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Secrets and Lies: Scammer

28 Nov 2025

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Satinder Kaur Chohan's moving drama 'Scammer' about the ruthless world of scam call centres is part of BBC Radio 4 drama collection, Secrets and Lies.Moving between a bustling scam call centre in Delhi, India and a house under the Heathrow flight path in British Asian suburbia, Scammer centres on the relationship between two women: Anju, an Indian scam call centre worker and Deesho, a lonely Indian elderly woman, unknowingly suffering the early stages of dementia. When Deesho mistakes Anju for her granddaughter Navi, an unexpected connection begins to form between them. But as pressure mounts on Anju to make more money, she is forced to make a difficult decision.Scammer explores a surprising intergenerational connection in a disconnected modern world, in which secrets and lies are currency in deceitful global transactions.DEESHO.....Shelley King ANJU.....Payal Mistry VASHU.....Gurjeet Singh PAPPU.....Esh AlladiAdditional voices by members of the cast, Ben Hollands and Shemiza Rashid.Written by Satinder Kaur Chohan Directed by Nadia Molinari Technical Production and Sound Design by Sharon Hughes Production Co-ordinator Ben Hollands Casting Manger Alex Curran Additional Technical Production by Kelly Young, Elijah WaddingtonA BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4

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