Comedian and Actor Tez Ilyas has designs on being Doctor Who's first Asian Doctor, acting on stage at the Royal Shakespere Company and landing a dream role on the TV soap Neighbours.

In the meantime he talks to Barbara Nice about being a naughty kid at school, being even more of a handful in Mosque class and his new Book "The Secret Diary of a British Muslim", which he wants EVERYONE to read.

Visit his Website https://tezilyas.com/

Or follow him on twitter: https://twitter.com/tezilyas

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It's International Women's Day 2021, so to celebrate Barbara sits down with Award Winning Irish comedian Gráinne Maguire to talk about all female bills at gigs, all female flats at the Edinburgh festival and how Gráinne has been using lockdown to become a learned master of comedy.

Plus, stick around at the end to hear about Barbara's 7pm Podcast rating challenge!
(Though if you miss the deadline, well, it's 7pm somewhere in the world, let us know you've done it and we'll thank you anyway ;) )

You can follow Gráinne on Twitter here:
https://twitter.com/GrainneMaguire

Or visit her personal website here:
grainnemaguire.co.uk

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If you want to get some extra Barbara content, you can support her on Patreon as a reward for all the comedy she has brought us through lockdown and hopefully beyond!

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Barbara appears this week hot off being vaccinated against COVID-19, but the experience didn't shake her world.
She celebrates her normality with Chef and restaurateur Glynn Purnell of Purnell's Bistro to talk to him about how he's cooking through lockdown, how a restaurant business survives during a pandemic and what he is doing to help others.

Plus, there's time to chat about his upbringing in Birmingham and the chefs that inspired him to pursue a career in food.

He also has a book out that Barbara has her eyes on:
https://www.awaywithmedia.com/buy-books/glynn-purnell

You can follow Glynn on Twitter here:

https://twitter.com/yummy_brummie

Support the podcast!

If you want to get some extra Barbara content, you can support her on Patreon as a reward for all the comedy she has brought us through lockdown and hopefully beyond!

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https://brumradio.shop/

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