India Ink AudioHour Historical

A short historical drama in celebration of International Women's Day.

Jaya is an ayah travelling from Bombay to London with the family of William and Sara Edmundson. After a series of misfortunes, she finds herself drawn to the enigmatic Mrs P, a wise and passionate soul who promises Jaya that women’s time is coming.  But will Jaya ever truly be able to make a home of this vast and terrifying city?



Ibrahim Rahman – Narrator
Suzie Rai – Jaya
Jus Sargeant – Colonel William Edmundson/Roy Silvan
Victoria Fitzgerald – Emmeline Pankhurst
David McCormack – Shipping Master/Winston Churchill/Chief Mate/Street Crier/Coachman
Alan Rayment – Sir Alfred Harmsworth/Woodes
Harriet Dunning – Christabel Pankhurst/Cassandria
Karen Pitt – Sara Edmundson
Hilary Beaton – Sylvia Pankhurst
Derek Murray – Captain Walker
Duncan Hess – Sir Malcolm Saunders
Margaret Sutherland – Lydia
Sakshi Sharma – Sila
Reshma Madhi – Vani
Arti Mirwani-Daltry – Chandra
Nigel Thomas – Mr Austen/Policeman
Becky Harrison – Eleanor
Margaret Ashley – Mrs Billings
Angus Scott – Sir Edward Grey

Written by Shahida Rahman and Halle Eavelyn, based on ‘The Homecoming’ by Shahida Rahman
Arranged for audio performance by Andrew Wetmore
Soundtrack by David McCormack
Directed by Nina Sarkozi
Produced by David Holdworth