{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/63b458521043e00011114396/64ba9295033a6000118e3124?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Paul Chowdhry, actor, comedian.","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/63b458521043e00011114396/1689948627053-db037c4f2bed70a48f54065714e6f6af.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>My guest today is multi-award-winning stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. Born in Edgware London, to a Punjabi Sikh family, he was in his mid-twenties when he first tried stand-up. Five years later he became the first British act to perform at the <strong>Caribbean Comedy Festival</strong> in Trinidad.</p><p><br></p><p>Since then he has been a guest panellist on <strong>8 out of 10 Cats</strong>, performed twice at <strong>Live at the Apollo</strong>, and is one of the most memorable contestants on the hit show <strong>Taskmaster</strong>, having appeared in season 3. In 2017 he became the first British Asian stand-up comic to sell out Wembley Arena and two years later this record-breaking show was made into an <strong>Amazon Prime</strong> special, and released worldwide.</p><p><br></p><p>Since 2021, he has been the host of the hit podcast <a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-paul-chowdhry-pudcast/id1552899573\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Paul Chowdhry's PudCast</strong></a>, in which he interviews comedians, and my guest is about to start a month-long run at the Edinburgh festival. </p><p><br></p><p>Play the console:</p><p><br></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.crazygames.com/game/duck-hunt\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Duck Hunt</a></li><li><a href=\"https://arcadespot.com/game/mike-tysons-punch-out/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.retrogames.cc/arcade-games/street-fighter-ii-champion-edition-street-fighter-2-920513-etc.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Street Fighter II</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.retrogames.cc/arcade-games/double-dragon-us-set-1.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Double Dragon</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grand-Theft-Auto-Trilogy-Definitive/dp/B09K7XFFMS/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1SU5XQWHSPKTC&amp;amp;keywords=Grand+Theft+Auto+trilogy&amp;amp;qid=1701038772&amp;amp;sprefix=grand+theft+auto+trilogy%252Caps%252C64&amp;amp;sr=8-1&amp;_encoding=UTF8&amp;tag=chewingpixels-21&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;linkId=488938f59dc05c004c7ac193168692a6&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Grand Theft Auto III</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Thank you for listening to My Perfect Console. Please consider becoming a Patreon supporter; your small monthly subscription will help to make the podcast sustainable for the long term, and you'll receive bonus content, and access to the My Perfect Console community: <a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/myperfectconsole\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.patreon.com/myperfectconsole</a></p>","author_name":"Simon Parkin"}