BBC Janala Mojay Mojay Shekha

BBC Janala Mojay Mojay Shekha

Kamal Bayazid, Rumana Malik Munmun and Alexandra Tyers
Genre Educational game show
Written by Louise Clover
Directed by Reza Ghalib
Sameer Ahmed
Don Coutts
Louise Clover
Presented by Rumana Malik
Starring Kamal Bayazid
Alexandra Tyers
Suzana Ansar
Farzana Dua Elahe
Khairul Islam Pakhi
Country of origin Bangladesh
Original language(s) Bengali
English
No. of series 2
No. of episodes 40
Production
Producer(s) Mary Hare
Michelle Ross-Stanton
Editor(s) Sagar Sarwar Hossain
Sagar Sawar
Location(s) Bangladesh
Running time 25 minutes
Production company(s) BBC World Service Trust (2010)
BBC Media Action (2012)
Distributor BBC Janala
Release
Original network Bangladesh Television
Picture format 1.33 : 1
Original release 16 October 2010 (2010-10-16) – 7 June 2012 (2012-06-07)
Chronology
Related shows Bishaash
External links
Website
Production website

BBC Janala Mojay Mojay Shekha (Bengali: বিবিসি জানালা মুঝে মুঝে শেখর; English: BBC Window Learning with Fun) is a Bangladeshi prime time light entertainment educational game show with comedy sketches for English education. The show was produced by the BBC and broadcast over two series on Bangladesh Television from 16 October 2010 until 7 June 2012.

Overview

BBC Janala Mojay Mojay Shekha is an educational game show teaching English[1] which seeks to motivate audiences to learn English through fun.[2] The game show has a partner programme Bishaash, a supernatural detective drama series.[3] The game show builds on the English used in the drama in order to help teach the language.[4]

Both programmes were part of English in Action, an initiative launched and funded by UKaid from the Department for International Development (DfID) to support the economic development of Bangladesh by raising the English-language skills of 25 million people across the country[1][4] by 2017. BBC Janala provides daily three-minute audio lessons to the people who want to improve their English language skills in order to get a better job and access to the global economy. Calls to BBC Janala increased significantly from 8,700 per day to 58,300 after BBC Janala Mojay Mojay Shekha and Bishaash began transmitting on national network television.[5]

The game show is hosted by Rumana Malik Munmun. It features "Kamal's World" with reluctant student and slap-stick comedian Kamal Bayazid and English teacher Alexandra Tyers. Together they set challenges for competitors in and out of the studio, to develop their English skills.[6][7] In series two, "Raisa in Bangladesh" features Farzana Dua Elahe and Suzana Ansar as they visit their family and business interests around Bangladesh.[7]

The 24-part first series was aimed at a young audience, including games with giant alphabets, racing rickshaws and cricket games. There were word games where the key words are taken out from sentences and the contestant has to race ahead with alphabets to make a correct phrase or sentence. There were techniques including role playing where contestants converse in English.[1] The 16-part second series had a different appearance, style and pace. The show included with actor-led comedy sketches; short, location-based dramas and onscreen graphic-based video inserts. The show revolves around two teams of four contestants (from all over the country) who compete to win points and play a learning based game.[8][9]

Cast

Series overview

Season Episodes Originally broadcast
Season premiere Season finale
1 24 16 October 2010 18 March 2011
2 16 10 March 2012 7 June 2012

Broadcast

BBC Janala Mojay Mojay Shekha was broadcast on Bangladesh Television and Bangladesh Television World[1] from 16 October 2010,[10][11] It was preceded back-to-back with an episode of Bishaash[12] and reached audiences of 18.1 million.[13]

The game show returned for a 16-part second series[14][15] on 10 March 2012.[9]

The popularity of the game show led to a rebroadcast of the series.[16]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Suraiya, Sameeha (3 April 2011). "A Movement for the Millions" 3 (13). The Daily Star. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "Media & Adult Learning". English in Action. 4 October 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  3. ↑ Laughlin, Andrew (28 February 2011). "BBC World Service drama to air on Zee TV". Digital Spy. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  4. 1 2 Dowell, Ben (28 February 2011). "BBC World Service Trust drama to air on Zee TV". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "The manthan Award South Asia and Asia Pacific". The Manthan award. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  6. ↑ "Zee Network Europe joins hands with BBC to showcase Asia's first Supernatural Drama". Esselgroup . 7 March 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  7. 1 2 Hare, Mary. ""BBC Janala Mojay Mojay Shekha" Episode #2.1 (TV Episode 2012) - Plot Summary". IMDb. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  8. ↑ "Millions of Bangladeshis learn English with BBC Janala". BBC Media Action. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  9. 1 2 Laughlin, Andrew (7 March 2012). ""BBC Janala Mojay Mojay Shekha" coming soon". News Bangladesh. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  10. ↑ "'Bishaash' and 'BBC Janala - Mojay Mojay Shekha' launched". English in Action. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  11. ↑ "English lessons on every television". English in Action. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  12. ↑ "ZEE Cafe to air BBC produced show ‘Bishaash’". BizAsia UK. 28 February 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  13. ↑ "TV". BBC Janala. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  14. ↑ "BBC Janala Mojay Mojay Shekha" coming soon". Priyo News. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  15. ↑ "BBC Janala launches new English course". Daily Sun. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  16. ↑ Islam, Maz. "BBC Media Action". infoasaid.org. Retrieved 1 April 2014.

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