0:00:02 > 0:00:03Bradford, West Yorkshire.
0:00:04 > 0:00:08A hundred years ago, this was the richest city in Britain.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11Thanks to the booming textile industry,
0:00:11 > 0:00:14it was a magnet for anyone who strived for a better life.
0:00:16 > 0:00:20Offering a very Yorkshire British dream.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22But that was then.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26This is now.
0:00:28 > 0:00:32So is there any hope amongst the ruins of Bradford's industrial past?
0:00:35 > 0:00:38Well, although it certainly has its problems,
0:00:38 > 0:00:40this is still a place for go-getters.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43I wanted to take a bit of British food into India.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45This is called fish and chips.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48They're a staple food in Bradford.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50It's a city of survivors.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Here we graft in summer, we graft in winter.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Any time of the day, any weather,
0:00:55 > 0:00:56we're working.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00It's a place where people are adapting to a changing world.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04You get a good job for little money.
0:01:04 > 0:01:05HE LAUGHS
0:01:06 > 0:01:10From the ashes of the past a new city is emerging.
0:01:10 > 0:01:11HE LAUGHS
0:01:11 > 0:01:13Built on the spirit of the people,
0:01:13 > 0:01:16for whom Bradford remains a city of dreams.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31You might think that this is an unlikely place
0:01:31 > 0:01:35to see the world's most exclusive supercars.
0:01:37 > 0:01:38Well, think again.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41See? It's not all grim up north.
0:01:41 > 0:01:42Meet Nav.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45ENGINE ROARS
0:01:45 > 0:01:50Bradford's very unique. I'd say it's like an oyster protecting a pearl.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Basically, there's a lot to see in Bradford.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Externally, people have a vision of it as very rundown and deprived.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58But there's so much going on, especially when it comes to cars.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01You see the world's best supercars here in Bradford.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05I'll see, like, a £500,000 car drive past.
0:02:05 > 0:02:06For a second I think I'm in Monte Carlo,
0:02:06 > 0:02:09but no, I were on Great Horton Road!
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Bling is big in today's Bradford.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15And nowhere bigger than here at Nav's business...
0:02:15 > 0:02:16EnKhanz.
0:02:19 > 0:02:20A specialist workshop
0:02:20 > 0:02:24where supercars become that little bit more super.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31You want crystals on your upholstery? You got it.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34100-grand body kit for your Bentley?
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Nav's your man.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38He's been blinging cars since he was 16.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44Put some more glaze on it. Give it a thorough glaze.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47I've always been into car styling since I were a kid.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51I started off in my back garden and gradually I've ended up with this
0:02:51 > 0:02:53and I've got about 30 guys working for me now.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56You know, we do styling, we do accident repair work.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59As you can see, this Lamborghini has been damaged.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03It's been involved in a crash on the motorway. It's a very expensive job.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07That's going to take probably about £30,000-£40,000 to repair that car.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13Nav's target market are Bradford's young entrepreneurs.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17Those who can not only buy a £100,000 car,
0:03:17 > 0:03:20but also spend thousands more blinging it up.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24There's a lot of money in Bradford. Don't know where it's hidden.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Maybe under mattresses or whatever,
0:03:26 > 0:03:28but there's a lot of successful women, men.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Quite blingy in Bradford.
0:03:31 > 0:03:32Are you OK, Clemont?
0:03:32 > 0:03:33Yeah, yeah, I'm all right.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36- You need a hand?- Yeah.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38I class myself as a vehicle tailor.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40It's a bespoke...a touch of Savile Row.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42How's the baby, Clemont?
0:03:42 > 0:03:43Oh, the baby's all right.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45She's OK, yeah? Don't put any creases in it, yeah?
0:03:45 > 0:03:47My passion is styling the cars up.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51I'm kind of in my overalls. I'm not in a suit.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Nav's business is at a turning point.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58At the moment he uses off-the-shelf body kits from
0:03:58 > 0:04:00other manufacturers to pimp his clients' cars.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04But he dreams of bigger things.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07Of creating his own range of branded body kits.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10His latest job is giving him the chance to push ahead
0:04:10 > 0:04:13with some funded R&D for a Range Rover body kit.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17It's a very high-end client who's coming to us.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19We're at the stage of manufacturing it right now,
0:04:19 > 0:04:22so it should be ready in a couple of weeks' time.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24To style a supercar is very difficult.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26You need to get the perfect blend.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29I personally think that you need to get the right curves and...
0:04:29 > 0:04:33to flow with the car, so the body kit needs to look genuine on the car.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35So, you know, we're kind of getting in the market
0:04:35 > 0:04:38and hopefully it's something that can take you global as well,
0:04:38 > 0:04:40cos products, you can sell worldwide.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45If Nav is to reveal his new brand of body kit in a few weeks,
0:04:45 > 0:04:48it will mean a few late nights.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51But he's a hard worker, often the last one to leave the office.
0:04:51 > 0:04:52Right.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57Tonight he has a special errand to run.
0:04:58 > 0:04:59Cake for my mum.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01Need the car keys.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05He may be 32 and own a successful business
0:05:05 > 0:05:09but, like many single British Pakistani Bradford boys,
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Nav still lives at home with his mum and dad.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15I still live in the same neighbourhood, where I was born.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18People think you should move on, buy a bigger house, but no,
0:05:18 > 0:05:21because that's where I come from. That's my comfort zone.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26Going to have some nice dinner cooked by my mum.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30She's probably the most special person in my life right now.
0:05:30 > 0:05:35So, er...I think when I get married, my wife will be quite jealous of her!
0:05:35 > 0:05:36HE CHUCKLES
0:05:40 > 0:05:42I love my mum and dad. They've done a lot for me.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44- Hi.- You all right?
0:05:44 > 0:05:45Yeah.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48Having five kids and bringing them up, it's been very difficult.
0:05:48 > 0:05:49How are you, mate?
0:05:49 > 0:05:52All right? Hello, how are you doing?
0:05:53 > 0:05:56Nav's bought his mum much more than a cake.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59- I got you a car for Mother's Day. - Thank you.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Let's get some cake.
0:06:05 > 0:06:06I bought my mum a car as well.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Just gave her the keys and she's really happy.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11A couple of months ago her car got stolen.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13We had a burglary in the house.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15I think my mum left the kitchen window open
0:06:15 > 0:06:18and somebody fished the keys out, so... I never say it's her fault,
0:06:18 > 0:06:22but you know, we'll leave that to you guys to judge.
0:06:22 > 0:06:23It's very nice.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Yeah, it's got all pre-loaded.
0:06:26 > 0:06:27So she can't complain.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30It's got all the parking sensors and reverse cameras. Brand new.
0:06:30 > 0:06:35I'm really proud of this son. He's really a hard worker.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37The Khans' house is more than a family home.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41It's the birthplace of Nav's business.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45EnKhanz started in the back yard with a Vauxhall Nova.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49The business has moved on, but none of Nav's family
0:06:49 > 0:06:52have strayed far from the house they grew up in.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55Yeah, very close family. My sisters live local as well.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58There's about 10 or 11 nieces and nephews as well,
0:06:58 > 0:07:00so they all like spending time at my mum's house.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04It's like the headquarters. He's always picking his ears.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Go on, show us what you like doing.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08LAUGHTER
0:07:08 > 0:07:11The Khans' story is textbook Bradford.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14In the '50s and '60s,
0:07:14 > 0:07:17there were labour shortages in the textile mills.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20So the government encouraged them to recruit
0:07:20 > 0:07:23where labour was cheap and plentiful -
0:07:23 > 0:07:24in Commonwealth countries.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30Thousands jumped at the chance to leave rural poverty behind.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35And by far the largest number came from Pakistan.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40It wasn't an easy life grafting in the mills,
0:07:40 > 0:07:43coping with the Yorkshire weather, the bland food and the locals,
0:07:43 > 0:07:46but they created a nice little home from home
0:07:46 > 0:07:47and began to settle in.
