My Uncle Napolin

I was watching a documentary the other day about Iran and the culture of Islam etc which aimed to get inside the mind of the country, it went on about its history, the relationship with the British and the invasion of the Russians (and Britain subsequently invaded part of Iran while 'protecting' it).

Then there was some great commentary on the most popular sitcom in Iran 'My Uncle Napoleon', it was written by an Iranian who was critical of extreme Islamic sensibilties. It was about a character who was an old ex-soldier approaching old age (an Iranian soldier) who would go into minor adventures (kind of like one foot in the grave) but the character would look for conspiracies involving the British everywhere and it would end with him going on a nervous breakdown being totally convinced that the British had a hand in from everthing such as his daughters wedding to him going to get his daily shopping. It would end with him shouting about the British and getting dragged away by various people.

I watched a bit of it and it was quite hilarious (with subtitles) he was like an Iranian Basil Fawlty.

Sorry about the spelling of the title, I was fixing it when I hit a key by mistake.

Has anybody ever seen this as I would like to buy a series of it?

In 1979 the book and series were banned in Iran, can still find the book in the UK though.
There is an English translation of the book, can find it in Amazon.

It's banned in Iran? Really because the documentary said it was the most popular sitcom there.

Thanks, I'll have a look for the book.

Apparently so, have just found a wiki article about it here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Uncle_Napoleon
Going to have to order the book myself, anthingthat's banned must be good.

I'm buying the book, that's it. It's supposed to be great.

He's sounds like a fantastic old duffer in the mould of Colonel Blimp and Sir Henry Rawlinson.
Because of diplomatic détente with the US a recent pronouncement by the Ayatollah that Britain is the number evil power has ignited interest in Uncle Napoleon to ridicule their rulers.
Propagating the idea of Britain having any major influence on Iran or the world stage is so ludicrous (except for a senile Mrs Thatcher and UKIP) that the character is even funnier now and their rulers' comments are utterly ridiculous even to the most anti-British person.