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Richard Pinto
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Credited work (8)
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Richard Pinto is a British comedy writer and producer whose work includes ensemble sketch comedy, sitcoms, and radio. With Anil Gupta, he co-created Goodness Gracious Me, the BBC series that used sketches to explore British Asian life and cultural expectations.
Pinto also co-created The Kumars at No. 42 with Sanjeev Bhaskar and Sharat Sardana, combining a fictional family sitcom with celebrity interviews. His other writing includes Citizen Khan, created with Gupta and Adil Ray, and the sitcom Boomers. He has worked on the animated comedy Bromwell High and the radio series ElvenQuest, and collaborated with Gupta on a Royal Shakespeare Company adaptation of Tartuffe.