TEZ Talks

Comedian Tez Ilyas, presents a show for everyone interested in – or interested in becoming – a British Muslim. Everything you need to know is right here - the do's, don'ts, and avoid-or-you'll-be-arrested.

Simultaneously a hilarious, joyous celebration of British-Muslim life - and a subversive, thoughtful satire on society's attitudes to Islam.

In the final episode, Tez rounds up all his remaining advice on being a British Muslim in a handy cut-out-and-keep guide. For instruction on confidence building or advice on limb replacement, simply follow the Tez Commandments…

Producer: Sam Bryant

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2016.

Breakthrough comedian Tez Ilyas presents a show for everyone interested in – or interested in becoming – a British Muslim. Everything you need to know is here - the do's, don'ts, and avoid-or-you'll-be-arresteds. Simultaneously a hilarious, joyous celebration of British-Muslim life - and a subversive, thoughtful satire on society's attitudes to Islam.

In this episode, Tez looks at ‘British Values’.

Recent legislation means we’re all obliged to know about British Values to avoid the path to extremism… but what are British Values? Who decides them? And does Benidorm hold the answer? Tez explains all…

Producer: Sam Bryant

A BBC Studios Production, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2016.

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Comedian Tez Ilyas presents a show for everyone interested in – or interested in becoming – a British Muslim.

Everything you need to know is here.

Simultaneously a hilarious, joyous celebration of British-Muslim life - and a subversive, thoughtful satire on society's attitudes to Islam.

Tez begins with a look at ‘Community’.

It seems from the news, all Muslims belong to the ‘Muslim Community’ – but what is this mysterious organisation?

Who runs it? What does it do? And does Nadiya from Bake Off speak for them all?

Tez gets to the bottom of it.

Blackburn-born Tez began performing comedy in 2010.

Producer: Sam Bryant

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2016.

Breakthrough comedian Tez Ilyas presents a show for everyone interested in – or interested in becoming – a British Muslim.

Everything you need to know is here - the do's, don'ts, and avoid-or-you'll-be-arresteds. Simultaneously a hilarious, joyous celebration of British-Muslim life - and a subversive, thoughtful satire on society's attitudes to Islam.

In this episode, Tez looks at ‘Integration’, a word that’s often used in the context of Muslims in the UK.

How can Muslims integrate better? And who says they don’t at the moment? And more importantly, what’s Marks & Spencer or hipster beards got to do with it? Tez explains all…

Producer: Sam Bryant

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2016.

**** About Tez

Blackburn-born Tez Ilyas started performing comedy in 2010 and has appeared in eight competition finals including the BBC New Comedy Award and Leicester Mercury New Comedian of the Year.

He’s appeared on Radio 4’s The Now Show on Radio 4, as well performing on BBC1, BBC 3, E4, and BBC iPlayer, following his hugely critically-acclaimed debut Edinburgh show.