| Genre | Documentary |
|---|---|
| Running time | 35-40 minutes |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | BBC Radio 4 |
| Hosted by | Jatinder Verma |
| Produced by | Allison Puranik |
| Edited by | Maria Balinska |
| Original release | 2007 |
| Website | BBC World Service Edition |
Asian Diasporas is an intermittently-broadcast forty-minute BBC Radio 4 documentary programme about Asian communities around the world, first transmitted in 2007 with so far three episodes.[1]
The programme has been introduced by Jatinder Verma, "himself a child of the diaspora",[1] who was born in Dar es Salaam and grew up in Kenya and was the first Asian theatre director to direct a play at Britain's National Theatre.
Asian Diasporas broadcast history to date has consisted of Family, which looked at Japanese people in Latin America and elsewhere; Business, which examined Korean family business in the US; and Politics, which focused on Chinese dissident activists in the US and in Europe. All three themes were interwoven into each episode.[1]
The series was produced by Allison Puranik and edited by Maria Balinska.
- ^ a b c "BBC World Service explores Asian Diasporas". indiantelevision.com. 9 August 2002. Retrieved 17 December 2013.