Episode 3
Sian tells her parents that she is leaving North Wales to go to Madras to marry an Indian man. 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.
For a long time Sian dreamed of leaving the village in North Wales where she was born, and where she, her parents and all her aunties all live in the same street. So she went to London and promptly fell in love with a man from India. Now she has to tell her parents that she's off to Madras, to marry a man she has known for only six months.
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
Produced by Kate McAll.
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Wed 28 Jul 2010 22:45大象传媒 Radio 4- Wed 27 May 2015 14:00大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra
- Thu 28 May 2015 02:00大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra
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