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Shappi Talk

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Shappi Khorsandi takes a comic look at family life

Paul Russell

Shappi Talk: Series 1: Episode 1: Racism

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Episode 1: Racism

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Shappi Khorsandi shares her experiences of growing up in her Iranian family.

Shappi Khorsandi shares her experiences of growing up in her Iranian family. Plus a song from comedian Hils Barker. With Felix Dexter and Meera Syal. From July 2009.

Iranian comedian Shappi Khorsandi was brought to this country as a child and grew up in a very unusual and un British family. 

Her father was one of Iran's top satirists and the family were forced to leave their home country as her father was termed a political dissident. As she grew up, it became apparent that the Khorsandi household was a little different from some of the families that Shappi had been friends with.

Shappi Talk takes this alternative background for Shappi to host a four part comedy series where she takes four elements of this upbringing to hilariously reveal what it was like growing up in a non-British family.

Joining Shappi will be comedian Felix Dexter who was born in St Kitts and moved to the UK as a child and each week Shappi also chats to another guest 'on location' and this time she's joined by Meera Syal.

There'll also be a song from comedian Hils Barker. 


Producer: Paul Russell
An Open Mike Production for BBC Radio 4.

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