Da Ali G Show. Ali G (Sacha Baron Cohen)
Da Ali G Show

Da Ali G Show

  • TV sketch show
  • Channel 4
  • 2000
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

Sacha Baron Cohen provides an inimitable mix of global reportage and celebrity chat via his characters Ali G, Borat and Bruno.

Press clippings

Ali G wouldn't get on TV now, says Channel 4 chief

Changes to broadcasting rules mean it has become much tougher to make prank shows such as Ali G and Brass Eye, a Channel 4 executive has said on the eve of a new "mischief making" spoof about human-derived meat.

Alex Farber & Ben Dowell, The Times, 24th July 2023

Is it cos I is racist?

Da Ali G Show, an anti-racist satire, has been slapped with with content warnings about its 'racist' content.

Spiked, 20th May 2021

Da Ali G Show to stream uncut on BritBox with warning

Sacha Baron Cohen's satirical series will be available to BritBox subscribers from Thursday with the warning that episodes contain 'crude humour, including racist terms which may offend, sexual references and strong language'.

Adam Sherwin, i Newspaper, 19th May 2021

Why the 'cringe com' reigns

Whether it's cult films or the mockumentary style perfected by The Office, why do we seek discomfort from our comedies?

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 12th November 2018

Sacha Baron Cohen: All of his best political interviews

As Who Is America? causes controversy, a look back over 20 years of the prankster's greatest political hits.

Jason Bailey, The Independent, 16th July 2018

Ali G vs Trump - and other inspired spoof interviews

Fifteen years ago, when Donald Trump was merely a business tycoon and not the most controversial US president since Nixon, he found himself face to face with Sacha Baron Cohen's cult comedy alter-ego: aspiring UK rapper Ali G. Now that Diane Morgan's Philomena Cunk is currently rekindling the trend for spoof interviews, we look back at one of the best.

Mark Butler, i Newspaper, 4th April 2018

Da Ali G Show facts and figures

Some facts and figures that you may not know.

Telly Binge, 2nd October 2016

Sacha Baron Cohen brings back Ali G at the Oscars

Ali G was as ignorant as ever when he said there should be an Oscar for the 'very hard-working little yellow people.'

Mike Larkin, Daily Mail, 29th February 2016

Sacha Baron Cohen's Ali G to return next month on FXX

New clips of Sacha Baron Cohen as Ali G will screen next month on FXX in the US.

Jack Klompus, Digital Spy, 17th January 2014

Ali G with half naked women in limo for new US TV show

It looks like everything is aiii for investigative journalist Ali G, who has been spotted partying in a swimming pool in the back of a limo, joined by models sporting some truly teeny tiny bikinis. Booyakasha!

Charlie Hodgson, The Mirror, 19th December 2013

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