Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20130325 | The book steals its shape from the business self-help books devoured by youths all over 'rising Asia', and follows its nameless hero to the sprawling metropolis where he begins to amass an empire built on the most fluid and increasingly scarce of goods: water. Yet his heart remains set on something else, on the pretty girl whose star rises alongside his, their paths crossing and re-crossing in a love affair sparked and snuffed out again by the forces that careen their fates along. In today's episode: the move to the city, and seizing an education. Mohsin Hamid is the author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Moth Smoke. His fiction has been adapted for the cinema, translated into over 30 languages, received numerous awards, and been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Born and mostly raised in Lahore, he spent part of his childhood in California, studied at Princeton University and Harvard Law School, and has since lived between Lahore, London and New York. Producer: Justine Willett Reader: Paul Bhattacharjee Abridger: Sally Marmion. |
| 02 | 20130326 | In today's episode: love threatens to derail the quest to become filthy rich. Mohsin Hamid is the author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Moth Smoke. Born and mostly raised in Lahore, he spent part of his childhood in California, studied at Princeton University and Harvard Law School, and has since lived between Lahore, London and New York. Producer: Justine Willett Reader: Paul Bhattacharjee Abridger: Sally Marmion. |
| 03 | 20130327 | In today's episode: idealism presents a further hurdle in the quest to become filthy rich. Mohsin Hamid is the author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Moth Smoke. Born and mostly raised in Lahore, he spent part of his childhood in California, studied at Princeton University and Harvard Law School, and has since lived between Lahore, London and New York. Producer: Justine Willett Reader: Paul Bhattacharjee Abridger: Sally Marmion. |
| 04 | 20130328 | In today's episode: the next step to becoming filthy rich - learn from a master. Mohsin Hamid is the author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Moth Smoke. Born and mostly raised in Lahore, he spent part of his childhood in California, studied at Princeton University and Harvard Law School, and has since lived between Lahore, London and New York. Producer: Justine Willett Reader: Paul Bhattacharjee Abridger: Sally Marmion. Learn from a master. Read by Paul Bhattacharjee. |
| 05 | 20130329 | In today's episode: the next step to becoming filthy rich in rising Asia - work for yourself. Mohsin Hamid is the author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Moth Smoke. Born and mostly raised in Lahore, he spent part of his childhood in California, studied at Princeton University and Harvard Law School, and has since lived between Lahore, London and New York. Producer: Justine Willett Reader: Paul Bhattacharjee Abridger: Sally Marmion. The next step in becoming filthy rich in Asia - work for yourself. |
| 06 | 20130401 | In today's episode: the next step to becoming filthy rich in rising Asia - be prepared to use violence. Mohsin Hamid is the author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Moth Smoke. Born and mostly raised in Lahore, he spent part of his childhood in California, studied at Princeton University and Harvard Law School, and has since lived between Lahore, London and New York. Producer: Justine Willett Reader: Paul Bhattacharjee Abridger: Sally Marmion. |
| 07 | 20130402 | In today's episode: the next step to becoming filthy rich in rising Asia - befriend a bureaucrat. Mohsin Hamid is the author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Moth Smoke. Born and mostly raised in Lahore, he spent part of his childhood in California, studied at Princeton University and Harvard Law School, and has since lived between Lahore, London and New York. Producer: Justine Willett Reader: Paul Bhattacharjee Abridger: Sally Marmion. |
| 08 | 20130403 | In today's episode: the next step to becoming filthy rich in rising Asia - patronise the artists of war. Mohsin Hamid is the author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Moth Smoke. Born and mostly raised in Lahore, he spent part of his childhood in California, studied at Princeton University and Harvard Law School, and has since lived between Lahore, London and New York. Producer: Justine Willett Reader: Paul Bhattacharjee Abridger: Sally Marmion. |
| 09 | 20130404 | In today's episode: after the rise to filthy richness - the fall. Mohsin Hamid is the author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Moth Smoke. Born and mostly raised in Lahore, he spent part of his childhood in California, studied at Princeton University and Harvard Law School, and has since lived between Lahore, London and New York. Producer: Justine Willett Reader: Paul Bhattacharjee Abridger: Sally Marmion. |
| 10 LAST | 20130405 | In today's episode: after the rise and fall from filthy richness - love, and an exit strategy. Mohsin Hamid is the author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Moth Smoke. Born and mostly raised in Lahore, he spent part of his childhood in California, studied at Princeton University and Harvard Law School, and has since lived between Lahore, London and New York. Producer: Justine Willett Reader: Paul Bhattacharjee Abridger: Sally Marmion. |