0:07:49 > 0:07:54By 1968, there were around 20,000 Pakistanis in Bradford.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57That's the year Nav's dad arrived.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01I worked in the textile labour, spinning and twisting.
0:08:01 > 0:08:0312 hours a shift.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Five days a week.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10I used to get 10 pound a week wages for that.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13And then I decided to leave this job
0:08:13 > 0:08:15and then go into local transport.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18That's how bus drivers used to dress in 1971.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20Looks like a Bollywood actor there.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25After 39 years on the buses, Nav's dad retired last year.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28And all the family got together. We just had a retirement party,
0:08:28 > 0:08:32just to show an appreciation for all his hard work and achievement.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34The word is achievement, I think.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36So, yeah, a present.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38I gave a holiday for two
0:08:38 > 0:08:41in any destination in the world, all expenses paid.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45I'm sure in t'small print it said Scarborough or Blackpool,
0:08:45 > 0:08:46but I think my dad's going to Dubai.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48LAUGHTER
0:08:48 > 0:08:51So what are you going to do when you grow up, then?
0:08:52 > 0:08:54- I want a business.- A business!
0:08:54 > 0:08:57- Yeah.- I think it runs in the family.
0:08:57 > 0:08:58What kind of business do you want to do?
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Erm... Same as you.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02- Cars?- Yeah.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06You better start fixing them now in the back garden, like I did.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09Right, what are we doing? You're on Temple Run?
0:09:09 > 0:09:11- I bet I'll beat you. - Play, then.- Go on, then.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Right, I've got to beat you on this.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17- Has it started?- Obviously!
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Nav is one of the new generation
0:09:19 > 0:09:22of success-hungry young entrepreneurs.
0:09:22 > 0:09:27- How much is this?- That's £15 the full set or two for 25.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30Bradford has fewer people over 65
0:09:30 > 0:09:32and more under 30 than anywhere else.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35We want to earn our first million by 18.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38It's not something we want to do. It is something we are going to do.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40We want to open our own business.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42We want to be successful young businesspeople.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Even in the middle of the economic crisis,
0:09:46 > 0:09:48there were nearly 4,000 start-up businesses.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Could you bear with me? What I'll do is,
0:09:50 > 0:09:52I'll put you through to our head of technical.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Good morning, MM Engineering.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58And in some areas, nearly a quarter of the workforce are self-employed.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02When I was growing up as a kid, if I asked my mum for 10p
0:10:02 > 0:10:05for an ice pop, I'd have to put a business case forward to her,
0:10:05 > 0:10:06and she'd be like,
0:10:06 > 0:10:09"Well, how many ice pops are you going to buy for 10p?"
0:10:09 > 0:10:11And I said, "Mum, I just want an ice pop."
0:10:11 > 0:10:13"Who are you going to sell the ice pops to?"
0:10:13 > 0:10:14"Mum, I just want a frigging ice pop!"
0:10:14 > 0:10:16LAUGHTER
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Maybe it's the Yorkshire water,
0:10:18 > 0:10:21or maybe it's because so many big employers
0:10:21 > 0:10:23have let Bradford down over the past 30 years.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28But people are adapting to difficult economic circumstances
0:10:28 > 0:10:31by increasingly relying on themselves.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36And it's not only Bradford's young
0:10:36 > 0:10:38who are open-minded when it comes to business.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42RADIO: # The hopes we had
0:10:42 > 0:10:45# Were much too high
0:10:45 > 0:10:47# Way out of reach... #
0:10:47 > 0:10:48It's Friday.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50RADIO CLICKS OFF
0:10:50 > 0:10:53The weather's not too bad today.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55Especially for the time of year.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00Even the cat doesn't get up at this time of the morning.
0:11:00 > 0:11:01CAT MEOWS
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Come on. I don't think the cat likes me.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Never liked me, the cat.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10And here's my breakfast.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Wait a minute, I'll turn it round for you.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15Look, that's a big mug of tea.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18And a bowl of custard what I didn't eat last night.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23Well, that's breakfast done. What's next on the menu?
0:11:24 > 0:11:29Meet Graham, builder of choice for the Asian community.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33Hiya. This is where I live. I've been here for 30 years.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36My mother-in-law lives next door,
0:11:36 > 0:11:39my son lives at the top of the street.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Never mind the recession...
0:11:42 > 0:11:44..his business is booming.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Today, Bradford is a quarter Asian.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54So, like any smart businessman,
0:11:54 > 0:11:57Graham decided to go where the money is and corner the market.
0:11:59 > 0:12:00# I have often walked
0:12:02 > 0:12:05# Down this street before
0:12:06 > 0:12:13# But the pavement always stayed beneath my feet before... #
0:12:13 > 0:12:1710 years ago, a lot of English people wouldn't work for Asian people,
0:12:17 > 0:12:20but since the riots have happened, we've moved on.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24You know, Asians and English are working together.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26# On the street where you live... #
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Hello, Graham. How are you?
0:12:29 > 0:12:32# People stop and stare... #
0:12:33 > 0:12:37So we're integrating a lot more now. We're living more together.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40# For there's nowhere else on earth
0:12:40 > 0:12:42# That I would rather be... #
0:12:44 > 0:12:47English people, you know, they're working for Asian people.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Once you get to know the people, people are people.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55# Can be here on the street...
0:12:55 > 0:13:01# Where you live. #
0:13:06 > 0:13:08He's always got several jobs on the go, has Graham.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10But today, he's on-site at a building
0:13:10 > 0:13:14that's undergoing quite a transformation.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18It used to be a nightclub, but now it's going to be a ladies' madrassa.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21It's just for Muslim ladies, you know, to come.
0:13:21 > 0:13:26A madrassa is a religious school, so there'll be no more boozy nights
0:13:26 > 0:13:29for the next students to walk through these doors.
0:13:29 > 0:13:34In Bradford, a lot of the pubs have changed into religious houses,
0:13:34 > 0:13:39and this is a club, and at the end of the day, it's a building, isn't?
0:13:39 > 0:13:41Doesn't matter really what's gone on there in the past,
0:13:41 > 0:13:43it's what's in the future.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46Mr Khan from the local mosque is the client.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Graham and his lads have worked for him for a good few years.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51So we're going to have to take this floor up, actually.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Well, I'm worried about Danny.
0:13:53 > 0:13:58- You're worried about him? - Yeah. He's stopped giving me food.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01- And you need to go to his house for dinner?- Can't afford no food.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Yeah? Well, let's get the initial things sorted, yeah?
0:14:04 > 0:14:06PHONE RINGS
0:14:06 > 0:14:07Hello?
0:14:08 > 0:14:09Yeah.
0:14:09 > 0:14:14No less than 200. 200, no less. Nah, nah, nah.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16I've made your mum happy anyway.
0:14:16 > 0:14:17I've made your mum happy already.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22No, do sau pound, do sau pound, that's it.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27You've already got a cheap job, haven't you? Aye.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30SPEAKS URDU
0:14:30 > 0:14:33That means, "Good work, but less money to pay."
0:14:33 > 0:14:36- That's what he said. - HE LAUGHS
0:14:36 > 0:14:37That's what I said, yeah.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42You get a good job for little money.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Probably about 25 years ago,
0:14:47 > 0:14:50I realised a lot of the people can't speak English,
0:14:50 > 0:14:53and they were doing classes for Urdu,
0:14:53 > 0:14:56so what I did, I thought I'll enrol for classes for Urdu,
0:14:56 > 0:14:58pick up the key words.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00Once you start picking up the key words, you know,
0:15:00 > 0:15:03people actually like it when you're making an effort.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05They start thinking, "Oh, he's integrating."
0:15:05 > 0:15:09The Urdu gave him a unique in to the Asian community,
0:15:09 > 0:15:12and he's never looked back.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Well, one thing about the growing Asian population,
0:15:14 > 0:15:18we started working for Grandad, then we worked for the son,
0:15:18 > 0:15:20and now we actually work for the grandchildren.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24So it's an ongoing work for us all the time.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30And I've seen all the family grow up, all the children grow up.
