Undercover Mumbai

Duration: 2 x 53 minutes or 59 minutes including news bulletins, billboards & promos

Broadcast window:

Program One: December 21-27

Program Two: December 28 – January 3, 2014

Transmission times:

Program One: December 21 at 1506 EST

Program Two: December 28 at 1506 EST

Download: These two programs will be available to download from the BBC Partner Site after the transmission times.

Clock: This program does not follow the normal BBC World Service Program Clock. This program will not include the 29:00-32:30 funders, cutaway, billboard or newscast. Stations in automation will need to change their automation.

Description: A two-part police detective serial set and recorded on location in Mumbai.

This fast-paced police thriller follows Alia Khan, a young female Police Inspector in the Bandra Division of the Mumbai Police Force, as she attempts to solve a series of crimes, make sense of her troubled past, and cope with being a woman in a male-dominated and chauvinistic police force.

Program One: When a baby is rescued from a gutter, it falls on the only female police officer on hand, Alia Khan, to look after it. Stuck with a new partner, and a boss who is determined to put her in her place, Alia has to fight to be noticed. But over a series of cases, including a child prostitution ring, a scam to lock away unwanted wives, and the murder of a fashion model in a five-star hotel, Alia starts to assert her authority.  But there is one mystery that haunts her.

Program Two: As India’s general elections draw near, a murder and a political scandal leads Police Inspector Alia Khan to unravel the truth about her father’s death.

Written by Ayeesha Menon and directed by John Dryden.

Please note The History hour will be dropped to accommodate.