Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee is a three-part BBC television miniseries from 2005, adapted from Meera Syal's 1999 novel of the same name.
Childhood friends Tania (Laila Rouass), Sunita (Meera Syal) and Chila (Ayesha Dharker), now in their thirties, are each at a crossroads in life. Sunita, the eldest, used to be 'super swot' until she flunked out of university to marry her psychotherapist sweetheart, Akaash (Sanjeev Bhaskar). She now feels trapped by two kids and an unfulfilling job. 'Gob Almighty' Tania is the ambitious career girl who's left her family and community behind. The baby of the gang, Chila, is getting married to Deepak (Ace Bhatti), the man of her dreams. But he has a catalogue of former girlfriends, including Tania.
| Character | Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akaash | Sanjeev Bhaskar | ||
| Chila | Ayesha Dharker | ||
| Bindu | Leena Dhingra | ||
| Dean | Daniel Coonan | ||
| Priti | Tia Shah | ||
| Dave | Neal Barry | ||
| Krishan | Raza Jaffrey | ||
| Jonathan | Jimmy Mulville | ||
| Jas | Rani Singh | ||
| Suki | Billie-Claire Wright | ||
| Janet | Sara Stephens | ||
| Seema | Anjali Mya Chadha | ||
| Nikki | Milli Bhatia | ||
| Martin | Matt Day | ||
| Deepak | Ace Bhatti | ||
| Sunita | Meera Syal | ||
| Colin | Sean Francis | ||
| Raj | Pushpinda Chani | ||
| Nita | Surendra Kochar | ||
| Bea | Pooky Quesnel | ||
| Tania | Laila Rouass | ||
The music was composed by Nick Green and Tristin Norwell. The strings were recorded by Chandru.