Englistan\u00a0<\/em>is based on a British Pakistani family, the Latifs: Jamal and Fatima, their children Ashraf, Razia and Asim, and their grandchildren Zahed, Naseem and Ayesha. The hour-long series will take place over four decades.<\/p>\n As society around them rapidly shifts,\u00a0the docudrama will\u00a0follow different family members and generations through political movements, gangland rivalries, boom and bust, assimilation into the establishment, spiritual soul-searching and religious conflict.<\/p>\n But at the core is the story of a family and the questions they are forced to ask about whether \u2018home\u2019 is a country or a community.<\/p>\n Ahmed announced the news on social media accounts.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m excited to be working with\u00a0BBC<\/em>\u00a0Studios executive producer, Esther Springer and all the team at\u00a0BBC<\/em>\u00a0Studios,\u201d said Ahmed. \u201cEnglistan<\/em>\u00a0is an untold British story with universal themes and resonance. It\u2019s the story I always wanted to tell, and it\u2019s a privilege to have the opportunity to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cRiz Ahmed is a phenomenal talent and \u2018Englistan\u2019 promises to be a hugely ambitious, layered and resonant drama about family and identity. New writing, massive canvas, the biggest issues; it is a perfect drama for\u00a0BBC<\/em>\u00a0Two<\/em>,\u201d said\u00a0Patrick Holland, Controller of\u00a0BBC Two.<\/em><\/p>\n Wenger added, \u201cSet against the familiar backdrop of the late 20th century but from a point of view which feels entirely new,\u00a0Englistan<\/em>\u00a0is the story of the birth of multicultural Britain as seen from the inside. We are honored to be working with Riz on this epic, deeply personal story.\u201d<\/p>\n Speaking to\u00a0THR<\/em>\u00a0in 2016, Ahmed said that he hoped to direct as \u201cmuch as possible\u201d of his drama, following up on his debut short film,\u00a0Daytimer<\/em>, which bowed in Sundance in 2015, but added that he didn\u2019t intend to cast himself.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Courtesy: The Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Los Angeles, May 1 (TNS): Pakistani-British actor Riz Ahmed has joined hands with the\u00a0BBC, which has ordered a nine-part documentary series,\u00a0Englistan, that will tell a tale of three generations of a British Pakistani family,\u00a0US based showbiz magazine reported. Englistan\u00a0is based on a British Pakistani family, the Latifs: Jamal and Fatima, their children Ashraf, Razia […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2073,1770],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-showbiz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63070"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63073,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63070\/revisions\/63073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/63071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/tns.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Capture-1.png\")
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