ÌýThe final Silver Street episode was broadcast on Fri 26 Mar 2010 and the final omnibus on Sun 28 Mar 2010
LifeÌýbefore
Our actorsÌýcome fromÌýa variety of backgrounds and some of them had very unusual jobs once that have nothing to do with acting.Ìý Find out what they used to get up toÌýand get exclusive gossip on some of them here.......then let us know what you think by going to the .
Here is some of the stuff you didn't know....
Paul Bhattacharjee pictured above (Mushtaq Jilani) has directed several touring theatre productions himself.Ìý Some of you may remember him in the TV soap 'Albion Market' although he would probably rather you forgot that one!
Bharti Patel (Rita Chauhan) starred in the first play ever written by Silver Street's Script Editor.Ìý Who was to know that all this time later she would have a leading role in the soap too
Sartaj Garewal (Kuljit Singh) graduated in Accounting and Finance and worked in a variety of City jobs before deciding to become an actor
Hema Mangoo (Jas Chauhan) and Clive Wedderburn (Sway Holloway) went to the same Drama school
Pooja Ghai (Rozena Jilani) and Ashvin-Kumar Joshi (Pradeep Chauhan) are both originally from East Africa
Jay Kiyani (footballer Jaggy Singh) used to be an amateur boxer and went nude on stage once when heÌýplayed HaroonÌýin 'Buddha of Suburbia'
Renu Setna (Mani Ray) is a very well known face on our TV screens and hasÌýstarred in a variety of long running programmes such as Only Fools And Horses and once worked as a navvy as part of his National Service
Carole Nimmons (Mary Brady) and Surendra Kochar (Kamla Dattani) are no strangers to soaps. They have both appeared in Coronation Street
In his spare time, Kee Ramsorrun (SeanÌýBrady) enjoys making short films. He is a big Laurel and Hardy fan and is currently working on resurrecting them in the form of two bumbling street youths
Young Rakhee Thakrar (Roopa Chauhan) is one of three managing directors of a theatre company based in Leicester
ÌýChauhanÌý(played by Bharti Patel) and her husbandÌý (played by Ashvin Kumar-Joshi)
ÌýRay (played by Renu Setna) with his dear friendÌý Jilani (played by Paul Bhattacharjee)
Ìý(played by Sartaj Garewal) and his mateÌý (played by Clive Wedderburn)
ÌýBrady (played by Carole Nimmons) with her grandsonÌý (played by Kee Ramsorrun)
To keep up to date with the day to dayÌýlives of our , listen to Silver Street each weekday at 9.20am or 7.20pm on the Â鶹Éç Asian Network
