''India on Four Wheels'' is a documentary shown in the UK on
BBC Two where
Justin Rowlatt
Justin Rowlatt (born June 1966) is a British journalist, news reporter and television presenter who is currently working as Climate Editor for BBC News. In February 2015 he became the BBC's South Asia Correspondent, based in Delhi. In June 2019 h ...
and
Anita Rani
Anita Rani Nazran (born 25 October 1977), better known as Anita Rani, is an English radio and television presenter.
Early life
Rani was born and brought up in Bradford, West Yorkshire to a Hindu father and a Sikh mother.
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travel around India sampling the changes and problems that growing car usage has brought to the country in the last two decades.
The show was first broadcast on Friday 19 August and Friday 26 August 2011 as a two-part series. The programme was shown at 9pm and on
BBC Two and
BBC HD
BBC HD was a 24-hour high-definition television channel provided by the BBC. The service was initially run as a trial from 15 May 2006 until becoming a full service on 1 December 2007 before its discontinuation on 26 March 2013. It broadcast ...
.
The presenters,
Justin Rowlatt
Justin Rowlatt (born June 1966) is a British journalist, news reporter and television presenter who is currently working as Climate Editor for BBC News. In February 2015 he became the BBC's South Asia Correspondent, based in Delhi. In June 2019 h ...
and
Anita Rani
Anita Rani Nazran (born 25 October 1977), better known as Anita Rani, is an English radio and television presenter.
Early life
Rani was born and brought up in Bradford, West Yorkshire to a Hindu father and a Sikh mother.
In an episode of ...
travelled on two different journeys. Rani travelled in a modern, small 4x4 representing India's car economy of today, whereas Rowlatt travelled in an
older Indian car visiting many places where people didn't have a car, or where they were only just discovering them.
These were the ratings for the two episodes:
See also
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Automotive industry in India
The automotive industry in India is the fourth-largest in the world as per 2021 statistics. In 2022, India became fourth largest country in the world by valuation of automotive industry. As of 2020, India is the 5th largest automobile market i ...
References
External links
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2011 British television series debuts
2011 British television series endings
BBC high definition shows
BBC television documentaries
2010s British television miniseries
British English-language television shows
Television shows set in India
Documentary films about India
Automotive industry in India