Citizen K
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Citizen Khan a huge success in India
Risky BBC comedy Citizen Khan, accused of stereotyping Asians, is proving to be a surprise hit with viewers in India.
The Sun, 7th September 2015Citizen Khan Christmas special review
In the past, Citizen Khan has been accused of being offensive and perpetuating stereotypes. It does perpetuate stereotypes and not particularly pleasant ones either. Misogyny, chauvinism, bitter, deep-rooted ethnic tensions. That being said, it manages pull off the trick of not being offensive. The ham delivery and predictable punchlines of all of these jokes are so crass and juvenile that it's impossible to be insulted. That's an achievement of sorts.
Clare Bowden, On The Box, 14th December 2014Boomers and Citizen Khan get another series
It has been confirmed that BBC One sitcoms Boomers and Citizen Khan will both return for another series, as the BBC outlines its plans for comedy in 2015.
British Comedy Guide, 11th December 2014Citizen Khan wins big at 2014 RTS North West Awards
Citizen Khan has scooped two awards at the 2014 RTS North West Awards, winning "Best Comedy Programme" and "Best Performance In A Comedy" for Adil Ray.
Andrew Dipper, Giggle Beats, 16th November 2014Citizen Khan review - very traditional British sitcom
Watch out for the Khans in the arrivals hall - they're the family who seems to have flown in from a 1970s sitcom.
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian, 31st October 2014Citizen Khan is the worst comedy I've ever seen
There are several ways to watch Citizen Khan. One is to watch as a snob, shaking your head at the feeble attempts at comedy. Another is to take it in bite-size chunks, watching a few minutes here and there, stopping to make tea, to read a chapter of a good book, or to refresh yourself with a YouTube clip of some decent comedy, returning to cringe and endure. Another, being the most drastic but, I suppose, the most effective, is to travel back in time to a 1950s asylum in New England and book yourself in for a particularly brutal lobotomy. I know healthcare in the US is expensive, but it'd be worth going the whole hog with this option. Request the works! Only then, rendered numb and infantile, will Citizen Khan be palatable to you: it won't irritate anymore, it won't aggravate and it won't infuriate. It'll just be some jumbled coloured images on the screen.
Julie McDowall, The Herald, 31st October 2014Citizen Khan, review: 'embarrassing'
If Mrs Brown's Boys has become a lightning rod for critical opprobrium thanks to the all-encompassing nature of its commercial success and creative bankruptcy, Adil Ray's Birmingham-set sitcom has had a marginally easier ride thanks to more palatable characters, but this is nevertheless a grimly retrograde comedy.
Gabriel Tate, The Telegraph, 31st October 2014Brimingham-set Citizen Khan filmed in Salford
While BBC comedy Citizen Khan is set in Birmingham, it has all been filmed in Salford and Greater Manchester for the new series starting on Friday.
Dianne Bourne, Manchester Evening News, 28th October 2014Citizen Khan: why Muslims love Christmas
The sitcom star would like to make it clear that Muslims think it's a wonderful celebration almost on a par with Ramadan - and that Father Christmas is Pakistani.
Adil Ray, The Guardian, 15th December 2013Citizen Khan gets third series
BBC One has today confirmed the commission of a third series of hit multi-ethnic studio sitcom, Citizen Khan
British Comedy Guide, 2nd December 2013