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Good Morning Karachi

Drama in which a poor young Pakistani woman gets a job at a beauty company and is soon given work as a model, but the job incurs the disapproval of both her family and her fiance.

In Karachi, Rafina, who is living in poverty in with her mother and brother, gets a job at a huge beauty company through her Aunt Rosie. Quickly noticed by her superiors as a beauty, she is given work as a model and promises of having the world at her feet. It's her big chance, but the job incurs the disapproval of both her family and her more traditionally-minded fiance, as tension and distrust of the West begin to rise around them in the city.

In Urdu and English with English subtitles.

1 hour, 21 minutes

Last on

Sun 18 Aug 202401:10
BBC Two

Credits

RafinaAmna Ilyas
RosieBeo Raana Zafar
ArifYasir Aqueel
AmmiSaba Hamid
JamalAtta Yaqub
MuradKhalid Malik
ActorFarhan Agha
ActorSavera Nadeem
ActorShaheen Khan
ActorFaisal Qureshi
DirectorSabiha Sumar
WriterSabiha Sumar
WriterMalia Scotch Marmo
WriterSamhita Arni

Broadcasts

  • Mon 19 Jan 201523:00
    BBC Four
  • Mon 22 Jan 201801:00
    BBC Two Scotland
  • Mon 22 Jan 201801:35
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Sun 8 Sep 201901:15
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Sun 29 May 202200:50
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Sun 25 Jun 202302:00
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Sun 4 Feb 202402:15
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Sun 18 Aug 202401:10
    BBC Two except Scotland

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