Gharbar

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Gharbar
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Production
Running time25 minutes
Original release
Network BBC One and BBC Two
Release19 October 1977 (1977-10-19) –
28 April 1987 (1987-04-28)

Gharbar was a weekly BBC television programme for the Asian community, which aired from 1977 to 1987. Initially a 26-part series billed as "helping Asian families to help themselves", the programme was made permanent the following April and was aimed at Asian women. [1] The programme generally consisted of features, a children's story and a musical item.

Broadcast history

The first edition was broadcast on BBC Two on 19 October 1977 at 10:20 am [2] and was presented by Lalita Ahmed, Rajni Kaul and Nahid Niazi. When schools programming moved from BBC1 to BBC2 in September 1983, Gharbar transferred to BBC One. It continued to be broadcast on Wednesday mornings and was shown at 10:55 am (10:50 am from the following year), after Play School . At the start of September 1986, and ahead of the launch of the new BBC television daytime service, the programme returned to BBC Two. It was moved to Tuesdays and broadcast at the earlier time of 9 am so that it didn't clash with the start of that day's schools programming. It continued in this slot until the last episode was broadcast on 28 April 1987, [3] two days after companion programme Asian Magazine ended, ahead of the start of a new English language programme for the Asian community, Network East, which launched in July 1987. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "5 BBC Asian Television Shows to Remember". DESIblitz. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  2. ↑ BBC Genome Project – BBC2 listings 19 October 1977
  3. ↑ BBC Genome Project – BBC2 listings 28 April 1987
  4. ↑ BBC Genome Project – BBC2 listings 25 July 1987


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