Sharat Sardana was a comedy writer who worked on TV series including Goodness Gracious Me

Goodness Gracious Me (TV & radio)

Goodness Gracious Me is a BBC English language sketch comedy show originally on BBC Radio 4 and later televised on BBC Two based on four British Indian actors: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Kulvinder Ghir, Meera Syal and Nina Wadia...

and The Kumars at No. 42

The Kumars at No. 42

The Kumars at No. 42 was a British television show. It won an International Emmy in 2002 and in 2003. It ran for seven series totalling 53 episodes.-Plot:...

, which won 2 International Emmys.

The son of first-generation Indian immigrants, he met his future writing partner, Richard Pinto, while attending Forest School, Walthamstow

Forest School, Walthamstow

Forest School is an independent school on the edge of Epping Forest, in Walthamstow in North East London, in the UK. The School occupies a large campus based around the original Georgian and Victorian buildings.-History:...

. He graduated in English from Queen Mary and Westfield, University of London (now Queen Mary, University of London

Queen Mary, University of London

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), and joined a BBC script editing scheme. He and Richard Pinto became part of the team behind Goodness Gracious Me, first on radio starting in 1996 and on TV from 1998 to 2001. They went on to work as writers for The Kumars at No. 42 (2001-2006).

Sardana was the writer of the BAFTA-nominated short film

BAFTA Award for Best Short Film

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, Inferno (2001), starring Sanjeev Bhaskar

Sanjeev Bhaskar

Sanjeev Bhaskar, OBE is a British Indian comedian, actor and broadcaster, best known for his work in the BBC Two comedy series Goodness Gracious Me and as host of The Kumars at No. 42...

. It won the Best Short Film prize at the 2002 London Sci-Fi Festival

Sci-Fi-London

SCI-FI-LONDON , is a UK based film festival, dedicated to the science fiction and fantasy genres, which began in 2002.-About the Festival:...

. Sardana was also a co-writer of Chopratown

Chopratown

Chopratown is a comedy drama from the BBC about private eye Vic Chopra . In the film Chopra investigates Ali Ergun , a shady Turkish bakery owner...

(2005) for the BBC

BBC

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, again starring Sanjeev Bhaskar.

Sardana died of a streptococcal

Streptococcus

Streptococcus is a genus of spherical Gram-positive bacteria belonging to the phylum Firmicutes and the lactic acid bacteria group. Cellular division occurs along a single axis in these bacteria, and thus they grow in chains or pairs, hence the name — from Greek στρεπτος streptos, meaning...

infection at the age of 40.

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