Meera Syal Movies

The Black Audio Film Collective’s acclaimed essay film, 'Handsworth Songs', examines the 1985 race riots in Handsworth and London. Interweaving...

Traces the role of women in British television, from 1946 to 1997.

A sheltered Indian couple visits their son in the U.S. for the first time and bungles their apartment rental, ending up in close quarters with their...

Atul and Vina, a newly-wed couple, are unable to consummate their marriage due to his meddling parents. As a result, both are left frustrated and...

Three young Dubliners go to London in search of fun, fortune and, in the case of 17-year-old Mary Kelly, an abortion. Homeless and jobless, their...

Iqbal Khan's vibrant and colourful production transposed Shakespeare's vivacious and sometimes unsettling comedy of love and deceit to an Indian...

Priti, a British-born Indian woman in the West Midlands, reports a violent incident in the street.

A taxi driver is driven to distraction by her love of Tom Jones.

The true story of Joyti De-Laurey, a wife and mother whose job as a secretary at investment bankers Goldman Sachs eventually led her to spend...

A submissive small-town man married to an ultra-modern cosmopolitan is brainwashed into producing a son by his dead father's ghost. In time, he is...

Waris Hussein’s acclaimed drama is based on the autobiography of Firdaus Kanga, who stars in the lead role of Brit, a young man born with...

A British-made documentary about the highly competitive world of beauty pageants in India, culminating with the top prize: Miss India. Following the...

Amar, Akbar & Tony follows the lives and loves of three childhood friends through twists and turns as the characters face sudden and unforeseen...

Using a blend of magic realism and realist drama, Memsahib Rita looks at the physical and emotional violence of racism. Shanti is haunted by both the...

Quiz and celebration of 50 years of the BBC's second channel, hosted by Dara O Briain. With Richard Osman supplying extra facts and figures,...

Cultural identity, women’s independence and the pressure to conform to British norms are the subjects of this bold and acute feature, which...