Laura Smyth: Your Mum
- Radio stand-up
- BBC Radio 4
- 2025
- 6 episodes (1 series)
Stand-up series in which Laura Smyth and guests share anecdotes about motherhood.
- Starts on 25th June on Radio 4 at 6:30pm with Episode 1
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Series 1, Episode 6 - Jo Brand and Eshaan Akbar
Jo Brand tells us how her mum sweet-talked her way into Libya, renounced Catholicism as a teenager and stopped at nothing to stand up for what she believed in. Eshaan Akbar explains how his mum invented UberEATS, used him as a human shield against the Bangladesh Army, and how he has coped with tragically losing such an incredible character.
Broadcast details
Note: This episode has not yet been broadcast. Details are liable to change.
- Date
- Wednesday 30th July 2025
- Time
- 6:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Laura Smyth | Host / Presenter |
| Jo Brand | Guest |
| Eshaan Akbar | Guest |
| Sasha Bobak | Producer |
| Pete Strauss | Executive Producer |