Jonathan Stenton Editor

Is This Thing On?

DIRECTOR: MAX MYERS

BBC IPLAYER DRAMA

ONE OF BBC IPLAYER’S FIRST ORIGINAL DRAMA SHORTS, MY JIHAD, RETURNS AS A SERIES. THIS TENDER AND FUNNY LOVE STORY, SET IN CONTEMPORARY BRITAIN, EXPLORES THE UNFOLDING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A YOUNG MUSLIM COUPLE ACROSS THREE FURTHER EPISODES.

SEE ALL FOUR EPISODES HERE: [HTTP://WWW.BBC.CO.UK/PROGRAMMES/P02TY5WZ/EPISODES/GUIDE

“UTTERLY SUPERB… SIMPLY AN EXCELLENT ROMCOM. SPARKLING LEAD PERFORMANCES FULL OF FLUTTERING ROMANTIC CHEMISTRY” THE GUARDIAN

“THE DIALOGUE AND PERFORMANCES ARE SWEET AND SHARP IN JUST THE RIGHT PROPORTIONS” RADIO TIMES

“RICHER TERRITORY THAN THE STANDARD ROMCOM” THE SUNDAY TIMES

“BEAUTIFULLY DONE” FRONT ROW, BBC RADIO 4