BBC - Asian Network - Silver Street Synopsis

Monday 10th March 2008 Ep 991

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Pradeep’s City Farm volunteers aren’t big drinkers and they are beginning to annoy Brian at the Crown with their requests for tap water. Pradeep ignores him though and carries on with his meeting, announcing that the first animals will be arriving later today.

Talib has been to meet someone about supplying a fake passport for Kamal but didn’t do a deal because he didn’t trust the guy. Zak wonders what he was expecting; of course he’s going to be dodgy, he sells fake passports! Talib insists that if he’d handed over the money they would never see the guy again. Zak reminds him that Kamal could get deported any day now so he’d better sort something out quickly.

Later as Pradeep starts settling in the chickens and ducks Mushtaq jogs over, wheezing. He’s training for the Sport Relief mile and doesn’t want to be shown up by all the players. He’s impressed by how the farm is coming on, and says it’s all down to Pradeep. Embarrassed, Pradeep protests he couldn’t have done it on his own, then he asks Mushtaq if he would come to the opening ceremony to cut the ribbon and make a speech. Mushtaq is touched and tells Pradeep he’d be honoured.

Fatima has rung Zak asking to meet him. Nervously Zak goes to the café, wondering what she’ll say. Fatima immediately apologises for making him wait so long. Zak reassures her that if he was rushing things they can just forget he ever said anything. But Fatima doesn’t want to forget it, she gently tells Zak she feels the same as him, her answer is yes, she will marry him. Zak’s thrilled until she starts telling him about her cousin’s wedding. It dawns on him that he can’t afford to give her the sort of wedding she will be expecting. Despondent again Zak confides his fears in Talib. Talib reckons all that doesn’t matter in the eyes of Allah and asks what Fatima is expecting from him. That’s just the problem though, Zak has no idea!

Episode written by Kris Kenway