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The Wildest Thing Tez Ilyas Has Seen At The Football Is Fowl! | Five Brilliant Things

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About this episode

Comedian Tez Ilyas, from Man Like Mobeen (among many other things) has arrived in the studio with his Five Brilliant Things!

You can hear Tez eulogise about his wedding, his nieces and nephews, Istanbul and the joys of a big old wet-ass pudding. Yum.

Tez is currently on tour! He’s doing his latest show ‘Tez Things I Hate About You’ up and down the country and you can find out the dates and book tickets by going to tezilyas.com You can also watch his specials there and, er, also look at some pictures of him.

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0:00 Intro 0:54 Edinburgh Fringe experiences 3:20 Wedding traditions and planning 5:30 Feasts and wedding food 7:42 Consummating after a feast 9:26 Honeymoons and celebration 12:10 Western vs Eastern desserts 18:00 Confectionery and wet desserts 21:46 Football culture and toxicity 29:55 Nieces, nephews, and parenting 36:22 Stand-up comedy career journey 44:46 Istanbul and airport mishaps

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Russell Howard, the YouTube channel of Russell Howard, on 2026-11-03
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54 min
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