The Sharma family put themselves in the historical hot seat. They relive 50 years of British Asian history, all told through the story of one vibrant, ever-changing city.
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Reach thousands of daily viewers · size 1200 x 200
Episode 1
The Sharma family experience life as a South Asian family in 50s Britain, from hard factory shifts to adapting their cooking to suit local ingredients. Liver curry anyone?
Episode 2
The Sharmas' time-travels enter the 1970s. Opening a shop, they join an explosion of South Asian entrepreneurship in Birmingham - from building businesses to creating new beats.
Episode 3
The kids dance at a daytimer and get language lessons, while mum and dad work hard to turn a profit, and the whole family start to recognise quite how far they have come.
Episode 4
The Sharma family reflect on their time-travelling journey through British Asian history and discover what has changed for second and third generations in the 21st century.
Noreen Khan
Self - Presenter
Yasmin Khan
Self - Expert
Reach thousands of daily viewers · size 970 x 90
2009 · ★ 7.8
2016 · ★ 5.8
2019 · ★ 7.8
2013 · ★ 5.8
2006 · ★ 6.1
1964 · ★ 6.6
2012 · ★ 6.6
2013 · ★ 6.5
2010 · ★ 6.9
1989 · ★ 6.6
2007 · ★ 7.3
2020 · ★ 7.1
2019 · ★ 6.7
2006 · ★ 6.3
1983 · ★ 6.9
2018 · ★ 7.0
2003 · ★ 6.4
1998 · ★ 7.2
2001 · ★ 5.8
2015 · ★ 7.5