0:15:30 > 0:15:31That are now adults.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36You're the best one I know.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Since I came to this country. You name it, he knows it all.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41And he'll do it for you.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45- How are you, sir?- I'm all right. How are you?- I'm all right.
0:15:45 > 0:15:50- What are you up to?- I'm just waiting for you to do my window.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54- Oh, your job?- Yes. You haven't... You keep forgetting, don't you?
0:15:54 > 0:15:56How long have you been waiting? That's a problem.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59- It's been a long, long time. - Don't be jumping the queue.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02- Don't be jumping the... - I've already been three years!
0:16:02 > 0:16:03- Three years?- Yes.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05So when you going to do my job?
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Er...
0:16:09 > 0:16:13- See if we can do it next week. - Are you sure?- I'll try my best.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15- Promise?- Wada, wada, wada.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20The Muslim community is keeping Graham very busy.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23Islam is the fastest-growing religion in Britain,
0:16:23 > 0:16:25and here in Bradford,
0:16:25 > 0:16:28mosques are being built and expanded to catch up.
0:16:28 > 0:16:29Down, down, down, this edge, down this edge.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34OK.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36This is a mosque on Legrams Lane.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38This used to be a church many years ago.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40Now it's a mosque.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43We do a lot of work in a lot of mosques in Bradford.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Graham's work can be a bit stop-start.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50PHONE RINGS
0:16:50 > 0:16:51Hello?
0:16:51 > 0:16:54Quite often, he has to drop everything
0:16:54 > 0:16:55and rush off to his other job.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58So it's one child, then, yeah?
0:17:00 > 0:17:02No worries, yeah?
0:17:02 > 0:17:04But his clients accept it...
0:17:11 > 0:17:15..because Graham has become the community's gravedigger.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22What we're doing now, we're digging out for a child.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25It's only, I think, up to about a month old.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27I think he just died this morning.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Muslims like to bury their dead quickly,
0:17:31 > 0:17:34normally within 24 hours of death.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38And since the council gravediggers didn't work out of hours,
0:17:38 > 0:17:40somebody once asked Graham to help out,
0:17:40 > 0:17:44and Graham, being a can-do kind of guy, said yes.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Now, he's in the cemetery almost every day of the week.
0:17:48 > 0:17:49Three hours' notice today.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53Sometimes we get less. Sometimes two hours.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55We like three hours, because
0:17:55 > 0:17:58if we have to prepare or owt like that.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Sometimes we do more than one a day.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03I think it's three today, is it?
0:18:03 > 0:18:05At the moment.
0:18:06 > 0:18:11Last year, Graham dug 396 graves, most of them for Muslims.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17Having done it for 17 years, he's become something of an expert.
0:18:18 > 0:18:23What we do is split flags. Obviously, it's a very small child.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26Usually, the father goes into the grave,
0:18:26 > 0:18:29and if it's too big, the grave, they struggle to put the baby in.
0:18:29 > 0:18:34Obviously, each family's under a lot of stress,
0:18:34 > 0:18:38and they don't want to be handling heavy gear.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40And they're not used to handling it.
0:18:43 > 0:18:44Let me just get that end out.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50It's very difficult sometimes.
0:18:50 > 0:18:55But other times you're doing it for the family.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58You either can do it, or you can't do it.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00I don't think there's any in between.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02I don't think you can go away and think about it.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07Not always the nicest feeling, but you've to do it.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14And...
0:19:14 > 0:19:15go from there...
0:19:17 > 0:19:20We place the baby into the grave, and then what we do,
0:19:20 > 0:19:23we place the flags on the top, so that there's a void inside.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27Doesn't have to answer to anybody, you know, when he goes to heaven.
0:19:27 > 0:19:28It's straight to heaven for a child.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34And any child under the age of puberty goes all the same,
0:19:34 > 0:19:36because they've done nothing wrong,
0:19:36 > 0:19:38so this child will go straight to heaven.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Jannat, they call it, jannat.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46Yeah, I had a daughter what died, and obviously,
0:19:46 > 0:19:50it's not the easiest of things, but...
0:19:50 > 0:19:51you have to move on.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53And...
0:19:53 > 0:19:55this is what you do.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07His work may not always be easy...
0:20:08 > 0:20:13..but Graham's built a successful, unique business over the years.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17And even in these tough times in Bradford,
0:20:17 > 0:20:20there are plenty who are starting new businesses.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26Two weeks ago, Rajen quit a steady job as a solicitor
0:20:26 > 0:20:29in order to set up a string of small businesses.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32All the pigeons I've got are here at the moment.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35It's one thing about quitting the 9-to-5,
0:20:35 > 0:20:38that I'm going to be able to enjoy all my pigeons and things like that.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41You know, you feel like you have a lot more control of your time.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46I usually get a cup of tea.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48I usually just stand here and just watch my birds.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54My grandfather used to keep pigeons, so he told me a little bit about it.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58He fought in World War II. He was a soldier for the British Army.
0:20:58 > 0:20:59He was a proper Yorkshireman.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02We all had the curries, and he'll be having his mashed potato,
0:21:02 > 0:21:05and he'll be like, "I'm not having none of that foreign muck!"
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Say, "Grandad," and he'll be like, "I don't eat rice! I don't eat rice!"
0:21:08 > 0:21:11I say, "What are you on about? You're eating rice pudding!"
0:21:13 > 0:21:18Mr Raj is winner! He look after his pigeon, you know!
0:21:18 > 0:21:20He's a winner of Bradford.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23West Yorkshire. We are proud of our neighbour.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Pigeon is very nice hobby.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Thank you.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Rajen has spotted a business opportunity
0:21:30 > 0:21:31in his Anglo-Indian roots.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36This is where I live with my wife and my mum and my sister.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38My wife's in the kitchen at the moment.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41This is Mazui. She's just cooking a thing.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44Say hi, Mazui.
0:21:44 > 0:21:45SHE LAUGHS
0:21:45 > 0:21:47And this is my mum.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50She's just holding my little son at the moment.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53He's Ethan. He's only two months old, so I'm really blessed,
0:21:53 > 0:21:56and I've got my daughter and she is two years old,
0:21:56 > 0:21:59and if you come over here, this is my father.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03He was a doctor in India, a heart specialist,
0:22:03 > 0:22:05and that's my mum.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08On the way to England, my grandad in India said to my dad,
0:22:08 > 0:22:12"Make sure that you don't eat beef, don't drink alcohol,
0:22:12 > 0:22:14"and don't fall in love with a white person,"
0:22:14 > 0:22:17and on the plane, my dad had beef and had alcohol
0:22:17 > 0:22:20and within a week, he fell in love with my mum.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24Rajen's wife is from eastern India.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27The plan is to spend half their time there and half in Bradford,
0:22:27 > 0:22:30and have businesses generating income in both places.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34He's already set up a clothing store in India,
0:22:34 > 0:22:36specialising in British brands.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38And that's just the beginning.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40People like the fact that it's from England
0:22:40 > 0:22:41and it's British-designed,
0:22:41 > 0:22:44so whatever comes out on the high street in Britain,
0:22:44 > 0:22:46that's what I send over to India,
0:22:46 > 0:22:50and that seems to really work and we're really, really busy.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52I've got another plan in the future.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54I'd really like to open a restaurant,
0:22:54 > 0:22:58like an English restaurant for Indians, have fish and chips,
0:22:58 > 0:23:00you know, traditional fish and chips.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02I will test that out, do some market research,
0:23:02 > 0:23:04see what people think.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07I hope that, you know, how curries have taken off in England,
0:23:07 > 0:23:10I hope fish and chips takes off in India.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14Maybe we'll have little chains of fish and chip stores everywhere.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17It may not be as mad as it seems.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21Many of Bradford's most successful entrepreneurs
0:23:21 > 0:23:24have made their fortunes from food.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27This is The Big Dripper. It's bigger than a Big Mac,
0:23:27 > 0:23:30juicier than a Big Mac, and above all, it's halal.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Welcome to Bradford's pudding mile!
