Episode 1
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 ѿý Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2021.
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- Wed 10 Feb 2021 18:30ѿý Radio 4
- Wed 17 Feb 2021 07:30ѿý Radio 4 Extra
- Wed 17 Feb 2021 17:30ѿý Radio 4 Extra
- Wed 17 Feb 2021 22:00ѿý Radio 4 Extra
- Thu 18 Feb 2021 05:30ѿý Radio 4 Extra
- Fri 4 Apr 2025 09:00ѿý Radio 4 Extra