What ratings would you predict it'll get?
Citizen Khan - BBC One
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Originally Posted by Hassaan13:
“What ratings would you predict it'll get?”
“What ratings would you predict it'll get?”
Not good in this time slot.
Originally Posted by johnloony:
“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.”
“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.
Originally Posted by quizzimodo:
“Not good in this time slot.”
“Not good in this time slot.”
well, it got 3.4m (20%)... is that good or bad?
K
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1980s audience, so it has the worst of both eras: racial stereotypes and anti-stereotype jokes, and it's still 25 years out-of-date.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.
Why couldn't they just make a modern comedy? Even Sky seem to be able to do that these days.
Originally Posted by KennyT:
“well, it got 3.4m (20%)... is that good or bad?
K”
“well, it got 3.4m (20%)... is that good or bad?
K”
For that timeslot in my opinion, pretty good.
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.
5 out of 10.
Originally Posted by trunkster:
“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.”
“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
Originally Posted by mandoso:
“Get over yourself. This is not a political debate”
“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.
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.
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.
Originally Posted by Gulfam1:
“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.”
“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.
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
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!
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!
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?
One question, if a white man was shocked by an asian priest would that be regarded as racist?
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.
Other than that, average.
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 )
Originally Posted by nickhoare:
“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!”
“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.
Originally Posted by darnall42:
“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 )”
“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/
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! 
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.
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.
Healthy viewing figures for the first episode. It'll be interesting to see whether they hold up. I have my doubts.
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.
Originally Posted by -Sid-:
“ I was expecting/hoping for something more current & fresh, something sharper.
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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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