All About Me is a BBC1 comedy about a multicultural family living in Birmingham. The family consists of a white working class male Brummie (Colin), who is married to an Asian woman (Rupinder). BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the oldest United Kingdom, and indeed, the world. ... Multiculturalism or cultural pluralism is a policy, ideal, or reality that emphasizes the unique characteristics of different cultures in the world, especially as they relate to one another in immigrant receiving nations. ... This article is about the city in England. ... Brummie (sometimes Brummy) is a colloquial term for the inhabitants, accent and dialect of Birmingham, UK, as well as being a general adjective used to denote a connection with the city, locally called Brum. ...

Colin's two sons, Peter and Leo, share the house, as do Rupinder's half-sister (Sima), daughter (Kavita) and son Raj, a wheelchair user with cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy or CP is a group of permanent disorders associated with developmental brain injuries that occur during fetal development, birth, or shortly after birth. ...

The first season ended with the birth of Colin and Rupinder's baby.

The third season saw the introduction of two new characters — Charles and Miranda — whose attempts at political correctness proved untactful. Political correctness is the alteration of language to redress real or alleged injustices and discrimination or to avoid offense. ...

It is produced by Celador. The first series aired in Spring 2002, and was written by its creator Steve Knight and produced by Mike Whitehill. Subsequent seasons were produced and directed by Richard Boden, and had several writers. Celador is an independent production company formed in 1983. ...

The title song was written by Gary Judd and performed by Catherine Porter. Incidental music was written by Garry Judd and Nick Ryan.

The series came under a lot of criticism as to its political correctness. Some satirically nicknamed it "All About Filling Mr Grade's Quotas", the insinuation being that the series (with its multiple minorities in one family) is only an easy way for the BBC to meet standards for representation of the disabled and ethnic minorities. Michael Grade CBE (born March 8, 1943) is a British businessman and a distinctive figure in the field of broadcasting. ...

Main cast

• Colin Craddock, Jasper Carrott
• Rupinder Craddock, Meera Syal (series 1), Nina Wadia (series 2+)
• Raj, Jamil Dhillon
• Peter, Ryan Cartwright
• Sima, Natalia Keery-Fisher
• Leo, Robert Cartin
• Kavita, Alina Iqbal
• Voice of Raj, TBC (series 2+)
• Billy, Jonty Stephens
• Charles, Richard Lumsden (series 3)
• Miranda, Amanda Root (series 3)

Jasper Carrott OBE (born Robert Davies, March 14, 1945) is an English comedian. ... Meera Syal MBE (born June 27, 1963) is a British comedian, writer, playwright, singer, journalist and actress. ... Nina Wadia (born 1969 in Bombay, India) is a British comedy actress, she is best known for her portrayal of various characters in the BBC sketch show Goodness Gracious Me, which led to an appearance at Party at The Palace at Buckingham Palace in 2002, to celebrate the Queens Golden... Amanda Root did the voice of Sophie in Roald Dahls The BFG. Categories: People stubs ...

Episodes

Season 2 — (24/10/03 - 12/12/03)

• A Safe Pair of Hands
• The Green Eyed Monster
• Look Who's Talking
• What's in a Name
• Think as Thieves (14 Nov)
• A Flying Visit (28 Nov)
• A Night In [TBC] (5 Dec)
• Life's a Beach (12 Dec)

External links

• Celador website: Series 1
• Celador website: Series 2
• Celador website: Series 3