Asian Weddings: Something Gold, Nothing Borrowed, Everything New
Written & Presented by Yasmeen Khan
Originally Broadcast On BBC Radio 4
Yasmeen Khan explores the glamorous world of British Asian weddings. She takes in an Asian wedding exhibition in the UK, meeting the clothes designers, wedding planners, toastmasters, food suppliers, chefs, videographers and 'yellow gold' jewellers making their fortunes as the second and third generation tie the knot, all of them keen to help the families show off their wealth.
Dur: 27minsSTEREO - Radio Documentary
Available as 320kbps Stereo MP3 - 64MB
Presented by Yasmeen Khan
Originally Broadcast On BBC Radio 4
From the very first UK laundrette in Queensway, West London (opened in 1949) to the present day laundry-services...the laundrette has played a vital part in the UK's modern history. But is the popular opinion of laundrettes as unsavoury places to go only when you are at your lowest a fair assertion? As Yasmeen Khan discovers, not everyone finds laundrettes depressing places - for many, the local laundrette is as much a community centre and social hub as the pub is...more Dot.com than Dot Cotton - such as Manchester's first Internet launderette where customers can surf the net and watch films while washing their smalls!
Dur: 27minsSTEREO - Radio Documentary
Available as 320kbps Stereo MP3 - 62MB
Presented by Yasmeen Khan
Originally Broadcast On BBC Radio 4
Yasmeen Khan investigates why there are so few British Asian players in professional football in the UK.
Dur: 27minsSTEREO - Radio Documentary
Available as 320kbps Stereo MP3 - 62MB
Presented by Yasmeen Khan
Originally Broadcast On BBC Radio 4
Yasmeen Khan investigates the growing trend amongst British Asian men to marry women from their native countries... forget arranged/forced marriages, this is something completely different!
Dur: 28minsSTEREO - Radio Documentary
Available as 320kbps Stereo MP3 - 63MB
Presented by Yasmeen Khan
Originally Broadcast On BBC Radio 4
The demands on second and third generation young British Asians have brought about a crisis in their ability to care for their elderly relatives. In ‘A Failure To Provide’ investigative journalist Yasmeen Khan explores the options - from abandonment to sending them back ‘home’!
Dur: 28minsSTEREO - Radio Documentary
Available as 320kbps Stereo MP3 - 63MB
Presented by Yasmeen Khan
Originally Broadcast On BBC Radio 4
With more and more young British Asians choosing comedy as a profession, broadcaster and wannabe stand-up comic Yasmeen Khan explores how this fits with traditional Asian culture and how Asian comedy of all backgrounds is developing in the UK.
Dur: 28minsSTEREO - Radio Documentary
Available as 320kbps Stereo MP3 - 63MB