Citizen Khan. Image shows from L to R: Mr Khan (Adil Ray), Mrs Khan (Shobu Kapoor). Copyright: BBC
Citizen Khan

Citizen Khan

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 2012 - 2016
  • 34 episodes (5 series)

Sitcom focusing on Mr Khan - self appointed community leader and future President of the Sparkhill Pakistani Business Association. Stars Adil Ray, Shobu Kapoor, Bhavna Limbachia, Maya Sondhi, Krupa Pattani and more.

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Series 2 - Christmas Special

Mrs Khan is determined to hold a traditional 'family Christmas' - their first ever. Mr Khan is far more concerned with how much he can donate for sale at the mosque's charity Christmas fayre.

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Further details

Citizen Khan. Mr Khan (Adil Ray). Copyright: BBC

It's Christmas Eve and Mrs Khan has decided to have a traditional family Christmas, their first one ever. Mr Khan is very 'bah-humbug' about the whole thing; he thinks Christmas is just an excuse for people to get ripped off and he believes the Khans have the perfect reason not to celebrate it - they're Muslim!

Mr Khan is collecting the family's 'unwanted' items for the Mosque charity collection - the biggest donor will be named 'Muslim of the Month'. Nevertheless, Mrs Khan sends him off to buy a tree and some decorations while she and the rest of the family set about trying to prepare to stuff their first Christmas turkey.

Mr Khan arrives at the Mosque only to find that it's closed for Christmas! Much to Mr Khan's bemusement the Mosque committee is holding a Christmas Fayre in the Community Centre next door.

Things take a turn for the worse when he realises he's accidentally dumped Mrs Khan's favourite family heirloom in the charity collection. Mr Khan has to go to extraordinary lengths to try and get it back and also bag the very last Christmas tree in Sparkhill.

But will he get back home in time and in one piece, to make this a Khan Christmas to remember?

Broadcast details

Date
Friday 20th December 2013
Time
8:30pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Monday 23rd December 2013 11:35pm BBC1
Tuesday 24th December 2013 12:05am BBC1 Wales
Tuesday 24th December 2013 12:35am BBC1 Scot
Saturday 2nd December 2017 2:40pm Gold
Tuesday 4th December 2018 9:20pm Gold
Wednesday 5th December 2018 1:30am Gold
Saturday 8th December 2018 6:20pm Gold
Sunday 9th December 2018 12:40pm Gold
Tuesday 11th December 2018 8:50pm Gold
Monday 17th December 2018 9:20pm Gold
Saturday 7th December 2019 7:25am Gold
Wednesday 11th December 2019 12:30am Gold
Sunday 6th December 2020 9:30am Gold
Monday 7th December 2020 8:00am Gold
Tuesday 8th December 2020 12:55am Gold
Monday 14th December 2020 8:55am Gold
Monday 21st December 2020 8:45am Gold
Saturday 11th December 2021 7:45am Gold
Saturday 18th December 2021 10:15am Gold
Sunday 19th December 2021 8:15am Gold
Friday 24th December 2021 7:10am Gold
Tuesday 13th December 2022 8:40am Gold
Sunday 18th December 2022 9:55am Gold
Sunday 25th December 2022 8:00am Gold
Monday 26th December 2022 2:25am Gold
Tuesday 5th December 2023 1:35pm Gold

Cast & crew

Cast
Adil Ray Mr Khan
Shobu Kapoor Mrs Khan
Bhavna Limbachia Alia
Maya Sondhi Shazia
Abdullah Afzal Amjad
Harvey Virdi Mrs Malik
Adlyn Ross Naani
Matthew Cottle Dave
Nish Nathwani Riaz
Phil Nice Keith
Felix Dexter Omar
Guest cast
Neil Edmond Reverend Green
Delroy Brown Xmas Tree Customer
Iziah Williams Bradley
Adam Fray Xmas Tree Vendor
Writing team
Anil Gupta Writer
Richard Pinto Writer
Adil Ray Writer
Production team
Ben Gosling Fuller Director
Anil Gupta Producer
Catherine Gosling Fuller Producer
Mark Freeland Executive Producer
Paul Schlesinger Associate Producer
Richard Pinto Co-producer
Adil Ray Co-producer
Jake Bernard Editor
Richard Halladay (as Richard Halladey) Editor
Jonathan Paul Green Production Designer
Keith Slote Production Designer
Janet Hampson Casting Director
Kam Frantic Composer
Anil Gupta Developer
Richard Pinto Developer

Video

Christmas in Somalia

Omar lets Mr Khan in on Somalia's unique Christmas traditions.

Featuring: Adil Ray (Mr Khan), Matthew Cottle (Dave), Felix Dexter (Omar) & Nish Nathwani (Riaz).

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