It was the first major programme for Hindi and Urdu-speaking viewers, and represented the beginnings of regular broadcasting in the UK for non-native English speakers.
Usually broadcast at the beginning of programmes on BBC1 on Sundays, it was occasionally repeated on BBC Two during the week, and was produced in Birmingham.
[1] In January 1966, this was replaced with Apna Hi Ghar Samajhiye ("Make Yourself at Home"), which also ran on Sunday mornings on BBC Radio 4.
[2] A tribute to the television programme appeared on the top-twenty album Community Music (2000) by electronica band Asian Dub Foundation.
The lyrics to the fourth song on the album, "New Way, New Life", credited numerous members of the band, who described growing up in families of Nai Zindagi Naya Jeevan fans.