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Meet the Parents

Series 1

Episode 1: Shereen Nanjiani

Duration: 25 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands

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Shereen Nanjiani speaks with her father, Max, about his childhood and upbringing in India, discovering what attracted him to come to the UK, eventually settling in Scotland to practise medicine. Max talks about how an accident as a child altered his younger dreams of becoming an actor and how this was a major influence in his decision to become an ophthalmologist. They also discuss how Shereen's parents met and later got married, and how their marriage was considered unconventional within her father's culture. Show less

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