TV

‘Heeramandi’ – culmination of 18 year dream says director Sanjay Leela Bhansali at LA Netflix screening (short review)

One of India’s great auteur directors’ first series for a streaming channel dropped earlier today on Netflix and the channel…

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Bafta TV Craft 2024 – award for writer Bisha K Ali, her and co-writer Charlie Brooker looking to do more together, tells acv

Lenny Henry drama, ‘Three Little Birds’ casting director also wins; Mawaan Rizwan can look forward to Bafta TV still… WRITERS…

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‘Defiance – Fighting the Far Right’ – TV programme charts trauma of violent racism in 1970s and 1980s and resistance…

Programme makers and contributors talk about vital issues today in relation to British history and Asian communities… THERE was a…

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Prime Video India 2024 content launch – getting the big guns out as Priyanka Chopra Jonas heads star turnout…

India’s biggest international streamer put on a show to announce a power packed slate of promising content for the year…

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‘Three Million’ – A dark chapter in British colonial history is revisited with vivid testimony in BBC radio Series…

Broadcaster Kavita Puri finds sources and people that throw new and important light on the 1943 Bengal Famine… IT WAS…

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Bafta TV nominees 2024 react – Mawaan Rizwan, Anjana Vasan, Amit Shah, Taj Atwal and writer Bisha K Ali

🎭 Mawaan Rizwan nominated in three categories – Male Performance in a comedy; Writer – Comedy; and Emerging Talent Fiction…

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Quiz 2023 – Are you really an asianculturevulture or do you just like looking at pictures? Test your knowledge, special prize…  

By Suman Bhuchar IT IS THAT time of year again to test your wit against yourself and figure out how…

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‘The Archies’ Zoya Akhtar’s teen musical drama hits high notes with fresh faces… (review)

Star kids have charm and panache in this Anglo-Indian American tinted school saga… HIGHLY anticipated is a word being much…

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George Alagiah – Giant among journalists and South Asian media trailblazer leaves inspirational and substantial legacy – tributes

One of the country’s best known broadcasters passed away earlier today…and we met very briefly… HE was in many ways…

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‘Count Abdulla’ – New British comedy horror TV series looks like a winner with British Asian life in all its messy, funny glory…

Dropping on ITV’s streaming service is a vampire comedy drama series with a Muslim doctor at the centre of the…

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