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Brothers in Trouble

Duration: 1 hour, 38 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Moving drama about the lives of a group of illegal Pakistani immigrants living in a boarding house in 1960s England. A skilled labourer who came to England to find better employment is relegated to shovelling sheep dung in a factory, but learns to compromise after befriending other immigrants in his boarding house. The arrival of a young white woman causes sexual and cultural tension, culminating in a bitter confrontation. Show less

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