The Documentary

Three Pounds in My Pocket

BBC World Service

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 11^th Jan 2015, 20:06 on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: Wed 14^th Jan 2015, 09:05 on BBC World Service Online

The pioneer generation arriving from the Indian subcontinent in the 1950s and '60s with as little as £3 tell stories of their first impressions of Britain. Show more

The Documentary

Three Pounds in My Pocket

BBC World Service

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 1^st Nov 2015, 04:06 on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: Thu 5^th Nov 2015, 02:06 on BBC World Service Australasia

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Kavita Puri hears stories of the pioneers who came to post-war Britain from the Indian subcontinent with as little as £3. In this second episode, she picks up their story in 1968. Show more