- Title: A Kind Of English
- Date: 30th May 1989
- Summary: A MIDDLE-CLASS BANGLADESHI FAMILY IN LONDON HAVE PROBLEMS. THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY CHAN IS OUT OF WORK, AND SUFFERING FROM DEPRESSION. HE HAS NEVER REALLY SETTLED HERE & NOW HE SPENDS HIS DAYS DREAMING OF HOME. HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, TARIQ, IS THE ONLY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY WHO IS WORKING. HE IS A MINI-CAB DRIVER. HE HAS ADJUSTED WELL TO LIFE IN BRITAIN, AND WOULD NEVER CONSIDER GOING BACK TO BANGLADESH. CHAN'S WIFE, MARIOM TRIES TO SUPPLEMENT THE FAMILY INCOME BY SEWING AT HOME WITH GRANDMA, BUT HER HUSBAND THINKS SHE DOES IT TO SHAME HIM. THEIR SON, SAMIR IS MAKING A TRADITIONAL MODEL HOUSE, JUST LIEK THE ONES AT HOME. GRANDMA HELPS HIM BUILD IT IN THE GARDEN OF THEIR MODERN SEMI-DETATCHED ESTATE HOUSE. THE LITTLE BANGLADESHI HOUSE, WITH ITS TIGER AT THE DOOR, SOMEHOW REPRESENTS THE FAMILY - IN A STRANGE AND UNFRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT.
- Description:A FICTION FILM SET WITHIN AN ASIAN FAMILY LIVING IN THE EAST END OF LONDON WHICHREFLECTS GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES AND THE PROBLEMS OF LIFE IN BRITAIN FOR ASIAN COMMUNITIES.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Feature Films
- Producer:Silver Films
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:30/05/1989
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1980s