0:23:32 > 0:23:35This is a cornflake tart. It's traditional Yorkshire.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37You wouldn't really find it towards the south of the country,
0:23:37 > 0:23:40but up north, it's really popular. It's served warm with custard.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44The growing popularity of plain English grub
0:23:44 > 0:23:46proves what Rajen's betting on.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48- Want some salt and vinegar? - Yes, please.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50That Asian tastes are adapting.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52You get all sorts of people coming in -
0:23:52 > 0:23:56Asians, Pakistanis, Indians, Sikhs, all sorts.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58HE LAUGHS
0:23:58 > 0:24:02Even an old Bradford institution, Mother Hubbard's fish and chip shop,
0:24:02 > 0:24:05has recently been relaunched by Asian businessmen.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07- Hiya.- Hi.- Is Mick around?
0:24:07 > 0:24:09- Yeah, I'll just go and get him for you.- Cheers.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12The owners of Mother Hubbard's have been canny enough
0:24:12 > 0:24:16to leave the day-to-day operations in the hands of a veteran fryer.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18I'm Mick, manager of Mother Hubbard's.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22And Rajen has come to pick his brains.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26The art of frying fish and chips is to use the best product
0:24:26 > 0:24:28and buy in the best things you can buy.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Now, there's a special way of battering them.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34- Always do it with the skin side down.- Oh, right.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38Dip it in your batter, and then lay it into the fat.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41I'm a traditional fish fryer,
0:24:41 > 0:24:44and I have used, normally, beef dripping.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47- Right. We'd have to change that. - I've changed now.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49I've changed my method of frying.
0:24:49 > 0:24:54We're now frying in vegetable oil, which, you know, is halal.
0:24:54 > 0:24:55It's for the...
0:24:55 > 0:24:58- It's just business needs, isn't it? - It's for the Bradford community.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01The Bradford community has changed over the years,
0:25:01 > 0:25:06and we reckon that at least 70% of our customers are Asian.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09With over 30 years in the business,
0:25:09 > 0:25:13Nick thinks Rajen's idea of an Indian chippy has potential.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17I've never thought of it until Rajen has come in to see me.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20Now, I never thought as many Asians would eat fish and chips
0:25:20 > 0:25:23as what they do, but Asians love them.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25I said, "This is really nice.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29"I'm sure if I can get something similar to this, without,
0:25:29 > 0:25:32"obviously I can't get the secret ingredient..."
0:25:32 > 0:25:34Well, you might do if I come to India.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36Well, this is more than welcome. Come over there...
0:25:36 > 0:25:38I mean, I might even contact you.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41Let me come and open it for you, if my owners will let me.
0:25:41 > 0:25:42HE LAUGHS
0:25:48 > 0:25:51Rajen is off to India tomorrow.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Just getting ready to go over to my sister's house now
0:25:54 > 0:25:56for a final meal as a family together.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Tonight will be the last opportunity for a family meal
0:26:01 > 0:26:03of roast beef and Yorkshires.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09Where's the chilli sauce? Thank you very much, Adam.
0:26:09 > 0:26:10There it is, mate.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Cheers.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15Guys. Tyler would like to say something.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19Thank you, God, for the wonderful food we are about to receive.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21- Amen.- ALL: Amen.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25Our family is such a mixed, you know, mixed race,
0:26:25 > 0:26:29mixed culture, it's just like United Colors of Benetton.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32My mother's English, my father was Indian,
0:26:32 > 0:26:36I've married Mazui, Oriental, and my elder sister,
0:26:36 > 0:26:39she's married to an English person,
0:26:39 > 0:26:41and my younger sister is married to, well,
0:26:41 > 0:26:44she's engaged recently to a South African.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48As a child, Rajen lived in India, but then his father died,
0:26:48 > 0:26:50and everything changed.
0:26:50 > 0:26:51Look at them, eh?
0:26:51 > 0:26:54- Oh, Mum!- It's a good job she's double jointed!
0:26:54 > 0:26:56I don't know how you manage that, Mum.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58I take one and I've got backache after about 10 minutes,
0:26:58 > 0:26:59and you've got both!
0:26:59 > 0:27:02Needing the support of her family back in England,
0:27:02 > 0:27:06his mum Anne brought her children back to her home town of Bradford.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08When we first came to Bradford, we came here with nothing,
0:27:08 > 0:27:11absolutely nothing, and I was 11 years old.
0:27:11 > 0:27:12I couldn't speak English, you know.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15I've still got my Indian heritage and Indian culture,
0:27:15 > 0:27:19but you know, I also appreciate everything Britain's given me.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21Adam, you should come over to India.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23When I open a restaurant, you can teach them how to make these.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25These will go down a treat!
0:27:25 > 0:27:27Saturday night, all the Indians can come out
0:27:27 > 0:27:29- and come for an English!- English!
0:27:29 > 0:27:31LAUGHTER
0:27:31 > 0:27:34My dad worked from five in the morning
0:27:34 > 0:27:36till 11 o'clock at night sometimes.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40And, end of the day, you know, he had a heart attack at 48
0:27:40 > 0:27:43and what did he actually do with his life?
0:27:43 > 0:27:44Say bye-bye!
0:27:44 > 0:27:47You're going to be so much bigger when we see you.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49- See you, Adam.- See you, mate.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51So I decided that I wanted to do something where
0:27:51 > 0:27:55I could enjoy time with my family and do things I wanted to do.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58At the same time, have an income stream as well.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01OK, Mum. Catch you later. Bye.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04Rajen's mum works as a nurse in a hospital,
0:28:04 > 0:28:05and can't get away.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11- Bye.- But she's heading out to join them in a month or two.
0:28:17 > 0:28:22I know as the day goes on, it's going to sort of hit me,
0:28:22 > 0:28:26and now, when I look at Rajen when we were at the dinner table,
0:28:26 > 0:28:27he just turned like that,
0:28:27 > 0:28:30and his eyes were just like his dad looking at me.
0:28:30 > 0:28:34You know, he's got so many characteristics of his dad.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36SHE SIGHS
0:28:49 > 0:28:53At EnKhanz, Nav's new body kit is taking its time.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58He's changed his mind on the original design
0:28:58 > 0:28:59and started all over again.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03Ali, how long are you going to take on that bonnet?
0:29:03 > 0:29:06I'm doing a good job at it! Quality takes time.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10That's what I instigate into my workers,
0:29:10 > 0:29:11so I'm just testing him there.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14Quality takes time. Definitely.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17If he is to establish his brand as a high-end design specialist,
0:29:17 > 0:29:20he has to get this one right.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23The two weeks he estimated has turned into two months.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26- Right, so where is that going to go, then? Is it there?- Yes.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28Is that the same as the other side?
0:29:29 > 0:29:30- Yes.- It's not.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32This is wrong.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35This is a personal project to me, so I've got to make sure it's right.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37It's taken a couple of months to make this body kit,
0:29:37 > 0:29:40and it's been nothing but a headache, to tell you the truth.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42We've been working day and night on it.
0:29:42 > 0:29:46It's draining me out mentally as well, but we're nearly there.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50It's just the detailing that's taking a long time.
0:29:50 > 0:29:51Yes, boss?
0:29:52 > 0:29:54Thank you, sir.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56That's more money for me.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02At least something puts a smile on my face. HE LAUGHS
0:30:02 > 0:30:04Progress is not helped
0:30:04 > 0:30:07by communication problems in the workshop.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09This is separate, this.
0:30:09 > 0:30:13I know. Why don't we just make this here...
0:30:13 > 0:30:16I tell you the problem, but you no listen.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19- I don't understand Argentina language!- No, Colombian.
0:30:19 > 0:30:23That's the problem. When you've got a multicultural bloody workshop!
0:30:23 > 0:30:27Colombia, Poland, Pakistan,
0:30:27 > 0:30:30India, and Jamaica.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34Arab. OK.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50I think you've got to be grateful for what God given's you, so...
0:30:50 > 0:30:54Plus, as a Muslim, I need to pray five times a day.
