The Manchester Passion is a passion play about the last hours of Jesus, retold using a backdrop of the contemporary music of Manchester, England. The event took place on the streets of Manchester, and aired live on BBC Three on Good Friday, 14 April 2006. The event was created by the same people who created Flashmob: The Opera; also aired on BBC Three.
The three young immigrant boys Wasim, Riaz and Munawar are growing up in the east end of Oslo, Norway. They find school extremely boring and become attracted to the hard boiled gang East Side Crew, which is run by the brothers Sadiq and Khalid. Petty theft soon develops into drug dealing, violence and murder.
Jimi, um médico em Lancashire e filho único de imigrantes indianos amorosos, não tem pulso firme. Quando seus pais e sua avó organizam seu casamento com uma jovem da sua aldeia natal, ele não tem coragem de contar que ele já está apaixonado por Jack, um homem que eles acham que é seu melhor amigo. Para apimentar o casamento, a sobrinha de Jack, Hannah, diz à noiva que ela é filha de Jimi. A família de Jimi engole arduamente a novidade mas decide aproveitar a situação casando Jimi com a mãe de Hannah, a temperamental, boca suja e alcoolatra Vanessa. Jimi implora a Vanessa para manter a farsa assim ele pode ficar com Jack. Tem outro remédio?
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.
In desperation Elliot and Oz decide to reply to a telephone dating ad to kickstart their non-existent love lives. Their Prayers are answered when two gorgeous girls agree to meet them on a blind date. Whilst fanning the flames of passion the two boys find themselves playing with fire! A fun filled roller coaster ride begins as the boys get more than they bargained for in their search for love.
