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For a new Radio 4 chat show next year Meera Syal is to revive her alter-ego Granny Kumar for a new Radio 4 series. The comedian will front an all-female chat show as the  pensioner, starting in February. In each show Syal’s creation  will be joined by with her great-granddaughter Maya (Ambreen Razia) and ’frenemy’ Geeta (Harvey Virdi). Guests lined up for Gossip And Goddesses with Granny Kumar include Samira Ahmed, actress Thandie Newton, musician Beverley Knight, and space scientist Ma...