0:30:54 > 0:30:55I do my best, you know.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57Especially at work, I know it's very difficult for me
0:30:57 > 0:31:00with the amount of work I've got on and the pressure,
0:31:00 > 0:31:02but sometimes it kind of gives me a break from everything,
0:31:02 > 0:31:04switch off and, you know, especially mentally.
0:31:04 > 0:31:10So I can just focus and get back onto it and, you know, keep me stronger.
0:31:21 > 0:31:25Bradford's cityscape reflects the social changes it's been through.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28When the first Asian immigrants arrived,
0:31:28 > 0:31:31it was nothing but chimneys belching black smoke.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36Now, the smoke has all gone, and the chimneys that remain
0:31:36 > 0:31:40stand alongside the minarets of our nearly 90 mosques.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44And take a look at these terraced houses.
0:31:45 > 0:31:49They've nearly all had loft conversions with dormer extensions.
0:31:50 > 0:31:54Children stay with their parents until they marry,
0:31:54 > 0:31:58and it's not unusual to find Granny and Grandad in there too.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02And for that, they need the extra space.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08Asian families tend to stick together as an extended family.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11You'll probably find that there's extensions
0:32:11 > 0:32:13on the lower ground floors,
0:32:13 > 0:32:17so they can actually fit as many family members
0:32:17 > 0:32:19into their house as they can.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21Half of this street is actually owned by me!
0:32:21 > 0:32:23HE LAUGHS
0:32:23 > 0:32:24No, that's only kidding, actually.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27I don't own any properties on this road whatsoever.
0:32:27 > 0:32:31And everything I do own is fully declared and above board!
0:32:33 > 0:32:35It's been good news for Graham over the years.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40Today, he's popped round to do a bit of snagging on an extension
0:32:40 > 0:32:41he built six months ago.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45It just needs a little bit of adjustment.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49It's been left to be done for the last six months,
0:32:49 > 0:32:52because he promised me it would definitely be after Christmas
0:32:52 > 0:32:54when your extension finishes.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57But apparently, it's after New Year as well!
0:32:57 > 0:33:01I did tell her that we were going to finish the job after Christmas.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04We're just doing the final few little bits now.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06So we're nearly there now.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09So when he says I'm coming next morning, sometimes two,
0:33:09 > 0:33:13three mornings pass, and I sent the message in capitals,
0:33:13 > 0:33:15oh, this needs doing, or this needs doing.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17He says, "Stop nagging me.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20"That's like telling me off." I said, "What am I supposed to do?
0:33:20 > 0:33:23"I paid you for getting the job done,
0:33:23 > 0:33:25"so I've got to have the right to nag."
0:33:27 > 0:33:30- It's perfect now.- Is it? - Come and check. You check it.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35I can get some fresh air now?
0:33:35 > 0:33:38Yeah, yeah. Go on. Shut it, shut it.
0:33:42 > 0:33:43Yeah?
0:33:43 > 0:33:47Not glass now. It's not like a block glass now.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50It's a proper patio now. Thick doors and all.
0:33:50 > 0:33:51For winter, for you.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55Right, show me your upstairs one now.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57Is that other one sorted as well?
0:33:57 > 0:33:59What's wrong with the other one?
0:33:59 > 0:34:01I thought the bathroom needed adjusting.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06See, he was trying to do half a job now!
0:34:06 > 0:34:09He just likes coming back to this extension. That's what it is.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11Yeah, go and make a cup of tea.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18Graham's deep understanding of Pakistani culture
0:34:18 > 0:34:20comes from his work at the cemetery.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25As the first generation have been happy to call Bradford home
0:34:25 > 0:34:28and the majority of their families are settled here,
0:34:28 > 0:34:31they want this to be their final resting place.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34We used to take our bodies from here to Pakistan,
0:34:34 > 0:34:36and now the majority of them,
0:34:36 > 0:34:40I would say about 95%, are now buried here.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43The burial for a Muslim,
0:34:43 > 0:34:45it's very important that it should be done
0:34:45 > 0:34:47the quickest possible.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50We have buried people within one hour.
0:34:50 > 0:34:54And only with the help of Graham, we could do that.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58OK, just pay attention to what I'm going to say, please.
0:34:58 > 0:34:59Just one instructor, please.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02If we have any problems when we're going across the grave,
0:35:02 > 0:35:04- listen to what I say and I'll talk you through it.- Let's go.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07Burial is a secular ritual in Islam,
0:35:07 > 0:35:10done mainly by the male family and friends.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12And because Graham has attended so many,
0:35:12 > 0:35:15he's often looked upon as the funeral expert.
0:35:17 > 0:35:18It's a young lad who's died.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20You know, I think the mother were upset.
0:35:20 > 0:35:24A few family members were upset. Brothers are here.
0:35:24 > 0:35:25So obviously they're distressed.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27Sometimes it's not easy to do it,
0:35:27 > 0:35:29but you just get on with it and sort it out.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35It's not only just a job, it's a responsibility.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37You can't let anybody down, you know.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40You've only got one shot at the burial.
0:35:40 > 0:35:42You have no rehearsal.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44You've got to get it right for the people,
0:35:44 > 0:35:48otherwise it can have quite a bad effect on the family after,
0:35:48 > 0:35:51so there's no second chances.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54OK, first time, first class. Take out the tapes.
0:35:54 > 0:35:55You need to take the tape out here.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58OK, that's fine, that's fine, that's fine.
0:35:58 > 0:35:59First class. First class.
0:35:59 > 0:36:03Graham works closely with Ghulam here, the Muslim registrar.
0:36:03 > 0:36:07He really helps them. How to put the body into the grave.
0:36:07 > 0:36:11Do this, do that. It guides them inch by inch.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14OK, mashallah, mashallah. Well done.
0:36:14 > 0:36:17OK, you get the mitti, you pass the mitti into the hands.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20Go around the edges, seal the edges off.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24If you can get some gehra, gehra is better than mitti.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26Gehra's nice.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29The majority of the people in Bradford know him
0:36:29 > 0:36:32because of the cemetery. It's his second home.
0:36:32 > 0:36:36And his wife just hates the cemetery
0:36:36 > 0:36:38because she thinks it's his second wife.
0:36:38 > 0:36:39HE CHUCKLES
0:36:40 > 0:36:43Tell them what you think of the gravedigger.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46Oh, yeah! He's a horrible person!
0:36:46 > 0:36:48THEY LAUGH
0:36:48 > 0:36:51And you know something, anything that goes wrong in the cemetery -
0:36:51 > 0:36:53Who's done it? Graham has done it.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56Everything that goes wrong.
0:36:56 > 0:37:00If anything goes wrong, it's me.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03But the good thing is, he can put it right as well.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06So that everybody loves him. He is Graham.
0:37:08 > 0:37:1290% of Graham's gravedigging is for the Muslim community.
0:37:14 > 0:37:18But today, he's at a churchyard in a majority white English area.
0:37:19 > 0:37:23Where an elderly lady is being buried in a grave he's dug.
0:37:34 > 0:37:38Though we are dust and ashes, God has prepared for those who love him,
0:37:38 > 0:37:39a heavenly resting place.
0:37:39 > 0:37:43And as we prepare to commit her remains to the earth,
0:37:43 > 0:37:47we entrust ourselves and all who love God to his loving care.
0:37:55 > 0:38:0050 years ago, when somebody died, everybody attended the burial.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02We all had a day off.
0:38:02 > 0:38:03If you go to a Muslim burial,
0:38:03 > 0:38:06sometimes you can have a few hundred,
0:38:06 > 0:38:08even a few thousand turn up for the burial.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11They'll come from all over the country.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14And don't forget, most of the time they've died that day.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16And they actually do everything.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19Lower the body, deal with the body, they are even willing to fill it in.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22We are missing that interaction.
0:38:22 > 0:38:26I think we've lost part of the community spirit.
0:38:28 > 0:38:32It's a bit sad that nobody turns up for your burial.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35Probably her husband is already inside a grave.
0:38:35 > 0:38:39And all her friends have probably died years ago.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42And what can we do?
