Gossip and Goddesses with Granny Kumar

Comedy of the Week

BBC

Comedy

4 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Granny Kumar is back. After a very successful first series Meera Syal’s glorious comedy creation returns, with her great granddaughter Maya (Ambreen Razia) and arch nemesis “frenemy” Geeta (Harvey Virdi), to chat with the sisters. "This entertaining anecdote-packed show... creating a party vibe that brings out the best in her female guests." The Observer "It treads a fine line between the earnest and the rip-roaringly funny... It's the intimacy that makes it" Radio Times Ummi Kumar gathers together her favourite extraordinary 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 laddoos… A blend of sitcom, silliness and improvised chat, led by the best kind of interviewers who know how to make anyone talk - two really nosey old Indian women. This series, we’ll be inspired and entertained by Episode 1: Casualty and Ackley Brisge star Sunetra Sarker, and BBC Breakfast presenter and journalist Naga Munchetty Episode 2: Multi Olivier award winning actress Sharon D Clark, and stand-up comedian Shazia Mirza Episode 3: Playwright and novelist Bonnie Greer, and We Are Lady Parts breakout star Anjana Vasan Episode 4: Vigil and Sarah Jane Adventures star Anjli Mohindra, and musician and presenter Myleene Klass Cast: Ummi Kumar – Meera Syal Geeta Bhandari – Harvey Virdi Maya Kumar – Ambreen Razia Written by Meera Syal Music by Sanjeev Bhaskar Producer: Liz Anstee A CPL production, licensed by Hat Trick Productions, for BBC Radio 4

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:04.9	Hey, I'm Athenica Blenu and this is Comedy of the Week from BBC Radio 4.
0:10.1	It's the best seat in the house, whatever you're listening to this podcast,
0:13.8	unless you're in the front row of a comedy club in which case that's just rude.
0:17.7	This isn't Test Cricket.
0:19.7	Here's this week's show.
0:21.2	Oh my god darling, check me a giant girl's hat there.
0:32.5	I think the whole of the silver bed group have turned on.
0:35.3	Well of course, because we've got the fabulous nagumin Chetty and amazing Sinatra Saka,
0:40.7	plus haven't most of the ladies been self-isolating for ages.
0:43.6	Month. In some cases, years.
0:45.6	Poor aunties. That's why they're all a bit stir crazy now.
0:48.7	Hmm, speaking of crazy old bints, where's Gita?
0:52.6	She's always late and she never bloody apologises.
0:55.4	I am so sorry I'm late, a me and Maya.
0:59.0	Please, do forgive me.
1:01.0	Oh no, what have you done with Gita?
1:03.0	You monster.
1:04.0	Oh dear, am I hearing some repressed hostility here?
1:08.3	Maybe we can just talk to each other as two human beings.
1:13.4	But seriously, where is Gita?
1:20.2	The old Gita would have risen to your jives, but the new Gita is following the advice of
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.