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Series
Pub. Date
2012
Description
"The Indian Doctor tells the story of Delhi graduate Dr. Prem Sharma (Sanjeev Bhaskar -- The Kumars at No. 42) who arrives in the UK in 1963 as part of the zfirst wavey|of Indian doctors wooed by then health minister Enoch Powell. Prem and his dignified wife, Kamini, want to build a new life for themselves following a family tragedy -- but rather than finding a glamorous job as a high-flying consultant in London, Prem finds himself in the Welsh coal...
Series
Pub. Date
2013
Description
"The Indian Doctor, a multiple award-winning BBC drama, returns for the second series. It is the early summer of 1964 in the small Welsh mining village of Trefelin and Dr. Prem Sharma (Sanjeev Bhaskar) and his wife Kamini (Ayesha Dharker) are now settled in their new home. Having gained the trust of the villagers, an outbreak of a deadly disease threatens everyones health and brings back the spectre of prejudice. Prem finds himself battling...
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"Inspired by real events, The Indian Doctor is the award winning BBC drama that is a warm and humorous fish-out-of-water story about a dedicated doctor who moves to the UK with ambitions to work in a top London surgery, only to find himself practicing in a small Welsh village. It's now 1966, three years after Dr. Prem Sharma and his wife Kamini's arrival and in their different ways, they have both become a part of the community. However, their lives...
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Description
"The Dolans live by their wits, jumping freight trains and lining up for day work at crooked job agencies. While sixteen-year-old Rye yearns for a steady job and a home, his older brother, Gig, dreams of a better world, fighting alongside other union men for fair pay and decent treatment. Enter Ursula the Great, a vaudeville singer who performs with a live cougar and introduces the brothers to a far more dangerous creature: a mining magnate determined...
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