Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee (2005)

Three childhood friends reach adulthood with very different arrangements for love, marriage and family loyalty. Meera Syal's story gives the women room to disagree about the lives they want, while their families still exert a pull. It is a friendship-led drama rather than a single-household saga, useful for viewers who recognise that obligations can change shape without disappearing when somebody moves out.