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I can't believe the BBC showed that tonight. The BBC can expect a fatwa soon. Have they learned nothing from the Danish Cartoons furore? I wonder if they'll take it off Iplayer.
It would be interesting to know if ANYONE actually enjoys this.
i think its funny
nice to see people poke fun at themselves
nice to see people poke fun at themselves
It's an embarrassment of a programme, typical BBC political correctness.
barry is surprised the bbc showed it
slippy finds it typical bbc
seems adil ray is spot on !
slippy finds it typical bbc
seems adil ray is spot on !
Bring back Alf Garnett
see which one gets the most viewers
see which one gets the most viewers
If I went to Pakistan I would be surprised to find a episode of steptoe and son tbh.
well it looks like I should be surprised then does'nt it 
this program is a great example of one obvious problem with the bbc which is that its multicultural agenda is often considered more important than the quality of the content. but because that criticism can often be considered to have racist undertones, which of course it doesn't, it's often ignored.
this show is sh1t. it's painfully unfunny. not only is it childishly unsophisticated, it often seems to forget the punchline. the canned laughter is desperate.
but that's ok. lots of sh1t shows get commissioned. it's not as bad as coming of age which is the worst piece of comedy ever made.
but this show was written by an unknown unestablished nobody. yes he had a run on the radio, but that does not make him a great comic actor or writer.
it's clear he's neither.
this program was commissioned directly into a primetime slot on BBC1.
nearly all new comedy is shown on BBC3 first, the exception being stuff from established writers or - that Ben Elton excrescence (the Wright Way) being a good example. But new comedy from unknown writers NEVER gets commissioned straight to bbc1 let alone a Friday night prime time slot.
I couldn't care less if this was on BBC3 and if ratings and reviews justified it but it should be nowhere near primetime.
this show is sh1t. it's painfully unfunny. not only is it childishly unsophisticated, it often seems to forget the punchline. the canned laughter is desperate.
but that's ok. lots of sh1t shows get commissioned. it's not as bad as coming of age which is the worst piece of comedy ever made.
but this show was written by an unknown unestablished nobody. yes he had a run on the radio, but that does not make him a great comic actor or writer.
it's clear he's neither.
this program was commissioned directly into a primetime slot on BBC1.
nearly all new comedy is shown on BBC3 first, the exception being stuff from established writers or - that Ben Elton excrescence (the Wright Way) being a good example. But new comedy from unknown writers NEVER gets commissioned straight to bbc1 let alone a Friday night prime time slot.
I couldn't care less if this was on BBC3 and if ratings and reviews justified it but it should be nowhere near primetime.
not in this house it wasn't
I suffered one episode of the first series
I suffered one episode of the first series
tbh, One of the best pieces of cinematography I have ever seen.
.... oops sorry, I thought you were talking about Citizen Kane 
Never seen it so just checked out a clip and found it reasonably amusing. 
Father explaining birds and bees to daughter and uses a cricket analogy if that's the right word.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoIgtEQ7kqY
Father explaining birds and bees to daughter and uses a cricket analogy if that's the right word.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoIgtEQ7kqY
nothing wrong with having different cultures and people on tv, but its utter tripe. its stuck in about 1980, just like most other bbc sitcoms of recent years. that wrights way thing was just as bad. whatever happened to good quality sophisticated bbc sitcoms, like gimme gimme gimme.
it was crude boloks although the guy in it was superb in the thin blue line which WAS quality.
defo makes me laff but then you you guys always put down what i like
Do you think it would've been commissioned if it had been written by a caucasian?
I have an idea for a sitcom about some women who are in niqabs all the time. A kind of moslem Birds of a Feather if you will.
But I wonder if the BBC would think it was inappropriate on a number of levels, and that it wasn't for me, a whitey to be writing that sort of thing.
I have an idea for a sitcom about some women who are in niqabs all the time. A kind of moslem Birds of a Feather if you will.
But I wonder if the BBC would think it was inappropriate on a number of levels, and that it wasn't for me, a whitey to be writing that sort of thing.
i dunno, how many white sitcoms are written by non-whites?
how many sitcoms set in liverpool were not written by carla lane??
how many sitcoms set in liverpool were not written by carla lane??
surely citizen khan started life on a program written by two caucasian males .....
did he donny? I didn't know that. I've watched it a couple of times and it's not that bad imo. Trouble is most sitcoms are a duff these days.
just looked it up and its the writers behind Goodness Gracious Me and The Kumars at Number 42, so they've got form at the BBC.
charlie higson and paul whitehouse did "down the line"
It's terrible,but better than another panel game with David Mitchell,or Dora O'Briain.!
Flicking through the channels on Friday i came across this at the point when 2 pakistani muslims and a somalian muslim were in an office in a mosque,When a female pakistani muslim came in with a tea tray and entered into some innuendo with the main caracter which resulted in him falling flat on his face.This could have been a scene from any British sit com from the last 60 years.Total gash.
sorry disagree - skyplus it every week - oys only a sitcom but I enjoy it
Complete rubbish but it makes me laugh. I have a lot of asian mates and it's the sort of stuff they come out with all the time when laughing at themselves and how they are perceived.
Next weeks episode should cause a stir, Nick Griffin has a part in it.
perhaps Griffen is polishing his credentials before announcing his joining ukip
probably the poorest "comedy" I have seen, baffled as to how it gets another series
I agree, BB; and I've seen 'In With The Flynns'
I can't be ve the BBC showed that tonight. Have they learned nothing from the Danish cartoons incident? Expect another fatwa in the morning
I can't be ve the BBC showed that tonight. Have they learned nothing from the Danish cartoons incident? Expect another fatwa in the morning
Got to agree with artie on this one, at least it is an attempt at comedy instead of the boring panel humour that struggles to raise a laugh.
If Jigsaw had me chained up in a room and to be freed I had to watch back to back episodes for 24 hours of Russell Howard's Good News or Citizen Khan (possibly his most vile and evil scenario yet...and he's even removed the saw so you can't even hack yourself to death...) I would watch Citizen Khan.
Just seen the trailer. For the third series it looks like they are trying to turn it into some sort of comedy.
the fact that facts thinks it poo
for that reason
I'm in
Salam mr khan
for that reason
I'm in
Salam mr khan
Why, if it's filmed In front of a live audience, is it broadcast with canned laughter ?
Oct 31, 2014 -- 10:13AM, Facts wrote:
Why, if it's filmed In front of a live audience, is it broadcast with canned laughter ?
The canned laughter department at the BBC is strong and heavily unionised. That is why you find that they provide the laughter to all BBC comedy's.
I await with intrest the hilarious episode where mr khan trys to infiltrate the local schools with extremist muslim teachings,should be a hoot.
The canned laughter is very important. How else is anyone to know when the jokes happen? 
What's your beef Crisp or are you too chicken to say?
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