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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 Maggie Aderin-Pocock. Granny Kumar made her debut as part of The Kumars at Number 42 on BBC Two in 200...