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Celebrate 50 Years of Asian Programming

Guests discuss how to carry out domestic essentials.

The 10th of October, 1965 saw the BBC broadcast its first programming especially for the UK's newest inhabitants from South Asia. Called 'Make Yourself at Home' it aimed to help the community to assimilate into British life with language lessons and handy household tips including on how to turn a switch on. From there the strand not only reflected the lives of immigrants in the 60's, but then charted the growing confidence of a community which now calls itself British-Asian.

Clips

From BBC Archive

Schedule

  • Asian Network Presents

    Sonia Deol presents two programmes taking us through the period from 1965 to 1986 with music from Reshma, Kishore Kumar and the Sabri Brothers.

  • Tommy Sandhu

    To mark 50 years on Asian programming on the BBC, Tommy and the team play their version of the classic game-show Bollywood or Bust!

  • Ray Khan

    To mark 50 Years of Asian Programming, Ray speaks to the musical game-changer Apache Indian who was one of the first British Asian artists to achieve mainstream success in the UK charts.

  • Noreen Khan

    Noreen plays tracks recorded at BBC Pebble Mill – artists include; Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kuamr, Jagjit & Chitra Singh, Hadiqa Kiyani, NFAK, Asha Bhosle, Gurdas Mann.

Apache Indian at UK AMA

Apache Indian performs 'Movie Over Indian' at UK AMA

Apache Indian performs a selection of classic tracks at the UK Asian Music Awards 2011.

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