0:38:42 > 0:38:47I think that's the first time it's happened for me. Is it for you?
0:38:47 > 0:38:48Nobody turned up?
0:38:48 > 0:38:52- I've only ever had one. - One that no-one turned up?- Never.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57OK, bring the machine over.
0:39:09 > 0:39:13Halfway across the world, in the remote part of India
0:39:13 > 0:39:16where his wife is from, Rajen is at his British clothing shop.
0:39:18 > 0:39:22The shop is managed by his brother-in-law and business is good.
0:39:22 > 0:39:26So they are turning their thoughts to Rajen's new venture.
0:39:26 > 0:39:30Reversing up what has long been a culinary one-way street,
0:39:30 > 0:39:33and taking fish and chips to India.
0:39:33 > 0:39:37These are old Bradford Telegraph and Argus. This is what I always look at.
0:39:37 > 0:39:41Offer fish and chips twice for £5.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43THEY LAUGH
0:39:43 > 0:39:47£5. That will be...400 rupees.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51Fish and chips. It's not bad.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54For Indian money, it's quite a lot, 400 rupees.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56400 rupees for fish and chips.
0:39:56 > 0:40:00Mizoram is a landlocked mountainous region,
0:40:00 > 0:40:03and there isn't a chippy for thousands of miles.
0:40:03 > 0:40:07So Rajen is going to test the market by inviting local dignitaries
0:40:07 > 0:40:10to a Yorkshire-themed gala luncheon.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13At which, they will be treated to fish and chips.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16I'm just going to go down to the local market.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20I'm going to try and source some of the local ingredients, if I can.
0:40:20 > 0:40:24Try and buy some fish. Let's see what kind of local fish they've got,
0:40:24 > 0:40:26compared to Britain.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29Man, the smell is proper strong.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33This one looks quite big. Looks different from all the others.
0:40:33 > 0:40:38Let's go for this one here. This is a far cry from Morrison's fish counter.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41In Morrison's, you've got them ice packed and everything.
0:40:41 > 0:40:45Over here, you've got a bowl of fish heads, looking at you.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47- That's enough?- How will she cut it?
0:40:47 > 0:40:49Just tell her to fillet it.
0:40:52 > 0:40:53The women are strong here.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56You wouldn't mess with her with that knife, would you?
0:40:58 > 0:41:02Rajen's business plan now hangs on the crucial taste test
0:41:02 > 0:41:04at his fish and chip lunch.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08With the future of his business at stake,
0:41:08 > 0:41:11his mum has arrived from Bradford to make sure he gets it right.
0:41:14 > 0:41:19We are going to have a Yorkshire day in Mizoram.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21We are just going to a restaurant now, you know,
0:41:21 > 0:41:26where things are being prepared as he would prepare them in Yorkshire.
0:41:26 > 0:41:31I think about one o'clock, we've got people coming to taste them.
0:41:31 > 0:41:35I'll go in the background so I don't hear if they don't like it.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41This is all of Bradford, just where we are from.
0:41:41 > 0:41:45Our plan is, to put in the place of all these photos...
0:41:45 > 0:41:47- Yeah, OK.- Put that like that.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52We've got a special guest from the UK.
0:41:56 > 0:41:57That's great. It's fine.
0:42:01 > 0:42:06Yeah, now we are in Yorkshire. This is the land of Yorkshire.
0:42:06 > 0:42:12- It's called a trifle.- Pardon? - We call it trifle.- A triangle?
0:42:12 > 0:42:14- A trifle.- Tri-tri...? - Trifle.- Trifle.
0:42:14 > 0:42:19I've never heard of this before. We are very happy to see this thing.
0:42:21 > 0:42:26OK, guys. Just try the hats on to see if there is a hat that actually fits.
0:42:26 > 0:42:30And then they also need to put on the hat as well.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33In Yorkshire, we've got some phrases.
0:42:33 > 0:42:35I don't know if you guys can manage that.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38As you greet people, in Yorkshire it's like - 'ey up.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41You know, it's like a Yorkshire hello.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44Bhalo acho, you know, like that. In Yorkshire it's 'ey up.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46- 'Ey up.- Yeah, 'ey up.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48'Ey up.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51ALL: 'Ey up.
0:42:51 > 0:42:52'Ey up.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55- 'Ey up.- ALL: 'ey up.
0:42:55 > 0:42:59MUSIC: "Land Of Hope And Glory"
0:43:00 > 0:43:04Obviously a brass band is one of the famous things from Yorkshire.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06A Yorkshire brass band.
0:43:06 > 0:43:10It's unfortunate we can't get the Black Dyke from Queensbury
0:43:10 > 0:43:11over here to play.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14So we've got the Salvation Army to lend us a hand,
0:43:14 > 0:43:17and they are going to play music for us today.
0:43:18 > 0:43:20Hi, sir.
0:43:20 > 0:43:23Nice to meet you. I'm really grateful that you guys could make it.
0:43:23 > 0:43:24- This is my wife.- Nice to meet you.
0:43:24 > 0:43:26Rajen has invited the great
0:43:26 > 0:43:29and the good from Mizoram society for the occasion.
0:43:29 > 0:43:33- Nice to meet you.- Nice to meet you. - I'm glad that you could come today.
0:43:39 > 0:43:43Thank you very much for taking time out from your busy schedules
0:43:43 > 0:43:45to participate in this event.
0:43:45 > 0:43:49He has booked a restaurant, chefs and all, and his mum Anne has
0:43:49 > 0:43:53passed on 40 years of cooking knowledge in just two hours.
0:43:53 > 0:43:55Drain the fish now.
0:43:55 > 0:43:58We've got the chips going over there. We've done the fish here.
0:43:58 > 0:44:02We've got the mushy peas there. And then...we're off.
0:44:02 > 0:44:05My initial thought when I was in the UK was
0:44:05 > 0:44:08to bring a bit of Yorkshire into Mizoram.
0:44:08 > 0:44:12We've got local fish and chips that we've sourced in India.
0:44:12 > 0:44:17Just enjoy yourself and thank you again for coming and participating.
0:44:29 > 0:44:33This is called fish and chips, the staple food in Bradford.
0:44:33 > 0:44:36I would prefer it without the fish, please.
0:44:36 > 0:44:39If you want to add a bit of salt and vinegar on there,
0:44:39 > 0:44:40you're more than welcome.
0:44:40 > 0:44:44Could this be the start of a bland food revolution that sweeps
0:44:44 > 0:44:48through Asia, just as curries have taken off in Britain?
0:44:48 > 0:44:52I like the fish. It's lovely with the chips.
0:44:52 > 0:44:54Great.
0:44:54 > 0:44:57I love fish and chips, I do. I love it.
0:44:57 > 0:45:00The only thing I'm missing is a pint of beer.
0:45:00 > 0:45:01SHE LAUGHS
0:45:01 > 0:45:03I think it's going down well.
0:45:03 > 0:45:05A few people have complimented that it's quite nice.
0:45:05 > 0:45:08The fish is really good. They are enjoying it.
0:45:08 > 0:45:11I'm not really sure if it's something they are used to.
0:45:11 > 0:45:13They've just started.
0:45:13 > 0:45:16You have to show them something before they know what they like.
0:45:16 > 0:45:20I just wanted to thank everybody again for coming today.
0:45:20 > 0:45:21I hope the food was OK.
0:45:21 > 0:45:24That's my mum over there who has been doing all the cooking.
0:45:24 > 0:45:26THEY APPLAUD
0:45:26 > 0:45:31Any compliments or complaints go to my mum. I'm totally away from that.
0:45:31 > 0:45:34OK, now everything's finished. It's all done.
0:45:34 > 0:45:37They've had their cups of tea. They've all gone.
0:45:37 > 0:45:41The brass band's done its last piece. I think it went really well.
0:45:41 > 0:45:45The tatties were cooked perfectly. Ee by gum, it's been a grand day.
0:45:52 > 0:45:55He seems to have whet the appetite for fish and chips
0:45:55 > 0:45:57in this little corner of India.
