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Episode 05 October 2025

Network East was the BBC’s long-running weekly magazine programme produced specifically for Britain’s Asian community, and to mark 60 years of Asian broadcasting, here is one of the show’s classic moments. \n\nMeera Syal takes an affectionate, comedic look back at the Asian programmes she grew up watching with her family - not always willingly - which helped shape her and many others’ childhoods and sense of belonging, from cookery and music programmes to the groundbreaking series like Nai Zindagi Naya Jeevan. This started out advising the UK’s new arrivals how to adapt to everyday objects like lamps, but quickly evolved into something far more significant - even though watching it involved a young Meera being dragged out of bed every Sunday morning.

Source: BBC 4