Omid Djalili
- 58 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
Press clippings Page 10
Going Forward: Jo Brand shines but sitcom needs nursing
This was another comedy about broken Britain, but focusing not on those who toil inside a knackered state institution but the wider social fabric, privatised to buggery but somehow doddering on. Homelier and gentler and patchier than Getting On, it somehow lacks its asperity but also its poetry.
Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 19th May 2016Omid Djalili interview
Provocative and funny, Iranian comedian Omid Djalili has a larger than life personality and an act to match. Just don't expect a straight answer from him.
Angela Cole, Kent News, 27th March 2016Review: Omid Djalili
Certainly, it's rare to see such an established, even mainstream, comic as Omid Djalili be so deliberately politically incorrect with racial and national stereotypes; risk-taking with disability material; unorthodox with stand-up's seemingly default atheism, even taking a pop at its high priest, Tim Minchin.
Jay Richardson, The Scotsman, 21st March 2016Review: Omid Djalili
As promised in his recent interview for TV Bomb, Djalili uses this Glasgow International Comedy Festival show to reflect upon many of the 21st century problems that one faces in contemporary society. His set covers just about every geographical area of the world; from jokes about Donald Trump and the US presidency, to doing gigs abroad in Malta and Qatar, and even discussing the recent benefit changes outlined in last week's budget. The highly current issue of ISIS and Syria features heavily in the night. Whilst discussing these often bleak facts, Omid is truthful, yet manages to find comedy in these dark areas without laughing at the expense of those who have suffered. A rather impressive feat.
Joe Gardner, TV Bomb, 21st March 2016Interview: Omid Djalili
Glasgow International Comedy Festival is now well under way, but if you haven't had chance to catch anything yet, there's plenty still to come. Like Omid Djalili, for instance, who plays the King's Theatre on Saturday. Joe Gardner grabbed a word with the country's favourite British Iranian...
Joe Gardner, TV Bomb, 16th March 2016BBC Four orders Getting On spin-off Going Forward
BBC Four has commissioned Going Forward, a new sitcom spin-off from Getting On, starring Jo Brand as nurse Kim Wilde.
British Comedy Guide, 9th March 2016This week's best new comedy
Previews of Dane Baptiste, Russell Howard and Omid Djalili.
James Kettle, The Guardian, 26th February 2016Omid Djalili interview
Omid Djalili on cats, comedy critics and being Kanye's caterer.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 10th February 2016Omid Djalili interview
He's executive-produced a documentary about the Iraq War - so what's made the comedian start taking things seriously?
Huw Fullerton, Radio Times, 21st May 2015Omid Djalili on Mel Smith
It was Mel Smith who was to have the most impact on me. The fact that he was overweight and balding, but with the audacity to wear his remaining hair long, made him an undisputed people's champion.
Omid Djalili, The Guardian, 18th March 2015