In 1971 Salford fish-and-chip shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim ways. But his children, with an English mother and having been born and brought up in Britain, increasingly see themselves as British and start to reject their father's rules on dress, food, religion, and living in general.
Om Puri
as George Khan
Linda Bassett
as Ella Khan
Ian Aspinall
as Nazir Khan
Jimi Mistry
as Tariq Khan
Archie Panjabi
as Meenah Khan
Jordan Routledge
as Sajid Khan
Chris Bisson
as Saleem Khan
Lesley Nicol
as Auntie Annie
Emil Marwa
as Maneer Khan
Raji James
as Abdul Khan
Emma Rydal
as Stella Moorhouse
Ruth Jones
as Peggy