Aap Kaa Hak
| Aap Kaa Hak | |
|---|---|
This is Your Right | |
| Presented by | Shiv Pande and Mukhtar Hussain |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | Hindi & Urdu |
| Production | |
| Producers | Marjorie Giles and Pat Baker |
| Original release | |
| Network | Granada Television |
| Release | 1980 – 1993 |
Aap Kaa Hak (This is Your Right) is a
Origins
Indian-born doctor Shiv Pande was inspired to create the programme in 1979 after seeing
Content
The series copies the format of This is Your Right with Pande answering questions on health and social issues and Hussain answering legal questions, in Hindi and Urdu.[1][2] It was broadcast on Granada Television, Television North West, and other channels in Britain from 1980[1] to the early 1990s. The first series was produced by Marjorie Giles and Pat Baker.[3]
The programme paved the way for a public forum on social, legal and health concerns.
Legacy
Pande credited the series with introducing him to other health professionals that caused him to expand the range of services offered in his surgery:
I was speaking to all sorts of people – dieticians, social workers... And I started thinking "why don't I invite these people to come to my surgery?" So that's what I did – 20 years or so before it became the norm, I had a nurse, a social worker, a dietician – all sorts of health workers – in my surgery, and that was all because you could decide what you wanted for your patient. As the need came, I was happy to provide.[2]
References
- ^ ISBN 9781784991302.
- ^ a b c Interview: 'I was the first single-handed GP in Liverpool to employ a practice nurse' Jenny Cook, GP Online, 26 April 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ Aap Kaa Hak (1980). British Film Institute. Retrieved 23 July 2018.