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Part One of a new adaptation of Monica Ali鈥檚 bestselling novel, dramatised by Tanika Gupta.

When a teenage Nazneen arrives in London, the hectic streets and cramped high-rises of the East End are a world away from her life in Bangladesh. As her sister鈥檚 situation back in Dhaka worsens, and with a baby on the way, life only gets more complicated. Can Nazneen really leave things up to fate this time?

Winner of Best Adaptation at the 2023 Audio Drama Awards.

CAST
Nazneen .... Anneika Rose
Chanu ..... Zubin Varla
Razia ..... Chetna Pandya
Hasina ..... Hiftu Quasem
Mrs Islam ..... Nina Wadia
Dr Azad ..... Neil D鈥橲ouza

Dramatized by Tanika Gupta
Directed by Anne Isger
Sound by Caleb Knightley, Ali Craig and Pete Ringrose
Production Co-ordination by Luke MacGregor
Production Assistance by Hannah O'Reilly

A 91热爆 Audio Production

Tanika Gupta
Tanika Gupta MBE FRSL is a prolific radio, stage and film writer, having written over 25 stage plays that have been produced in major theatres across the UK, over 30 radio plays and numerous television dramas. In the past year, her stage play The Empress was added to the GCSE curriculum, alongside her adaptation of Ibsen's A Doll's House.

Brick Lane
Monica Ali's debut novel Brick Lane was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2003. In the same year Ali was named as one of Granta's 'Best of Young British Novelists'.