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Granny’s back with Samira Ahmed and Thandie Newton. Plus her great granddaughter and arch nemesis. Stars Meera Syal. From 2021.

Granny Kumar is back!

Left alone while her family are stuck in quarantine on a world cruise, Granny Kumar decides to host her own series, born out of frustration at seeing or hearing the same old parade of guests on chat shows (mainly male, pale and stale).

She wonders why no one interviews any of the sisters and asks them about their extraordinary, complex and uplifting stories.

So, Gossip and Goddesses is born – Ummi Kumar gathers together her favourite inspirational women at Wembley Community Centre, aided by her millennial great granddaughter Maya and her arch nemesis “frenemy” Geeta, leader of the local Asian Ladies Silver Bats community group.

The show is a women-only party, where they share stories, laugh loads and chew the fat/dish the dirt/eat the biscuits…

A blend of sitcom, silliness and improvised chat, led by the best kind of interviewers who know how to make anyone talk - two really nosy old Indian women.

Ummi Kumar ...... Meera Syal
Geeta Bhandari ...... Harvey Virdi
Maya Kumar ...... Ambreen Razia

With guests, multi-award winning journalist Samira Ahmed and BAFTA winning actress Thandie Newton.

Written by Meera Syal

Music by Sanjeev Bhaskar and Meera Syal

Producer: Liz Anstee

A CPL production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2021.

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28 minutes

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Fri 4 Apr 202509:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  • Wed 10 Feb 202118:30
    BBC Radio 4
  • Wed 17 Feb 202107:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Wed 17 Feb 202117:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Wed 17 Feb 202122:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Thu 18 Feb 202105:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 4 Apr 202509:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra