Banglatown Banquet (BBC-2 2006 with Shabana Azmi and Renu Setna)

UK / BBC-2 / 1×55 minute episode / 25 March 2006

Writer: Tanika Gupta / Script Editor: Antonia Gordon / Executive Producers: Tessa Finch, Will Trotter, Sally Woodward Gentle / Producer: Sam Hill / Director: Hettie Macdonald

Drama. A Bangladeshi woman in her 50s wants a more independent life and decides to leave her husband when he brings home a younger second wife to live with them.

cast
Shabana Azmi as Sofia
Shobu Kapoor as Joolie
Shelley King as Nazreen
Renu Setna as Karim
Sam Dastor as Tariq
Gerard Horan as Rocky
Ronny Jhutti as Zubin
Preeya Kalidas as Afshan
Emil Marwa as Ali
Riz Ahmed as Razaul
Rakhee Thakrar as Rozena
Gail Felton as The Ghost
John Yapp as Security Guard

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