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The Prospect: MP Bobby Khan

The Prospect: MP Bobby Khan

A BBC Radio Political Drama

Summary

Newly elected MP Bobby Khan is forced to question his own motivations and political and personal values when his cousin is arrested on a terrorism charge. Bobby Khan has a tight knit community who have backed his campaign to become their MP but as trouble builds in his community, can he navigate his life back home with his life in Westminster.

Series 1
Episode 1,2,3

Cast

Bobby: Nitin Ganatra
Elizabeth: Barbara Marten
Imran: Vincent Ebrahim
Wasim: Christopher Bisson
Terry: John McArdle
Ayesha: Archie Panjabi
Lucy: Gillian Kearney
Paul: David Fleeshman
Rashid: Amer Nazlr
Rhobina: Rani Moorthy
Craig: Sam Curtis
Jerome: Aaron Cobham
Martha: Kearney Herself
Harry/Hanif: Sacha Dawan
Dl Brown: Seamus O'Neill

Series 2

MP Bobby Khan has his sights set on a ministerial post, but things don't go quite to plan. Bobby's mother Elizabeth is also delivered a shock which changes the family dynamics forever. An unexpected visitor brings danger to the Khan household as the murky world of fraud and double dealings are brought to the fore.

Episode 1 - Prodigal Fraudster
Episode 2 - The Enemy Within
Episode 3 - Animal Magic

Cast

Bobby Khan ...... Zubin Varla
Elizabeth Khan ...... Barbara Marten
Lucy Khan ...... Nicola Stephenson
Imran Khan ...... Bhasker Patel
Mike Winters ...... Michael Feast
Wasim ...... Christopher Bisson
Barry ...... Lee Boardman
Isabella ...... Fiona Clarke
David Hart/Geraint...... James Quinn
Graham ...... Jonathan Keeble
Terry ...... John McArdle
Shazia/Woman ...... Balvinder Sopal
Ali ...... Darren Kuppan
Sara Khan ...... Millie Rose Kinsey
Political adviser Andrew Russell
News reporter ...... Shari Vahl

Directed by Pauline Harris.

About the authors

Avie Luthra

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Gary Brown

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Jon Sen

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Mike Harris

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