaries podcast. |
| 0:09.8 | I'm Holly Rubenstein. I'm a travel and entertainment journalist. |
| 0:13.6 | And here each week I'll be speaking to a very special guest about the seven chapters in their life's travel diaries. |
| 0:20.4 | From their earliest childhood travel |
| 0:22.6 | memory and the first place they fell in love with to their hidden gem and what's at the top |
| 0:27.5 | of their travel bucket list. We'll be uncovering their adventures around the world and the |
| 0:32.4 | travel experiences and destinations that have shaped their lives. |
| 0:42.5 | Today, I'm joined by the much-loved actor and comedian, Sanjeev Baskar. |
| 0:48.7 | Following a late arrival into comedy, Sanjeef was catapulted to stardom in the comedy series, |
| 0:52.5 | Goodness Gracious Me, and later the Kumas at No. 42, both bringing the British Asian experience to the masses |
| 0:55.8 | and to international acclaim. This success, which has led to decades of movie and TV roles, |
| 1:02.4 | has taken Sanjeev all over the world. India, of course, is a big feature today. Sanjeev has |
| 1:07.7 | filmed documentaries and written books about the country where some of his |
| 1:11.1 | family still live, from Delhi and Rajasthan to Shimla and Darjeeling. |
| 1:16.4 | Sanjeef paints such a wonderful picture of such a diverse and exciting country. |
| 1:22.1 | And he transports us to the American city he first fell in love with, his European all-time |
| 1:27.2 | favourite, and we chat about |
| 1:28.7 | the new season of his hit ITV show Unforgotten, which is back for its fourth season. |
| 1:35.0 | In fact, there's so much to chat about that this is a long-haul feature-length episode. |
| 1:39.2 | So let's get started. |
| 1:40.5 | Here's Sanjeev. |
| 1:51.3 | Sanjeef. Sanjeef Vaskar, welcome to the Travel Diaries. Thank you so much for joining me today. How are you? I'm very well, thank you. Thank you for asking me. What a pleasure |
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