Meera Syal
Born | June 27, 1961 |
Hometown | Wolverhampton, England |
Spouse | Shekhar Bhatia (m 1989 - 2002) , Sanjeev Bhaskar (m 2005 - present) |
Children | Milli Bhatia |
Parents | Surrinder Uppal , Surendra Syal |
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The Devil's Hour returning for 2nd and 3rd series
- Amazon Prime Video 'The Devil's Hour' will return for a second and third series, with Jessica Raine and Peter Capaldi reprising their respective roles as Lucy Chambers and Gideon.
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Queen Elizabeth's favourite TV show revealed
It's been claimed that Queen Elizabeth is a huge fan of 'The Kumars at No. 42'.
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Debut novelist fends off famous faces to win Comedy Women In Print Prize
Jesse Sutanto won the accolade for her comic novel Dial A for Aunties, which has already been snapped up by Netflix.
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Meera Syal joins Nicole Kidman's anthology Apple TV series Roar
Nicole Kidman will star in Apple TV's anthology series Roar, alongside Cynthia Erivo, Merritt Weaver, Alison Brie
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First look images released for second series of Back To Life
The BBC Three comedy returns later this month.
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Diana's Decades, review: a time of war, riots and the dutiful wife
Another day, another Diana documentary. This one, Diana’s Decades (ITV), is a three-part series. The first episode was about the 1970s. The quick-witted may have spotted that the princess was in the public eye for only two decades, first stepping out with the Prince of Wales in 1980, but let’s not quibble. Instead, let’s applaud the fact that this show was at least striving to offer something a bit different. It was a cross between one of those Dominic Sandbrook social histories and a retread of
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Tongue-in-cheek tales from 19th-century India – podcasts of the week
Tongue-in-cheek tales from 19th-century India – podcasts of the weekMeera Syal and Jennifer Saunders star in Audible’s new spoof, Raj! Plus: a tense history lesson in GunPlot, and Unearthed offers gripping plant-themed tales Meera Syal, star of Audible’s Raj! Photograph: David M Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images
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Meera Syal bakes with grandmother to raise awareness of early onset dementia
The actress is an ambassador for the Alzheimer’s Society charity.
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UK arts figures call for Covid certificates to revive industry
UK arts figures call for Covid certificates to revive industrySignatories of letter sent to government include Meera Syal and Andrew Lloyd WebberCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage The UK government is consulting on the idea of Covid-status certificates and how they could operate. Photograph: Niklas Halle’n/AFP/Getty
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Sanjeev Bhaskar Reflects On Goodness Gracious Me: 'The Sensibilities Were The Same, The Viewpoint Was New'
"It’s taken a long time for me to view Goodness Gracious Me as quite the landmark that it was."
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Prince Charles ‘saddened’ by low Covid vaccine uptake among black and asian minority ethnic groups
A recent survey by the Royal College of GPs found that 90.6 per cent of vaccine recipients so far have been white
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