0:45:57 > 0:46:00But if he's going to build his international network
0:46:00 > 0:46:02of little businesses,
0:46:02 > 0:46:05Rajen needs to get something going in Bradford.
0:46:17 > 0:46:21Nav is finally ready to unveil the car that will launch his new
0:46:21 > 0:46:24brand of body kit and take his business to the next level.
0:46:26 > 0:46:28Well, nearly ready.
0:46:28 > 0:46:32Just check it all. Make sure the windows...stuff like that.
0:46:32 > 0:46:34I've been working all night to get the car ready.
0:46:34 > 0:46:37The customer's arrived. He's downstairs waiting for the car.
0:46:37 > 0:46:39So we're just going to reveal it to him.
0:46:39 > 0:46:43The client, Galdi, is a shisha bar entrepreneur.
0:46:43 > 0:46:48He's been very patient throughout five months of Nav's tinkering.
0:46:48 > 0:46:51But such is his faith in him that he spent ten grand
0:46:51 > 0:46:54and he doesn't even know what the car looks like.
0:46:55 > 0:46:57Come on.
0:47:01 > 0:47:02Salaam aleikum, Nav.
0:47:02 > 0:47:05- How are you, brother? Are you OK? - Yeah, not bad. Good to see you.
0:47:05 > 0:47:09- Finally, mate.- Yeah, finally. - Are you good?- Yeah, not bad.
0:47:13 > 0:47:15Right, looking forward to this.
0:47:16 > 0:47:20You need to open that door first, before you put the shutter up.
0:47:20 > 0:47:21Yeah. Open the...
0:47:23 > 0:47:25Right, that's fine. That's cool.
0:47:27 > 0:47:29Right, OK. Let's have this.
0:47:34 > 0:47:36That looks sick.
0:47:36 > 0:47:37Sick.
0:47:38 > 0:47:42- It's all right, isn't it? - It looks...all right. Lovely, yeah.
0:47:42 > 0:47:44That looks mob.
0:47:48 > 0:47:52We've made a mould of this design now. It's our own brand.
0:47:52 > 0:47:57Nav's calling his new brand of body kits after his clan name of Barugza.
0:47:58 > 0:48:01It's been patented as well so we can replicate it as many
0:48:01 > 0:48:05times as we want and we can sell it commercially.
0:48:05 > 0:48:07You like it? Did I let you down?
0:48:07 > 0:48:09No, brother, that is...that is the daddy.
0:48:09 > 0:48:11You'll get selected clients coming here,
0:48:11 > 0:48:14but this is something people can buy online.
0:48:14 > 0:48:15They can send it all round the world.
0:48:15 > 0:48:17It doesn't really matter where they are.
0:48:17 > 0:48:20So hopefully it's a good venture for the company
0:48:20 > 0:48:21and will definitely add value to it.
0:48:21 > 0:48:25- Nav's put a lot of love into this. - I could just tell.
0:48:25 > 0:48:28I was up all night, till 3.00, getting this car ready.
0:48:28 > 0:48:32- You've done a good job, mate. - You deserve it. Enjoy it.- Thank you.
0:48:32 > 0:48:33- See you later.- Take care.
0:48:37 > 0:48:40Nav's new body kit is a unique fusion of Asian bling
0:48:40 > 0:48:42and Yorkshire graft.
0:48:43 > 0:48:46A recipe that he hopes will take him global.
0:48:49 > 0:48:53Bradford now has 146 nationalities within it.
0:48:54 > 0:48:59In recent years, the city has attracted a new wave of migration.
0:48:59 > 0:49:01Mostly from Eastern Europe.
0:49:01 > 0:49:04They've come here for the same reason the Asian migrants
0:49:04 > 0:49:08settled here - to build a better life.
0:49:08 > 0:49:12So once again, Graham's not missing a trick.
0:49:12 > 0:49:14He's been learning a new language.
0:49:14 > 0:49:16Dobre, dobre.
0:49:18 > 0:49:23Just a few words of Slovakian. Everybody likes a few words.
0:49:23 > 0:49:25Dobre, dobre.
0:49:25 > 0:49:29Today, he's collecting rent from a Slovakian tenant,
0:49:29 > 0:49:32in one of the many properties he's bought over the years.
0:49:32 > 0:49:34OK? See you next week.
0:49:36 > 0:49:39My first house was in 1979.
0:49:39 > 0:49:46And I bought it for £2,500. And then I bought next door for £3,500.
0:49:46 > 0:49:50And then I bought another house. And it just carried on like that, really.
0:49:51 > 0:49:55I think Bradford will always attract economic migrants.
0:49:55 > 0:49:59Even if it's just that they think they're going to better themselves.
0:49:59 > 0:50:04Obviously, the migrants that are already here are very established.
0:50:04 > 0:50:07And it's harder for a new set of migrants to come in
0:50:07 > 0:50:09and get themselves established.
0:50:09 > 0:50:12But it'll carry on. It'll just keep carrying on.
0:50:15 > 0:50:19This family are previous tenants, they lived in a previous house.
0:50:19 > 0:50:22I came to the UK because here, it's better to live.
0:50:22 > 0:50:26It's a better life for children. For me. For my wife.
0:50:26 > 0:50:29The Pakistani people, you know, are business people now.
0:50:29 > 0:50:32Czech Republic, in 20 years' time,
0:50:32 > 0:50:35do you think they'll be business people in England?
0:50:35 > 0:50:40- Maybe yes. Yes.- Slovakian people? - Yeah, yeah. Maybe yes.
0:50:40 > 0:50:43Because they're coming now to the UK.
0:50:43 > 0:50:47They haven't lived here for 20 or 30 years.
0:50:47 > 0:50:49Maybe after living here for 20, 30 years,
0:50:49 > 0:50:52maybe there will be many businessmen.
0:50:52 > 0:50:55And I have very good landlord. Very good.
0:50:55 > 0:50:56HE LAUGHS
0:50:56 > 0:50:58Say that again.
0:50:58 > 0:51:02I have a very good landlord. He's very good, a very, very good man.
0:51:04 > 0:51:07Bradford has changed dramatically in recent years.
0:51:07 > 0:51:10- See you. Bye.- OK, see you. Bye.- Bye!
0:51:10 > 0:51:13And Graham is one of many who've seized
0:51:13 > 0:51:15the opportunities that this change creates.
0:51:18 > 0:51:19- All right?- Yep.
0:51:21 > 0:51:25You've got to keep changing all the time. You've got to diversify.
0:51:25 > 0:51:27Everything, you've got to diversify.
0:51:27 > 0:51:31If you're not diversifying, you're just going to get left behind.
0:51:36 > 0:51:39And how about this for an opportunity?
0:51:39 > 0:51:43There are 140 languages spoken in Bradford's schools.
0:51:43 > 0:51:45CHILDREN LAUGH AND CHATTER
0:51:45 > 0:51:50With the right resources, who knows what these kids could achieve.
0:51:52 > 0:51:54Hi, Aisha. You all right?
0:51:54 > 0:51:57Nav is taking part in a Dragons' Den at a primary school.
0:51:59 > 0:52:01What's your name? Imran?
0:52:01 > 0:52:04Oh, nice suit!
0:52:04 > 0:52:09The majority of kids here speak English as a second language.
0:52:09 > 0:52:13We made these for 50p. When we calculated the cost, it was 28p.
0:52:13 > 0:52:15Leaving 22p profit.
0:52:15 > 0:52:19By selling 500 fruit kebabs, our profit would be £220.
0:52:20 > 0:52:23The young generation, they're as hungry as we are.
0:52:23 > 0:52:27I think it's in Bradford's water that everybody is just hungry for success.
0:52:27 > 0:52:30The cost of one milkshake is 15p.
0:52:30 > 0:52:36We calculate that by spending £29.81 on products we can make 204 drinks.
0:52:36 > 0:52:40So the more you sell, the more money you make. Correct, yeah?
0:52:40 > 0:52:41ALL: Yes.
