Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20140623 | Wisal, the son of the wealthy and powerful village warlord, would like to marry Zarlakhta. But she is already betrothed to her cousin and the marriage will go ahead if his heroin addiction is cured. Wisal is horrified that his own brother has been hired to keep the bridegroom off heroin until after the wedding - an event Zarlakhta's mother is determined will take place for financial reasons. A slice of village life from the wild, mountainous Pak-Afghan borders where the only law is tribal law and there is no road, no electricity and no phone - but hi-tech drones fly overhead. An Everyday Story of Afghan Folk is based on characters and storylines from PACT Radio's daily soap, made by and for the Pashtoon people of this untamed area. Based on a PACT Radio production led by John Butt Written and directed in the UK by Liz Rigbey Sound design by David Chilton Music by Olivia Thomas Executive Producer: John Dryden Producer: Anne-Marie Cole An Above the Title production for BBC Radio 4. By Liz Rigbey. A slice of life in a village in the wild, mountainous Pak-Afghan borders. |
| 02 | 20140624 | Village shopkeeper Sardar Aka has two wives at war. Now his new young wife is about to give birth, tensions are heightened. Sardar Aka is praying for a boy. Meanwhile his eldest daughter, Kashmala, who must live with her late husband's family, is unhappy because her father-in-law forbids her to teach at the new school. She asks her parents about the wartorn village near Jalalabad which they fled to make their home in the mountains. A slice of village life from the wild, mountainous Pak-Afghan borders where the only law is tribal law and there is no road, no electricity and no phone - but hi-tech drones fly overhead. An Everyday Story of Afghan Folk is based on characters and storylines from PACT Radio's daily soap, made by and for the Pashtoon people of this untamed area. Based on a PACT Radio production led by John Butt Written and directed in the UK by Liz Rigbey Sound design by David Chilton Music by Olivia Thomas Executive Producer: John Dryden Producer: Anne-Marie Cole An Above the Title production for BBC Radio 4. Shopkeeper Sardar Aka has two wives at war. Now his new young wife is about to give birth. By Liz Rigbey. A slice of life in a village in the wild, mountainous Pak-Afghan borders. |
| 03 | 20140625 | Now that Zarlakhta's heroin-addicted bride groom has fled, her family face a rocky financial future. Her brother even suggests they should return to the lowland village they left to escape the fighting - at least they own a little land there. Little does the family know that the wealthy landowner's son, Wisal, is keen to persuade his mother, Shah Bibi, to approach Zarlakhta's mother with a marriage proposal. When she does so, Bakhtawara's pride nearly destroys her daughter's marriage chance. A slice of village life from the wild, mountainous Pak-Afghan borders where the only law is tribal law and there is no road, no electricity and no phone - but hi-tech drones fly overhead. An Everyday Story of Afghan Folk is based on characters and storylines from PACT Radio's daily soap, made by and for the Pashtoon people of this untamed area. Based on a PACT Radio production led by John Butt Written and directed in the UK by Liz Rigbey Sound design by David Chilton Music by Olivia Thomas Executive Producer: John Dryden Producer: Anne-Marie Cole An Above the Title production for BBC Radio 4. Now that Zarlakhta's heroin-addicted bride groom has fled, her family face a rocky future. By Liz Rigbey. A slice of life in a village in the wild, mountainous Pak-Afghan borders. |
| 04 | 20140626 | Kashmala, the young widow, is very unhappy living in the household of her late husband. Her wealthy father-in-law Akbar Khan forbids her to teach at the local school. She tells her parents, Sardar Aka and Gulnara, that she would like to live and teach elsewhere - a scandal so great that it could endanger the whole family. But Kashmala's troubles are forgotten when Sardar Aka's second wife goes into labour. A slice of village life from the wild, mountainous Pak-Afghan borders where the only law is tribal law and there is no road, no electricity and no phone - but hi-tech drones fly overhead. An Everyday Story of Afghan Folk is based on characters and storylines from PACT Radio's daily soap, made by and for the Pashtoon people of this untamed area. Based on a PACT Radio production led by John Butt Written and directed in the UK by Liz Rigbey Sound design by David Chilton Music by Olivia Thomas Executive Producer: John Dryden Producer: Anne-Marie Cole An Above the Title production for BBC Radio 4. By Liz Rigbey. A slice of life in a village in the wild, mountainous Pak-Afghan borders. |
| 05 | 20140627 | We learn whether Sardar Aka has that longed-for son or another daughter. Over in the Khan household, Akbar Khan is tired of the behaviour of Kashmala, his son's young widow. He and his mother suspect she is teaching in secret and so they develop a plan to keep her busy. There seems to be good news, though, for Akbar Khan's elder son, Wisal, who is in love with Zarlakhta, the poorest girl in the village. An Everyday Story of Afghan Folk is based on characters and storylines from PACT Radio's daily soap, made by and for the Pashtoon people of this untamed area. It's a slice of village life from the wild, mountainous Pak-Afghan borders where the only law is tribal law and there is no road, no electricity and no phone - but hi-tech drones fly overhead. Based on a PACT Radio production led by John Butt Written and directed in the UK by Liz Rigbey Sound design by David Chilton Music by Olivia Thomas Executive Producer: John Dryden Producer: Anne-Marie Cole An Above the Title production for BBC Radio 4. By Liz Rigbey. A slice of life in a village in the wild, mountainous Pak-Afghan borders. |