3. British Culture
Worried about obscure questions, Paul rewrites the UK Citizenship Test to reflect his ideas about Britishness. From August 2013.
Paul Sinha is proudly British. He also loves a quiz.
So you would have thought that the UK Citizenship Test, which newcomers to this country must pass to become citizens, would have been right up his street.
But the questions in the 2012 and 2013 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Office guides seem either bizarrely easy - "Where is Welsh most widely spoken?" - or infuriatingly vague - "What happened in the First World War?"
So Paul has created his own test, to better reflect the things that aspiring migrants should understand before they can call themselves British.
In this episode, he looks at British culture - newspapers, TV, art and film.
He tests the studio audience on their knowledge, with those that answer incorrectly being deported; he also offers up Β£10 of his own money to anyone in the audience who can correctly identify an artist that the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Office think all new immigrants should be aware of.
Written and performed by Paul Sinha.
Producer: Ed Morrish.
First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in August 2013.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Performer | Paul Sinha |
Producer | Ed Morrish |
Writer | Paul Sinha |
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