Episode 4
Sian and Babo fly to North Wales for Christmas to meet her family. Sian decides where she wants to live. Read by Indira Varma.
Tishani Doshi's comic yet tender story of four generations of the Patel-Joneses, inspired by her own Welsh-Gujurati background.
Sian and Babo fly to North Wales to meet Sian's family. The young man from Madras will never forget his first impressions of the village of Nercwys and its matchbox houses. But now that they are married, where will they live - Wales, London or Madras? Sian tells Babo that she's come to a decision.
The reader is Indira Varma. Indira appeared recently in the 6 part BBC drama Luther. In 2006 she played Suzie Costello in Torchwood.
Abridged and directed by Nigel Lewis
Producer: Kate McAll.
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Thu 29 Jul 201022:45BBC Radio 4- Thu 28 May 201514:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Fri 29 May 201502:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
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