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Tinga Tinga Tales

Series 1

Episode 8: Why Owl's Head Turns All the Way Round

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on CBeebies HD

Stories telling a young audience how animals got their distinctive parts. Owl becomes a night guard when mangoes start disappearing. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland

Actress and writer Meera Syal meets young people who self-harm to find out why they do it, and how parents like herself can avoid it happening to their own children. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Meera Syal

Classic Serial

Pather Panchali - Song of the Road

Episode 1

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

4 Extra Debut. Bibhuti Bhushan Banerji's classic story of poverty and love in a remote Bengali village. Stars Sagar Arya and Meera Syal. Show more

The Mrs Bradley Mysteries

Series 1

Episode 2: The Rising of the Moon

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Four

Detective drama. When a travelling circus stops at a village, the knife thrower's partner is stabbed to death, prompting an investigation by Mrs Bradley.

Contributors

Mrs Adela Bradley:
Diana Rigg
Madame Marlene:
Meera Syal
Inspector Christmas:
Peter Davison
George Moody:
Neil Dudgeon
Castries:
Francis Magee
Peter Forrester:
Richard Baglow
Archie Burlington:
Kenneth Colley
Mrs Cockerton:
Janine Duvitski
Ruby Larkin:
Felicity Montagu
Celestine Venus:
Sheila Steafel
John Forrester:
Nicholas Woodeson

Goodness Gracious Me

Back Where They Came From

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EastLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Yorkshire

Available for years

A special edition of the sketch show takes the familiar characters to India to continue its irreverent take on modern society.

Goodness Gracious Me

Reunion Special

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for years

Sanjeev Bhaskar, Kulvinder Ghir, Meera Syal and Nina Wadia reunite for a one-off special of the ground-breaking sketch show. Show more

Contributors

Goodness Gracious Me

Series 1

Episode 2

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for years

Fixer Uncle and The Six Million Rupee Man appear in the comedy sketch show with Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Nina Wadia and Kulvinder Ghir.

Goodness Gracious Me

Series 2

Episode 1

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for years

British-Asian comedy sketch show, featuring characters like the Competitive Mothers, the Bhangramuffins and Bollywood superstar Chunky La Funga. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One SouthLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Drama series about a supermarket manager who becomes prime minister. The country rebels against Ros when she introduces a one-day-a-week car ban. Emily moves back to No 10.

Contributors

Ros Pritchard:
Jane Horrocks
Ian Pritchard:
Steven Mackintosh
Miranda Lennox:
Jodhi May
Catherine Walker:
Janet McTeer
Hilary Rees-Benson:
Geraldine James
Sir Richard Leavis:
Jonathan Aris
Dorothy Crowther:
Selina Cadell
Ben Sixsmith:
Tom Mison
Meg Bayliss:
Sally Phillips
Liz Shannon:
Meera Syal
Beverley Clarke:
Siobhan Finneran
Emily Pritchard:
Carey Mulligan
Georgina Pritchard:
Jemma McKenzie-Brown
Kitty Porter:
Frances Tomelty
Paul Critchley:
Robert Portal
Assistant:
Rebekah Staton
Reporter:
Fred Perry
Himself:
Simon McCoy
Egg Pelter Woman:
Tara Ellis
Highbury Woman:
Catherine Kanter
Bloke 1:
Ged Forrest

Duration: 7 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Meera Syal journeys back to Essington in the Black Country - the mining village where she grew up. She describes how her childhood inspired the coming-of-age novel Anita and Me. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Meera Syal
Director:
Rob Hifle
Executive Producer:
Sebastian Barfield
Executive Producer:
John Durrant
Production Company:
Academy 7

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Through ten carefully chosen cover versions, this film celebrates the role of the cover in the pop canon and investigates what it takes to reinvent someone else's song as a smash. Show more

Tinga Tinga Tales

Series 2

Episode 11: Why Bees Sting

First broadcast: on CBeebiesLatest broadcast: on CBeebies HD

Stories about how different animals became distinctive. There is a honey shortage in Tinga Tinga and something has to be done. Luckily, Tortoise has a cunning plan. Show more

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One West MidlandsLatest broadcast: on BBC News

Meera Syal celebrates Indian cinema's 100th birthday, revealing how the world's most prolific film industry has evolved and why its formula continues to draw global audiences. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Meera Syal
Producer:
Joel Mapp
Executive Producer:
Rachel Bowering

Midweek

Meera Syal, James Runcie, Elliot Ackerman, Philip Hoare

Duration: 43 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Libby Purves meets actor and writer Meera Syal, writer and director James Runcie, former soldier Elliot Ackerman and author, broadcaster and whale chaser Philip Hoare. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Libby Purves
Interviewed Guest:
Meera Syal
Interviewed Guest:
James Runcie
Interviewed Guest:
Elliot Ackerman
Interviewed Guest:
Philip Hoare

Brand

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