Abdullah Afzal

Comedians run London marathon - results

A number of comedians have run the London Marathon today. Helen Duff was fastest with 3:47:25.

Muslim comedy show is touring the UK

Muslims are rarely given mainstream spaces to speak about their experiences, much less make a joke out of it. But a comedy show, led by charity 'Penny Appeal' is changing that. Introducing esteemed and up and coming artists, the Super Muslim Comedy show is touring the UK with a number of talented acts from home and away.

Make 'em laugh: Manchester's comedy greats remembered

The performers who put the city on the map for comedy and entertainment from the 1950s to the present day.

Abdullah Afzal spills the beans on the wedding episode

The Manchester actor is getting married next year too so he can sympathise with Amjad and Shazia.

BBC Asian Network announces comedy night

On Friday 7 February in London, the station's Breakfast show presenter, Tommy Sandhu hosts an exciting line-up of performers including home-grown rising stars like Abdullah Afzal (Citizen Khan) who makes his stand-up debut; the master of "twerking" Mawaan Rizwan; BBC New Comedy finalist Tez Ilyas, impressionist Anil Desai and critically acclaimed Romesh Ranganathan.

The young, feckless admin team who work in the post room of a firm of lawyers is the setting for a not particularly original new comedy series. Revelling in the mundane and the useless seems to be the staple of comedy shows these days. Nevertheless Lunch Monkeys does have its moments. These mainly involve new girl Shelley (Rachel Rae), libidinous solicitor Charlie (Steve John Shepherd) and the dim-witted Asif (Abdullah Afzal). Nigel Havers stars as a partner but looks rather out of place. In this first episode, Kenny (Christian Foster) tries to ask Tania (Jessica Hall) out on a date.