That's No Job For An Asian
Yasmeen Khan investigates the state of British Asian comedy. Features contributions from comedians including Sanjeev Bhaskar
- Genre
- Documentary
- Broadcast
- 2008
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 1
- Features
- Yasmeen Khan, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Ahir Shah, Maria Kempinska, Rohan Acharya, Caroline Raphael, Paul Sinha and Sajeela Kershi
- Producers
- Neil Gardner and Yasmeen Khan
This documentary focused on the British Asian comedy scene, particularly British Asian stand-up comics and how easy or otherwise it is for them to make a career.
Presented by Yasmeen Khan, this 30-minute programme explores why more young British Asians are choosing comedy as a profession and how this fits in with their traditional culture.
- Production company
- Laugh track
- None
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Saturday 29th November 2008 on BBC Radio 4 at 10:30am
- Episode length
- 30 minutes
- Last repeat
- Wednesday 20th May 2015 at 1:30am on Radio 4 Extra