Episode 5
In Madras, Babo and Sian now have two daughters, Mayuri and Bean. Then Sian hears bad news from Wales. Read by Indira Varma.
Tishani Doshi's comic yet tender story of four generations of the Patel-Joneses, inspired by her own Welsh-Gujarati background.
Babo and Sian are living happily in their own house, with orange and black gates, next door to the Punjab Women's Association. Now they have two small daughters, Mayuri and Bean. When Bean is taken to Grandmother Ba's house for her naming ceremony, Ba warns the young parents that they'd better stop there because Bean will keep their hands full, at which the tiny baby laughs, her first proper laugh. By the time she's six, she's regularly seeing ghosts. Then Sian gets a phone call - it's bad news from Wales.
The reader is Indira Varma. Indira appeared recently in the 6 part 大象传媒 drama Luther. In 2006 she played Suzie Costello in Torchwood.
Abridged and directed by Nigel Lewis
Producer: Kate McAll.
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Fri 30 Jul 2010 22:45大象传媒 Radio 4- Fri 29 May 2015 14:00大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra
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