Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Naila's Story | 20240417 | by Kamal Kaan and Mary Cooper Episode 1 - Naila's Story Naila is a bright teenager in Bradford. Her parents want her to go to university to study medicine, and they don't want any distractions. But Naila loves cricket, and gets involved in the nascent school female cricket team. Three of the girls become firm friends and call themselves 'Bat Girls'. The team shows real promise and starts to do very well. But will this get in the way of Naila's parents' ambitions for her? NAILA..............................................Yazmin Kayani KARISHMA................................... Amy Leigh Hickman ROSHINA .......................................Saba Amini MARIYA...........................................Natalie Davies QADIR/ TAHIR...............................Ash Tandon MRS HEMINGWAY/ MUM........ Purvi Parmar MR CHATTERJEE...........................Sushil Chudasama Production Co-ordinator - Lorna Newman Studio Manager - Amy Brennan Script Advisers - Sara De Jong and Zainab Goreja Sound Design - Sharon Hughes Director/Producer - Gary Brown A BBC Studios Audio Production Special thanks to Duckinfield Cricket Club, Shivanie Patel (Bradford Park Avenue Ladies' Cricket Club), Katie Stewart (Yorkshire Cricket Board) and Mariam Ali - (Refugee Action, Bradford) First episode of three linked dramas about young, female South Asian cricketers Inspired by a true story. A fictionalised account of how a young, female South Asian cricket team with very little experience became Yorkshire champions. |
| 02 | Karishma's Story | 20240424 | by Kamal Kaan and Mary Cooper. Episode 2. Karishma's Story. It is 2018. Talented cricketer Karishma has made it into the county youth squad. But it's not so simple, as she's not actually getting picked for the team. She questions why - is she not good enough? Or is it it something to do with who she is? But there are other compensations, not least that she may have discovered her true sexual identity. KARISHMA.................................Amy Leigh Hickman NAILA...........................................Yazmin Kayani ROSHINA/ DOCTOR...............Saba Amini MEGHAN.....................................Sydney Martin MR CHATTERJEE/ NISH..........Sushil Chudasama JACK................................................William Fox Production Co-ordinator - Lorna Newman Studio Manager - Amy Brennan Script Advisers - Sara De Jong and Zainab Goreja Sound Design - Sharon Hughes Director/Producer - Gary Brown A BBC Studios Audio Production Special thanks to Duckinfield Cricket Club, Shivanie Patel (Bradford Park Avenue Ladies' Cricket Club), Katie Stewart (Yorkshire Cricket Board) and Mariam Ali - (Refugee Action, Bradford) Episode 2 of three linked dramas about young female South Asian cricketers from Bradford. Based on research and interviews with former youth cricketers. A fictionalised account of how a young, female South Asian cricketer navigated the county system in 2018. |