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 5, Episode 5 - Alia's University

Citizen Khan. Image shows from L to R: Mrs Khan (Shobu Kapoor), Mr Khan (Adil Ray). Copyright: BBC
When the car breaks down, Mr Khan is forced to improvise alternative travel arrangements, which gives the family all plenty of time to reminisce about Alia's early years.

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Further details

Mr Khan has to drop his daughter Alia off for her first day at university - in Scotland. Mrs Khan wants the whole family to come, so Mr Khan has to find a way to get the whole lot of them from Sparkhill to Glasgow. When the car breaks down, he is forced to improvise alternative travel arrangements, which gives them all plenty of time to reminisce about Alia's early years.

Notes

This episode is part clip-show.

Broadcast details

Date
Friday 9th December 2016
Time
8:30pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Monday 12th December 2016 12:10am BBC1
Monday 12th December 2016 1:10am BBC1 Scot
Sunday 22nd July 2018 9:40pm Gold
Wednesday 29th August 2018 9:20pm Gold
Sunday 29th September 2019 7:40pm Gold
Saturday 9th May 2020 10:20am Gold
Sunday 17th May 2020 7:55am Gold
Sunday 21st June 2020 8:10am Gold
Monday 22nd June 2020 7:10am Gold
Saturday 13th November 2021 8:00am Gold
Sunday 14th November 2021 7:40am Gold
Saturday 26th March 2022 7:50am Gold
Sunday 27th March 2022 7:00am Gold
Saturday 25th June 2022 8:20am Gold
Sunday 26th June 2022 7:40am Gold
Saturday 11th March 2023 8:20am Gold
Sunday 30th April 2023 9:50am Gold
Monday 1st May 2023 8:40am Gold
Saturday 17th June 2023 10:20am Gold
Sunday 18th June 2023 8:20am Gold
Saturday 16th March 2024 10:20am Gold
Sunday 17th March 2024 7:35am Gold

Cast & crew

Cast
Adil Ray Mr Khan
Shobu Kapoor Mrs Khan
Bhavna Limbachia Alia
Krupa Pattani Shazia
Abdullah Afzal Amjad
Adlyn Ross Naani
Guest cast
Gordon Cooper Colin
Writing team
Anil Gupta Writer
Richard Pinto Writer
Adil Ray Writer
Production team
Nick Wood Director
Anil Gupta Producer
Rebecca Papworth Executive Producer
Richard Pinto Co-producer
Adil Ray Co-producer
Richard Halladay (as Richard Halladey) Editor
Jonathan Paul Green Production Designer
Jo Buckingham Casting Director
Chris Goodger Director of Photography
Karen Hobbs Costume Designer
Tori Robinson Make-up Designer
Julia Smith Lighting Designer
Kam Frantic Composer
Anil Gupta Developer
Richard Pinto Developer
Adil Ray Developer

Video

Mr Khan tries hitchhiking

Mr Khan has some car trouble taking Alia to university and tries to hitch a ride with a lorry driver.

Featuring: Adil Ray (Mr Khan) & Gordon Cooper (Colin).

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