It replaced Apna Hi Ghar Samajhiye which had been on air since 1968.
Broadcast on BBC1 on Sunday mornings at 10am, the programme ran for five years from 20 April 1982[1] until 26 April 1987 and the final edition of the programme marked the end of television programming by the BBC in Hindi and Urdu.
[2] Three months later, a new English language magazine programme, Network East, was launched and was broadcast on BBC2 on Saturday afternoons.
[3] Throughout its time on air, a midweek companion programme aimed at Asian women, Gharbar, was also broadcast.
Gharbar ended two days after the final episode of Asian Magazine was transmitted.