{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/18dcd5db-f898-42c6-ab31-3a1853c1a645/6aba10e1cf7654f56a38f608?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"EP.280 - MEERA SYAL","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9b44142e85655b098576d/1790532728115-aecd1c40-d3c8-4c1c-8696-fe8e93c256d4.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Adam talks with British comedian, writer, playwright, singer, journalist, producer and actor Dame Meera Syal about memoir writing, growing up part of the only brown family in a 1960s Midlands village, what the British Empire&#39;s legacy of colonialism meant to Meera&#39;s family, and then to her when she was handed some of the Empire&#39;s top awards, the <em>problematic</em> Peter Sellers song that gave <em>Goodness Gracious Me</em> its title, what the Simpsons should have done about Apu, and how Meera found herself in a Death Cafe.</p><p><strong>THIS EPISODE CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE</strong> (mainly after the interview when Adam sings a song about jaw exercise).</p><p>Visit the <strong><a href=\"http://www.patreon.com/AdamBuxton\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ADAM BUXTON PODCAST PATREON PAGE</a> </strong>for previously unheard interviews, Q&amp;A episodes, Rosie pics and videos and other odd and sods.</p><p><strong><a href=\"mailto:adambuxtonpodcast@gmail.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">SEND IN PATREON JINGLES AND QUESTIONS</a></strong></p><p>See pics, links, jingles, videos and more on <strong><a href=\"https://www.adam-buxton.co.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ADAM&#39;S WEBSITE</a></strong></p><p><strong><a href=\"https://www.audible.co.uk/search?keywords=successpod&amp;k=successpod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">SUCCESSPOD</a> </strong>- 2026 (listen for free with a trial or subscription on Audible)</p><p>Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 26 May, 2026</p><p>Thanks to Diggory Waite and Claire Broughton at Hattrick and Séamus Murphy Mitchell for production support.</p><p>Podcast illustration by <a href=\"https://helengreenillustration.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Helen Green</a></p><p><strong>RELATED LINKS</strong></p><p><strong><a href=\"https://www.fane.co.uk/meera-syal\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">MEERA SYAL 2026 TOUR </a></strong>- September 2026 (Fane)</p><p><strong><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQTAXw5ECeFK-tAkYT3H3jvywI_lApDe7\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">KUMARS AT NUMBER 42 </a></strong>- YouTube Playlist</p><p><strong><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yov_fX5DLFI\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">MEERA SYAL - WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE</a></strong> - 2004 (YouTube)</p><p><strong><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDgs7ERjC7A\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">GARETH GATES &amp; THE KUMARS - SPIRIT IN THE SKY </a></strong>- 2003 (YouTube)</p><p><strong><a href=\"https://deathcafe.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">DEATH CAFE</a></strong> (Death cafe website)</p><p><strong><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUZCXaStvnc\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">PETER SELLERS AND SOPHIA LOREN - GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME</a></strong> - 1960 (YouTube)</p><p><strong><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXRDF2Vi_Gw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ROWAN ATKINSON, PIXIE LOTT, NICK MOHAMMED - GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME</a></strong> - 2013 (YouTube)</p><p><strong><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGFpVN2xwXU\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">PETER SELLERS AND SOPHIA LOREN - BANGERS AND MASH</a></strong> - 1961 (YouTube)</p>","author_name":"ADAM BUXTON"}