East Is East

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Comedy of families, a chip-shop... and a very randy dog. Clips from East Is East.

'I like Hollywood not Bollywood'

A third of young Asians across the UK think they have to be a "coconut" to be successful in Britain - brown on the outside but white on the inside - a poll for the BBC Asian Network suggests.


The editor of Brit-Asian magazine, Rick Parmar: "I don't think anyone has to prove how Asian they are, as long as they know themselves."

> Many Asians 'do not feel British'

Asian Nation

The BBC Asian Network is currently the UK's only national Asian radio station.

The network went under a revamp in March 2006 with a slant towards a younger demographic.

Biz Asia caught up with the Controller of the BBC Asian Network, Bob Shennan, who was behind the radical transformation.