The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
Meera Syal is Liz Shannon
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A New Labour MP who is part of the huge waves of defections to the Purple Alliance in the lead-up to the general election.
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Liz has been in politics for years and helps Dorothy Crowther find her political feet. But is her allegiance to the Purple Alliance anything other than opportunism on her part?
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Meera Syal – Biography
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Meera Syal became a household name as one of the stars of spoof 91Èȱ¬ chatshow, The Kumars at No 42.
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A best-selling author, Meera adapted and starred in two of her own novels for the 91Èȱ¬, Anita and Me and Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee.
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She had her big break with 1991 as a writer and performer on sketch show The Real McCoy.
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Seven years later she wrote and starred in another sketch show, the award-winning Goodness Gracious Me, alongside her future husband (and Kumars collaborator) Sanjeev Bhaskar.
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Meera has appeared in a wide range of TV dramas, including Band of Gold; MIT: Murder Investigation Team; Linda Green; and Fat Friends; as well as comedies All About Me; Keeping Mum; and Absolutely Fabulous.
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She also starred in the title role of the factual-based drama, The Secretary Who Stole £4m.
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Meera wrote the screenplay for the film Bhaji on the Beach; co-wrote 91Èȱ¬ drama My Sister Wife; and penned a West End musical with Andrew Lloyd Webber, Bombay Dreams, based on her book of the same name.
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Meera made an unlikely appearance on Top of the Pops when the Kumars had a number one single, Spirit in the Sky, released with Gareth Gates for Comic Relief.
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She was awarded an MBE in 1997.
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