0:52:41 > 0:52:43So have you thought of special offers?
0:52:43 > 0:52:44Instead of one person buying something,
0:52:44 > 0:52:47why don't you do a special offer where you can say, look,
0:52:47 > 0:52:50if you buy ten brownies you'll get them a little bit cheaper.
0:52:50 > 0:52:51So you sell volume.
0:52:51 > 0:52:54What you can do is photocopy that so it will save you time.
0:52:54 > 0:52:59Cos every time you draw one, it'll take time. And time is money.
0:52:59 > 0:53:01What would you do if I asked you to do me a car
0:53:01 > 0:53:04and then you gave me the car and I didn't like it
0:53:04 > 0:53:07and didn't want to pay for it?
0:53:07 > 0:53:10It's your own fault then, isn't it?
0:53:10 > 0:53:13THEY LAUGH
0:53:13 > 0:53:15We chose to do cars
0:53:15 > 0:53:19because we knew the teachers would like to get their cars cleaned.
0:53:19 > 0:53:21We were also going to make loyalty cards.
0:53:21 > 0:53:23If you come once, you get a stamp.
0:53:23 > 0:53:26And if they come six times, they get one free.
0:53:26 > 0:53:28That's a very good idea.
0:53:28 > 0:53:31You've got to speculate to accumulate.
0:53:31 > 0:53:34Wow! That's true. Remember that. Never forget that.
0:53:34 > 0:53:38Any idea can work, it all depends on how ambitious you are.
0:53:38 > 0:53:41If you believe in something, put everything you've got into it.
0:53:41 > 0:53:44Believe in yourself and you'll succeed.
0:53:45 > 0:53:48The team that we've chosen is...
0:53:50 > 0:53:51THEY DRUMROLL
0:53:53 > 0:53:55Night Reflectors.
0:53:55 > 0:53:57APPLAUSE
0:53:57 > 0:54:00Well done.
0:54:00 > 0:54:03We know that the dragon is powerful.
0:54:03 > 0:54:06The dragon is unafraid.
0:54:06 > 0:54:09And the dragon is a winner. Is that you?
0:54:09 > 0:54:10PUPILS: Yes.
0:54:10 > 0:54:12I didn't hear you. Is that you?
0:54:12 > 0:54:15PUPILS: Yes!
0:54:15 > 0:54:17THEY APPLAUD
0:54:22 > 0:54:26I was working in restaurants, doing dead-end jobs like picking up
0:54:26 > 0:54:28dishes and working in shampoo factories, valeting cars.
0:54:28 > 0:54:30It kind of struck me -
0:54:30 > 0:54:32do I carry on doing this for the rest of my life?
0:54:32 > 0:54:35Or do I actually make something of it?
0:54:35 > 0:54:37I was hungry. I was hungry for success,
0:54:37 > 0:54:40because I wanted to prove to all the people that always put me down
0:54:40 > 0:54:44and thought negatively about me, and Bradford, that I can do this.
0:54:44 > 0:54:47Maybe if I was somewhere else, I don't know.
0:54:47 > 0:54:48Maybe it would have been different.
0:54:48 > 0:54:51But things just worked out for me perfectly here.
0:54:51 > 0:54:54People don't think that it's possible to make it in Bradford
0:54:54 > 0:54:55but there's a lot of examples out there,
0:54:55 > 0:54:57maybe me being one of them,
0:54:57 > 0:54:59where it is possible and the sky's the limit.
0:55:05 > 0:55:07DOG BARKS
0:55:09 > 0:55:11Rajen's back from India.
0:55:13 > 0:55:16Following the successful fish and chip trial,
0:55:16 > 0:55:21he's wasted no time in sniffing out business opportunities in Bradford.
0:55:21 > 0:55:25I've left the restaurant in India to my brother-in-law.
0:55:25 > 0:55:27Now I've come back to the UK.
0:55:27 > 0:55:31One of my childhood best friends, he owned a takeaway restaurant.
0:55:31 > 0:55:33And he asked me to have a look at it.
0:55:33 > 0:55:36Everything was fine, it just needed to be managed a little bit better.
0:55:36 > 0:55:39So...I don't know. I bought it.
0:55:41 > 0:55:43It's better to have your income from different streams.
0:55:43 > 0:55:45That way, if something happens to one,
0:55:45 > 0:55:48you still have income from the other sources.
0:55:48 > 0:55:50I mean, that's like an Asian thing.
0:55:50 > 0:55:53You don't have all your eggs in one basket.
0:55:53 > 0:55:55He's not wrong there.
0:55:55 > 0:55:57As well as the clothes shop and the chippy,
0:55:57 > 0:55:59Rajen has opened a tile shop in India.
0:55:59 > 0:56:02We've just put a fresh doner on so it's going to
0:56:02 > 0:56:04take about 35 to 40 minutes.
0:56:04 > 0:56:07And having just invested in his first Bradford takeaway,
0:56:07 > 0:56:09he's already lining up another.
0:56:11 > 0:56:15- Chicken balti.- Chicken balti. - And three chapattis.- That's fine.
0:56:15 > 0:56:18- How much is that? - £4.80 please.- 4.80?- Yeah.
0:56:18 > 0:56:22It's not a fancy, posh type of takeaway.
0:56:22 > 0:56:25They're the local working class families. They're our customers.
0:56:25 > 0:56:27It's just like another kitchen for them.
0:56:27 > 0:56:31I know it's a bit ironic, I'm selling fish and chips to Indians
0:56:31 > 0:56:34and curries to English people.
0:56:34 > 0:56:36But wherever there's a market...
0:56:36 > 0:56:38If there's an opportunity, you have to go with that.
0:56:40 > 0:56:43# Every bursted bubble has a glory
0:56:44 > 0:56:47# Each abysmal failure makes a point
0:56:47 > 0:56:51# Every glowing path that goes astray
0:56:51 > 0:56:55# Shows you how to find a better way
0:56:55 > 0:56:59# So every time you stumble, never grumble
0:56:59 > 0:57:02# Next time you'll bumble even less
0:57:02 > 0:57:07# Up from the ashes, up from the ashes
0:57:07 > 0:57:09# Through the roses of success... #
0:57:09 > 0:57:11NAV: People in Bradford are survivors.
0:57:11 > 0:57:14It doesn't matter what economic crisis they're going through,
0:57:14 > 0:57:18Bradford will improve because of the people.
0:57:18 > 0:57:20# Through the roses
0:57:20 > 0:57:21# Those rosy roses
0:57:21 > 0:57:25# From the ashes of disaster grow the roses of success... #
0:57:26 > 0:57:28Years ago, Bradford became rich
0:57:28 > 0:57:32because enterprising souls spotted the opportunities it offered.
0:57:32 > 0:57:34Today's Bradford is very different,
0:57:34 > 0:57:38and the opportunities may seem few and far between.
0:57:38 > 0:57:41But folk here haven't lost that spirit of enterprise.
0:57:41 > 0:57:44After all, it's what brings people here from far and wide
0:57:44 > 0:57:46to this day.
0:57:46 > 0:57:50# From the ashes of disaster
0:57:50 > 0:57:55# Grow the roses of success... #
0:57:55 > 0:57:58What more can I say? City of dreams, Bradford.
0:57:58 > 0:58:00# Success! #
0:58:05 > 0:58:08Next week...
0:58:08 > 0:58:09There used to be a time
0:58:09 > 0:58:12when milkmen used to turn up in the morning at crack o'sparrows!
0:58:12 > 0:58:15The waves of migration that make Bradford what it is
0:58:15 > 0:58:16keep rolling through.
0:58:16 > 0:58:19Do you know why it's good? Because it's free.
0:58:19 > 0:58:20So...delicious.
0:58:20 > 0:58:23And even for the locals, there are new opportunities,
0:58:23 > 0:58:25if you can spot them.
0:58:25 > 0:58:27It's all for my daughters, at the end of the day.
0:58:27 > 0:58:29I'll leave the legacy behind for them.
0:58:29 > 0:58:31THEY APPLAUD
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