大象传媒 Asian Network launches Silver Street
- the nation's first Asian radio soap
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The characters
Cast in italics
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The Chauhan family (Rita - Hindu/Gujarati, Pradeep
- Hindu/Gujarati from East Africa) - a lively family where everyone
is always on the go and it's impossible to get everyone in the same
place at the same time.
声 Rita 聳 the mother 聳 confident
and outgoing. She聮s quite a modern mum, although her own kids might
not say so (Bharti Patel)
声 Pradeep 聳 the father 聳 quieter and more reserved,
which frustrates his wife. He's the Head Chef at the restaurant (Ashvin-Kumar
Joshi)
声 Jasmine 聳 about to take her 聭A聮 Levels
and wants to go to University (Hema Mangoo)
声 Arun 聳 he's at school but not very studious. He's
really into music and wants to get in with the cool lads (Dharmesh
Patel)
声 Roopa 聳 a typical young teenager, she wants to be
famous and always having crushes (Rakhee Thakrar)
声 Krishan 聳 the baby of the family but he's very bright
and knows everybody's business (Rahual Das)
声 Kamla 聳 the grandmother 聳 enjoys living with
her grandchildren but doesn't like to feel like a burden on Rita (Surendra
Kochar)
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The Jilani family (Mushtaq 聳 Muslim, born
in Lahore, Pakistan, children born in UK)
声 Mushtaq 聳 the father 聳 a local
businessman who owns fabric and grocery stores and is now moving into
property development. Thinks he's better than the rest of the community
(Paul Battacharjee)
声 Rozena 聳 daughter 聳 a qualified lawyer working
in an exclusive practice in Warwick. She can be quite cold and ruthless
at times (Pooja Ghai)
声 Imran 聳 son 聳 he runs the community centre.
Passionate about helping the kids in the area, and doesn't always see
eye-to-eye with his Dad over this (Hari Sajjan)
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Kuljit Singh (Sikh) and Sway Holloway
(Black Londoner) 聳 two friends who have had to leave London fast
after getting on the wrong side of the local tough guy. They are new
to the area (Kuljit 聳 Sartaj Garewal, Sway 聳 Clive
Wedderburn)
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Jodie Howard (Mixed Race) 聳 also new to
the area, she聮s in the process of opening up a caf茅 by the
canal in the regeneration zone (Vineeta Rishi)
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Mani Ray (Hindu/Bengali) 聳 owns the restaurant
where Pradeep works. He was once a famous musician (Renu Setna)
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Jaggy Singh (Sikh) - a footballer trying to make
it big, but has just arrived on loan to a local team in a lower division.
He likes to live the lifestyle (Jay Kiyani)
Simran Kaur (Sikh) 聳 Jaggy's partner. Very glamorous and
enjoys the glitzy lifestyle too. She's used to following Jaggy around
but now wants to do something in her own right (Balvinder Sopal)
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Mary Brady (Irish) 聳 the pub landlady and
a confessor for all sorts of characters on the street - she tells it
like it is (Carole Nimmons)
Sean Brady (Mixed Race) 聳 Mary's grandson and one of the
lads, along with Jammy (Kee Ramsourren)
Brian Kavanagh (Irish) 聳 Mary's brother. A builder who's
going into partnership with Mushtaq over the redevelopment, but he doesn't
always do everything above board (Gerard McDermott)
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The Akhtar family 聳 parents Pervaiz and
Khatija (Muslim, born in Mirpur, Pakistan) and children Nadia and Jammy
(born in UK)
声 Jammy 聳 he's 'one of the lads' and always getting
into trouble (Jetinder Summan)
声 Nadia - works at the salon and is really ambitious. She
likes to act as if she's done it all but really quite shy (Sohm Kapila)
They both feel their responsibilities at home, as their father is unable
to work and relies a lot on them to support the family.
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