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Make Yourself At Home; Programmes for Immigrants 10 October 1965

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Apna Hi Ghar Samajhiye, or Make Yourself at Home, was broadcast for the first time on television and radio on the morning of 10 October 1965. The programme was aimed at recent immigrants from India and Pakistan. Contributors spoke a combination of Hindi, Urdu and English, providing informal language lessons based around everyday situations encountered in the UK. Entertainment was provided by a range of Indian classical or Bollywood music. It was introduced in the Radio Times by producer David Gretton, who heralded "a new field of public service broadcasting".

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