Asylum Speaker

This honest & thoughtful show launched Shappi up several notches on the standup comedy scene, and was the springboard for her critically acclaimed book, “A Beginner’s Guide To Acting English”.

Melbourne Gala 2007

Carry On Shappi

Shappi gave birth to her son, two weeks after this show finished it’s Edinburgh run, therefore she can be forgiven for forgetting what on earth it was about – but she thoroughly enjoyed being a massively pregnant woman telling jokes for a month. Thankyou to all audience members who brought hot towels with them to the show.

The Distracted Activist

This was Shappi’s first show back after having a baby, so she can’t quite remember what it was about, but people seemed to like it.

Live At The Apollo 2008

My Teenage Diary Series 1 Ep 3

1 – Racism

Iranian comedian Shappi Khorsandi was brought to this country as a child and grew up in a very unusual and un British family.

Her father was one of Iran’s top satirists and the family were forced to leave their home country as her father was termed a political dissident. As she grew up, it became apparent that the Khorsandi household was a little different from some of the families that Shappi had been friends with.

Shappi Talk takes this alternative background for Shappi to host a four part comedy series where she takes four elements of this upbringing to hilariously reveal what it was like growing up in a non-British family.

Joining Shappi will be comedian Felix Dexter who was born in St Kitts and moved to the UK as a child and each week Shappi also chats to another guest ‘on location’ and this time she’s joined by Meera Syal.

There’ll also be a song from comedian Hils Barker.

Producer: Paul Russell
An Open Mike Production for BBC Radio 4.

2 – Unconventional Parents

3 – Religion