Meera Syal Movies

Iqbal Khan's vibrant and colourful production transposed Shakespeare's vivacious and sometimes unsettling comedy of love and deceit to an Indian...

Waris Hussein’s acclaimed drama is based on the autobiography of Firdaus Kanga, who stars in the lead role of Brit, a young man born with...

Documents an Indian-English family's attempt to give their Briticized daughter a traditional Indian arranged marriage, with as much photography as...

John Cleese training video about interviewers

Farah is an independent young British woman who manages to reconcile her modern lifestyle with her Pakistani heritage. As a Muslim in love with a...

Set among a South Asian community in the north of England, the film follows the journey of a teenager after she is discovered by her father as having...

Three young Dubliners go to London in search of fun, fortune and, in the case of 17-year-old Mary Kelly, an abortion. Homeless and jobless, their...

Traces the role of women in British television, from 1946 to 1997.

Cultural identity, women’s independence and the pressure to conform to British norms are the subjects of this bold and acute feature, which...

The true story of Joyti De-Laurey, a wife and mother whose job as a secretary at investment bankers Goldman Sachs eventually led her to spend...

Quiz and celebration of 50 years of the BBC's second channel, hosted by Dara O Briain. With Richard Osman supplying extra facts and figures,...

Amar, Akbar & Tony follows the lives and loves of three childhood friends through twists and turns as the characters face sudden and unforeseen...

A British-made documentary about the highly competitive world of beauty pageants in India, culminating with the top prize: Miss India. Following the...

Priti, a British-born Indian woman in the West Midlands, reports a violent incident in the street.

Using a blend of magic realism and realist drama, Memsahib Rita looks at the physical and emotional violence of racism. Shanti is haunted by both the...

A taxi driver is driven to distraction by her love of Tom Jones.