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Old 28-08-2012, 09:06
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What ratings would you predict it'll get?
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Old 28-08-2012, 09:22
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What ratings would you predict it'll get?

Not good in this time slot.
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Old 28-08-2012, 09:36
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The trailer was horrendously off-putting, but I decided to watch the first episode in the expectation that it would have to be better than the trailer. It was worse. It was worse then the dross of the 1970s. The studio audience sounded as if they were forcing themselves to make laughing noises, just to avoid embarrassing the cast with deathly silence.

Why?
Everyone knows they put the very best bits in the trailers.
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Old 28-08-2012, 10:14
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A Pakistani poor mans Mrs Browns Boys!
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Old 28-08-2012, 10:29
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i see a hate campaign has already started brewing on the Facebook page.
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Old 28-08-2012, 10:35
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Not good in this time slot.
well, it got 3.4m (20%)... is that good or bad?

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Old 28-08-2012, 11:16
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Very odd. It's like they've tried to update a 1970s ITV sitcom for a 1980s audience, so it has the worst of both eras: racial stereotypes and anti-stereotype jokes, and it's still 25 years out-of-date.

Why couldn't they just make a modern comedy? Even Sky seem to be able to do that these days.
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Old 28-08-2012, 11:21
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well, it got 3.4m (20%)... is that good or bad?

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For that timeslot in my opinion, pretty good.
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Old 28-08-2012, 11:33
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I thought is was OK, a few funny lines, and his character is an amalgum of every male sit-com lead since Hancock, a bit of Rigsby, some Fawlty , a tad of Arkwright, and even a smidgeon of Michael Bates from It Ain't Half Hot Mum.

5 out of 10.
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Old 28-08-2012, 11:34
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Oh yes they will, it's probably written by a leftie Guardian reader. It's unfunny because it's trying so hard to be PC and inoffensive. Cringeworthy PC garbage of the highest order.
Get over yourself. This is not a political debate
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Old 28-08-2012, 11:38
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Get over yourself. This is not a political debate
Who mentioned politics? It's a social agenda/issue. I think you need to get over yourself.
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Old 28-08-2012, 11:45
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I wouldn't say that they are being safe and trying to keep things PC I thought that the sitcom was rascist. They can't for the life of them come up with a sitcom based on a Pakistani family without resorting to stereotypes and OTT accents.

Apparently the writers and Adil Ray took inspiration from East is East adopting the same manner of speaking when I know for a fact that British Pakistani men don't speak like that. If anything it reinforces sterotypes and makes for cringeworthy TV. Also the wife spoke perfect English unlike her husbands accent there were parts that just didnt make sense.
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Old 28-08-2012, 11:53
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I wouldn't say that they are being safe and trying to keep things PC I thought that the sitcom was rascist. They can't for the life of them come up with a sitcom based on a Pakistani family without resorting to stereotypes and OTT accents.

Apparently the writers and Adil Ray took inspiration from East is East adopting the same manner of speaking when I know for a fact that British Pakistani men don't speak like that. If anything it reinforces sterotypes and makes for cringeworthy TV. Also the wife spoke perfect English unlike her husbands accent there were parts that just didnt make sense.
The accents didn't detract from the lack of comedy one bit. You know for a fact British Pakistani don't talk like that? Really? I suggest you come to Luton then.
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Old 28-08-2012, 12:12
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Was hoping for something along the lines of "The Kumar's at Number 42" ... it was definitely not that - awful is all I can say
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Old 28-08-2012, 13:07
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We quite liked it. Some laugh out loud jokes. Does have the feel of a seventies sitcom about it and I can see it not appealing to younger viewers. I don't like Mrs Browns Boys.

It does play on stereotypes. Very interested to see what the Pakistani community make of it. Young girl in hijab wearing make-up, acting pious and then sneaking out with long hair down, dressed for a night on the town!
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Old 28-08-2012, 13:24
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What a pile of crap that was, watched the first 10 minutes and that's all I could stand

One question, if a white man was shocked by an asian priest would that be regarded as racist?
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Old 28-08-2012, 13:27
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Funniest bit was the teenage girl dossing around reading Mizz magazine, then whacking on a hijab and rocking in front of a Koran just before the Dad entered the room.

Other than that, average.
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Old 28-08-2012, 13:57
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mr khan was a decent enough character on the radio series down the line,and it's tv version bellamys people,but this show stunk (rather like the fast show sitcom spin offs )
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Old 28-08-2012, 14:10
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We quite liked it. Some laugh out loud jokes. Does have the feel of a seventies sitcom about it and I can see it not appealing to younger viewers. I don't like Mrs Browns Boys.

It does play on stereotypes. Very interested to see what the Pakistani community make of it. Young girl in hijab wearing make-up, acting pious and then sneaking out with long hair down, dressed for a night on the town!
They did the same kind of "shock" joke in The Thin Blue Line - the young girl (Constable Habib's sister) dressed conservatively who then speaks with a Lancashire accent saying she's going out raving.
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Old 28-08-2012, 14:16
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mr khan was a decent enough character on the radio series down the line,and it's tv version bellamys people,but this show stunk (rather like the fast show sitcom spin offs )
Grass was rather excellent I thought as was the Ted and Ralph feature.

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http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/citizen_khan/press/
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Old 28-08-2012, 14:22
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Nice to see Kris Marshall back on UK tv screens. Guess his time over in the States doing US sitcoms wasn't all that successful!
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Old 28-08-2012, 14:43
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It was quite a good script, but in the end it was a turn off because the bloke just shouted continually. He's the comic Asian they have as a sideshow at the Conservative Party Conference, should please a proportion of the people here.
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Old 28-08-2012, 14:46
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Wanted to love it 'cos Adil Ray comes across as a really nice guy on Twitter (and he desperately wanted it to be a resounding success) but Citizen Khan was too clichéd and dated. We've seen it all before. I was expecting/hoping for something more current & fresh, something sharper.

Healthy viewing figures for the first episode. It'll be interesting to see whether they hold up. I have my doubts.
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Old 28-08-2012, 14:56
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a lot of ppl slating the show. I guess ppl who are non asian (desi as we say) would find it hard to follow and understand the humour, especially those who live in a bubble and their only contact of brown ppl is the staff at the local indian restaurant (over 80% are actually from Bangladesh) and maybe a mini cab driver whose cab they've been in on a friday/saturday night. Anyway, back to topic, I thought it was bloody halirous. Did have a east is east twist to it. A lot of 2nd/3rd generation british asians can relate to it. Like the way the dad favours one daughter who is pulling the wool over his eyes. Luckily there are about 3 million + asians in the UK who would give it a thumbs up. I think those are the target audience the show was developed for. A bit unsure about Amjad's accent. Couldn't figure out why he was talking like that. I think his character was supposed to show that he was a new/recent immigrant (aka freshie) to the country. As for the guy who plays Amjad, he is actually a british asian/muslim guy. Going by his real life name anyway.
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Old 28-08-2012, 14:58
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I was expecting/hoping for something more current & fresh, something sharper.

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The mother did mention something about her mate unfriending her on facebook or something because of the shame.
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