With "Indian Jews try to find an identity in New York City", new producer Thomas Grove brings out a solid standard feature on an interesting subject. Grove profiles Romeil Daniel, a Jew from India who was chosen to lead a group of conservative European Jews in Queens, New York.

There's lots to catch the imagination here – a tribe that escaped Israel by boat in the Second Century, shipwrecked in India, prospered along the Silk Route, and, isolated for two millennia from mainstream Judaism, now number just 5000 members. Grove punctuates the piece with clean actualities from Daniel, whose Indian lilt singing Jewish prayers is unique and captivating.

Thomas Grove has a good voice, with range and depth, but, too much, the delivery here lands on the ear as paper words which have been read out, not as conversation. The narration often seems out of contact with the text, odd words emphasized or timbre that detracts from meaning. When Grove switches off the television voice and instead tells the story in the den after dinner with friends, "Indian Jews" has a stronger impact.