Tez
Ilyas
UTC Management
“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 ★★★★
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About Tez
Ilyas
Tez Ilyas is one of the most celebrated stars in British comedy.
He 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 and third series quickly recommissioned. 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 the following year. 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.
Career highlights include his stand out turn as Eight in cult BBC hit Man Like Mobeen; a Channel 4 comedy Blap Bounty, which became the most watched show in the strand’s 10 year history; as well as his own Channel 4 satirical sketch series, The Tez O’Clock Show, which was met with huge critical acclaim.
Tez’s hotly anticipated debut book The Secret Diary of a British Muslim Aged 13 3/4, a teenage memoir, became a Sunday Times Bestseller, and is currently being adapted for television.
In 2024 Tez announced his brand new nationwide tour, AFTER EIGHT, with several dates selling out and extra shows added due to phenomenal demand.
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Tez Ilyas’s political stand-up is candy floss 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 ★★★★
Radiantly entertaining.
THE TIMES ★★★★
Credits
TV
Live at The Apollo (BBC Two)
The Last Leg (C4)
Mock the Week (BBC Two)
Sorry I Didn’t Know (ITV)
Sunday Brunch (C4)
Celebrity Antiques Roadshow
Comedians Giving Lectures (Dave)
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled (Dave)
Comic Relief’s Big Night In (BBC One)
Live From The BBC (BBC Two)
Steph’s Packed Lunch (C4)
The Last Leg (C4)
Celebrity Supply Teacher
Celebability
The Apprentice: You’re Fired
The Chris Ramsey Show (Comedy Central)
Live from The Comedy Store (Comedy Central)
ACTING
The Lost Drone
Man Like Mobeen
Bounty
The Tez O’Clock Show
BBC Comedy Feeds
Sky Comedy Christmas Shorts
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