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Afternoon Play: Mrs Parker

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

By Naylah Ahmed. The first of four plays from
Chasing the Rainbow, an initiative by BBC Radio
Drama in Birmingham to find new writers from the black and Asian communities. This is the story of an elderly Indian woman who strikes up an unexpected friendship with a young student. Memories of her youth in India come flooding back as she tries to come to terms with life in modern Birmingham.
Director Peter Leslie Wild

Contributors

Unknown:
Naylah Ahmed.
Director:
Peter Leslie Wild
Mrs Parker:
Indira Joshl
Major Parker:
Norman Bird
James:
Steven Atholl
Source: Radio Times

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