Anita & Me… and Me

Based on Anita and Me  by Meera Syal

Meera Syal journeys back to Essington in the Black Country - the mining village where she grew up. She describes how her childhood inspired the coming-of-age novel Anita and Me.

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Licence: ERA Licence required

Content
  • Type: Analysis
  • Channel: BBC Two
  • Duration: 7'01''
  • Broadcast date: 2018
Usage

UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted

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Other Archive resources
Anita and Me  | BBC Radio 4 | 1996

Woman's Hour | Anita and Me Omnibus: Episode 2

Meera Syal concludes her novel about an Asian girl coping with the mix of British and Punjabi cultures in the Black Country.
Anita and Me  | BBC Radio 4 | 1996

Woman's Hour | Anita and Me Omnibus

Meera Syal reads her own novel about 12-year-old Meena, growing up in a Black Country village in the 1970s.