'Asian Teenager'

The original actuality tapes have not been collected here, but there are edited actuality tapes as well as assemblies and recordings of the final programmes.

Copyright: BBC

See MS 4000/2/127 for papers relating to this production.

Broadcast on the BBC Midland Home Service. Interviews for the programme were conducted and compiled by Dilip Hiro. The readers in the broadcast programme were Stuart Hall and John Harris. The editor was Mary Baker, the producer was Charles Parker.

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The two programmes of 'Asian Teenager' were -1. 'English People Are Not Eating Chapati!'This programme concerned themes such as the impressions of the young people when they first came to England, their preconceptions about England and English people and how these matched up to the reality they found. The programme also touches on the young people's descriptions of their circle of friends and how they fit in with their English peer group. Other issues include their school experiences of Christian worship and their opinions on their various faiths and religious practices, their opinions on English food, their opinions on Western dress, Indian history as presented in English history books and education,.

2. 'Too Shy In Those Matters'Themes in the second programme include: Boyfriends and girlfriends, racism, traditional dress and haircuts versus Western dress and fashions, Indian and English popular culture, and the young people's sense of identity.