Asian Magazine

*Asian Magazine*
Asian Magazine
Presented by	Rashid Ashraf
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original languages	Hindi; Urdu
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	20 June 1982 –; 26 April 1987

Asian Magazine was a weekly news magazine aimed at the Asian community. It replaced Apna Hi Ghar Samajhiye which had been on air since 1968. Broadcast on BBC1 on Sunday mornings at 10am, the programme ran for five years from 20 April 1982^[1] until 26 April 1987 and the final edition of the programme marked the end of television programming by the BBC in Hindi and Urdu.^[2] Three months later, a new English language magazine programme, Network East, was launched and was broadcast on BBC2 on Saturday afternoons.^[3]

Throughout its time on air, a midweek companion programme Gharbar was also broadcast that was aimed at Asian women. Gharbar ended two days after the final episode of Asian Magazine was transmitted.

References

[1] BBC Genome Project – BBC1 listings 20 April 1982

[2] BBC Genome Project – BBC2 listings 26 April 1987

[3] BBC Genome Project – BBC2 listings 25 July 1987

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