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Tez Ilyas is one of the most celebrated stars in British comedy.

In 2015 Ilyas achieved phenomenal success with his debut stand up hour TEZ Talks. A sell out run at the Soho Theatre and his own Radio 4 series based on the show followed, with a second series quickly being recommissioned. In 2016 his highly anticipated follow up show Made in Britain went on to sell out every single performance (including extra shows) at the Edinburgh Fringe and gained spectacular critical acclaim, with a smash hit nationwide tour in 2017. His third show Teztify once again delivered a spectacularly powerful, provocative and brilliantly funny hour of topical stand up, delivering to packed out audiences night after night.

Tez has appeared on Live at The Apollo (BBC Two), The Last Leg (C4), Mock the Week (BBC Two), Live From the BBC (BBC Two), The Chris Ramsey Show (Comedy Central), Man Like Mobeen (BBC Three), Live from the Comedy Store (Comedy Central), Kevin Hart’s Live from Montreal (LOL Network), Virtually Famous (E4), The Now Show (BBC Radio 4), Roast Battle (Comedy Central), The Rob Rinder Verdict (C4) and The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice (C4), Celebrity Supply Teacher (CBBC).

Tez’ Channel 4 comedy Blap Bounty is the most watched show in the strand’s 10 year history. In 2019 he fronted his own Channel 4 satirical sketch series The Tez O’Clock Show to huge critical acclaim.

In 2020, Tez released his first stand up comedy special, Teztify, recorded live at the Southbank Centre, playing out exclusively on Youtube. 

In 2021, Tez Ilyas will embark on his brand new nationwide tour show Populist. 

Tez’ hotly anticipated debut novel The Secret Diary of a British Muslim Aged 13 3/4, a teenage memoir, will be released on April 8th 2021. 

★★★★

‘Tez Ilyas’s political stand-up is candyfloss with a razorblade inside: sweet and familiar at first, then shockingly, painfully sharp. It’s the kind of manoeuvre that takes serious talent to pull off.’

The Telegraph
★★★★

‘Ilyas has a slickness more reminiscent of US comics, and the gags to back it up, though his most prized asset could yet be his bold, subversive streak’

The Guardian
★★★★

‘Radiantly entertaining.’

The Times

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Tez Ilyas The Fast and the fool
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Pakistani Broadcasting Corporation on Boris Johnson
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Tez Ilyas Hesitates To Defend Taxi Driver | Comedy Central Live
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Made In Britain | Tez Ilyas | TEDxManchester
Bounty | Comedy Blaps
Tez Ilyas The Fast and the fool
The Go Home Office
Pakistani Broadcasting Corporation on Boris Johnson
Tez Ilyas Hesitates To Defend Taxi Driver | Comedy Central Live
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Tez is exclusively represented by:

MANAGEMENT
Geli@utcgroup.co.uk
Polly@utcgroup.co.uk

ACTING 
Ray Bohm
Ray@utcgroup.co.uk

PRESS / Neil Reading PR
neil@neilreadingpr.com

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