Saurabh Kakkar
Saurabh Kakkar is a senior broadcast television executive, having been an Executive Producer at Big Talk since September 2014. In that time and his previous roles as Head of Development at BBC Comedy Productions and Creative Director of Comedy at ITV Studios, Saurabh has developed and produced an extensive and impressive portfolio including Defending The Guilty, Timewasters and The Goes Wrong Show. Saurabh has been on the board of Creative Access for six years, and Chair for the past two, overseeing the placement of over 1600 BAME candidates in the creative industries and working with hundreds of media partners.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Producer
- 12 on MovieCove
What are Saurabh Kakkar's films like?
Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 3 · Serious 2 · Dark 0
Grounded 5 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 3 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
Steady 5 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 2
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet7
- Cyclical2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Saurabh Kakkar's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (7).
- BritBox
Subscription and free streaming for Saurabh Kakkar's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
12 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page.
Dinner with the Parents(2024)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows
Ludwig(2024)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
The Goes Wrong Show(2019)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Defending the Guilty(2018)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
Stan & Ollie(2018)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Timewasters(2017)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
50 Years of BBC2 Comedy(2014)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Puppy Love(2014)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows
Dirk Gently(2010)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Clash of the Santas(2008)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Watermelon(2003)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Career shape
Across their 12 MovieCove titles from 2003 to 2024.
How do Saurabh Kakkar's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 55th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 12 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved2
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Mixed5
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Saurabh Kakkar's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Saurabh Kakkar work with?
People who share at least 2 of Saurabh Kakkar's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kenton Allen shares the most, 5.
Writers
- Jeff PopeShared titles: Stan & Ollie (2018), The Fattest Man in Britain (2009), Clash of the Santas (2008)See all 3 shared titles with Jeff Pope
Actors
- Izuka HoyleShared titles: Dinner with the Parents (2024), Ludwig (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Izuka Hoyle
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Nick MartinShared titles: Dinner with the Parents (2024), Ludwig (2024), Defending the Guilty (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Nick Martin
- Robin PetersShared titles: Defending the Guilty (2018), Timewasters (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Robin Peters
- Nick FosterShared titles: Timewasters (2017), Puppy Love (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Nick Foster
- Daniel PembertonShared titles: Dirk Gently (2010), Clash of the Santas (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Daniel Pemberton
Producers
- Kenton AllenShared titles: Dinner with the Parents (2024), Ludwig (2024), The Goes Wrong Show (2019), Defending the Guilty (2018), Timewasters (2017)See all 5 shared titles with Kenton Allen
- Matthew JusticeShared titles: Dinner with the Parents (2024), The Goes Wrong Show (2019), Timewasters (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Matthew Justice
- Frances MableShared titles: Dinner with the Parents (2024), Ludwig (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Frances Mable
- Georgie FallonShared titles: Ludwig (2024), Defending the Guilty (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Georgie Fallon