''Corner Shop Show'' is a British

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that premiered on

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in March 2014. The series is created by Islah Abdur-Rahman and consists of continuous episodes uploaded on his

channel CornerShopShow, following the adventures of a young man's transition to fill his father's shoes after becoming the custodian of the family business.

Premise

In mid-2013, the series came to fruition when Islah Abdur-Rahman was with a friend who, like Malik in the series, was taking care of a family business whilst his father was away on business. Whilst they were in the shop, Abdur-Rahman began mind mapping a new series.

Development

The original music is provided by Mike Tan, the theme song features vocals by the creator, director and writer of the series, Islah Abdur-Rahman alongside former UK Beatbox Champion MC Zani. As the series ventured into its second season, the team included singer/songwriter Sonna Rele & Sauce In August 2014, Episodes 1 and 2 of ''Corner Shop Show'' were removed from

because Abdur-Rahman did not think they had the same production level as Episode 3 onwards and wanted to take the series in a new direction. The series had its television premiere on Christmas Eve 2014 on Brit Asia TV. When reaching the ninth Episode, Abdur-Rahman launched a crowd funding campaign to create Season 2.

Cast and characters

Main

* Islah Abdur-Rahman as Malik: The Corner Shop manager *Michael Truong as Tony Chang: Chinese businessman whose store is shut down so he works at the Corner Shop

Recurring

*Sheplo Mozomil as Riaz: University student who helps out at the Corner Shop *Kaysar Miah as Tariq: Malik's best friend *Bilal Shahid as Harry the Hobo: A former Woolworths employee who has an addiction for paracetamol *Hassan Khan as Saif: Owner of the rival shop, Off Licence *Hamzah Jeetooa as Amil: Worker at the rival shop, Off Licence *Samuel Frimpong as Mr. Asante: Ghanaian barber *Yasmin Elizabeth as Shantelliqua: Nail salon beautician *Andrea Martinez as Claudia: Spanish nail salon beautician *Lawrence Ben Walters as Dun Know Dan: Delivery guy *Tindy Grewal as Dun Know Naa-Tin: Delivery guy *David Mullane as Patrick: Fish and Chip Shop Owner *

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as Shameena Begum: Malik's cousin *Robert Hoang as Kenny Chang: Tony Chang's brother *Can Kabadayi as Mehmet: Corner Shop temp staff * Ameet Chana as Samad: Malik's older brother who visits from Dubai * Nadia Ali as Mum: Malik's mother *3rd Dan Master Askir Zakareah Khan as Sifu: Tony Chang's martial arts master and has an unknown connection with Malik *Inayat Kanji as Khan: Malik's Brother-in-law *Karishma Bhandari as Maleeka: Malik's twin sister

Guest

* Guz Khan as Postman: Postman of the high street * Rukku Nahar as Meena: School girl, friend of Melis * Samiz Mustak as Elayna: Receptionist at the High Street Investigation Department * Char Avell as Bruiser/Jahangeer: Malik's childhood friend * Kawsar Ahmed as Rafi: Malik's cousin * Ikramul Hoque as Shafi: Malik's cousin * Saima Chowdhury as Farzana Begum *

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as himself * Ashley David as Isaac: Malik's best friend * Rob Compton as Agent Gully: High Street Investigation Agent * Tanya Robb as Agent Colder: High Street Investigation Agent * Janise Sadik as Melis: School girl, friend of Meena * Tandy Tatter as Tandy Stark * Babrul Hoque as Grandad: Malik's grandad * Jez Kaur as Sharon Kaur: Malik's neighbour * Naresh Kumar as Zack: Security Guard for the Corner Shop * Jeja Obi Njoku as Dreadman: Sifu's student and Tony Chang's rival *

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Episodes

* Episode 1: Its My First Day * Episode 2: Rules are Rules * Episode 3: The Unexpected Inspector * Episode 4: May The Best Man Win * Episode 5: Get Your Facts Straight * Episode 6: Become The Carrom Board * Episode 7: Eid Mubarak * Episode 8: We Have Bigger Concerns * Episode 9: The Beginning Of The End * Episode 10: Oh Brother * Episode 11: You Khan’t Touch This * Episode 12: Funny & Furious * Episode 13: Zombie's On The High Street * Episode 14: Thank You, Come Again

Music

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the ''Corner Shop Show'' contains original and

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, all of which are created by Mistah Islah. * ''Off License Theme Song'' is a parody of " Main Hoon Don" by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy * ''Hold On, We're Gonna Be Late'' is a parody of "

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Parody)'' - Islah Abdur-Rahman & MC Zani ft. Ashley David * '' See You Again -

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Original music

* ''Welcome To The Corner Shop'' - Mike Tan * ''Corner Shop Stac'' - Mike Tan * ''Boss, You Need To See This'' - Mike Tan * ''Where Were You When I Needed You'' - Mike Tan * ''Sifu'' - Mike Tan * ''Previously On Corner Shop'' - Mike Tan * ''Do You See The Boy'' - Mike Tan * ''It Ain't Over Unless I Quit Trying'' - Mike Tan * ''Losing A Friend'' - Mike Tan * ''Blueprints'' - Mike Tan * ''Satsui-No-Such-Thing'' - Mike Tan * ''Tony vs Dreadman'' - Mike Tan * ''The Chosen One'' - Mike Tan * ''We're In This Together'' - Mike Tan * ''End Credits Theme'' - Mike Tan

Series overview

Spin-offs

As of October 2015, a

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called ''Corner Shop Express'' was launched. It aimed to bring weekly videos for its viewers. * Episode 1: 5p Plastic Bags and Illegal Segways * Episode 2: Wedding Shopping * Episode 3: Halloween Special * Episode 4: Tony Chang - Draw My Life * Episode 5: Bounce Back Newham * Episode 6: Malik - Draw My Life * Episode 7: Man Like Malik * Episode 8: Grandad's Punishment * Episode 9: Sharon's Shanti The Corner Shop Show YouTube channel eventually dissolved into The CS Network in early 2019 as Islah Abdur-Rahman conversed about plans of launching other series and spin-offs.

In other media

The ''Corner Shop'' has been featured in other comedy series and songs. In April 2015, Malik ( Islah Abdur-Rahman) was a character in the

called ''Mandem On The Wall'', directed by himself, where the shop was featured. In July 2014, Malik ( Islah Abdur-Rahman) and Tony (Michael Truong) were characters in the 7th episode of the

, ''As We Proceed'' by Sunny and Shay where the shop was also featured. In late 2015, Malik, Tony and the ''Corner Shop'' were featured in Iksy's parody music video alongside

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, Bengali Blitz, Puremovements and Char Avell. In 2017, Malik and Tony appeared on Raxstar's music video for his song "King Midas". In March 2018, Malik ( Islah Abdur-Rahman), Tony (Michael Truong) and Mehmet (Can Snatchy Kabadayi) featured in

's parody of the viral

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advertisement, known as "Nothing Beats A Londoner", featuring notable Londoners from underrepresented minorities such as Juggy D, H-Dhami, Tasha Tah, Sevaqk, Bobby Friction, Raxstar, Tez Ilyas, Arjun, Steel Banglez, Char Avell, Jay Sean,

and Naughty Boy.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Corner Shop Show 2014 web series debuts British comedy web series British drama web series 2010s YouTube series British television sitcoms British English-language television shows Chinese-language television shows Hindi-language television shows British Bangladeshi mass media Television series set in shops