TWO FOR TUESDAY NEWS DAY - "CITIZEN KHAN"

From Wikipedia:
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Citizen Khan' is a family-based British sitcom produced by the BBC and created by Adil Ray now in its fourth series. It is set in Sparkhill, East Birmingham, described by its lead character, a Pakistani Muslim Mr. Khan (Adil Ray), as "the capital of British Pakistan". 

'Citizen Khan' follows the trials and tribulations of Mr. Khan, a loud-mouthed, patriarchal, self-appointed, cricket-loving community leader, and his long suffering wife (played by Shobu Kapoor) and daughters Shazia (Maya Sondhi 2012–2014, Krupa Pattani 2015–) and Alia (Bhavna Limbachia). 

The first name of Mrs. Khan is Razia; however, Mr. Khan's first name is never revealed.

I've never seen the show; but I'd like to give it a test run for a few episodes

TUESDAY NEWS DAY
(TWO FOR TUESDAY)
PART ONE

For the fifth season of 'Citizen Khan', there will be several members of the League of Themselves appearing in the Britcom. 

In the season premiere alone there will be cricketers Moeen Ali and Matthew Vaughan (the former captain of the England team) and Jonathan Agnew of the sports show 'Test Match Special'. So this will probably create a Toobworld version of that show. 

But probably the biggest draw for the English audience will be seeing Mr. Khan meeting Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London. 

This series opener sees Mr Khan having to bare all after forgetting his wedding anniversary, which includes a chance meeting with Mayor Khan.

Another League of Themselves member to show up later in the season will be Baroness Warsi, a member of the House of Lords. (She'll be showing up at "a Muslim fun day at the Mosque".)

Other guest stars include Harry Enfield, Niky Wardley, Ricky Grover, and Lynda Baron. But I think they'll be playing other characters rather than themselves. 

BCnU!

TUESDAY NEWS DAY
(TWO FOR TUESDAY)
PART TWO

It looks like the British sitcom 'Citizen Khan', about a Pakistani family in Birmingham, will be staging "a 'Peaky Blinders' tribute on the streets of Birmingham". 

If it's a reference to the TV show, it could be a Zonk. (Of course, the standard splainin for Zonks about "historical" shows ('Downton Abbey', 'Gunsmoke', 'Combat!', etc.) is that the references are about a show based on a true story.)

Perhaps that might be the way they'll go - the tribute will be to the "actual" family of ne'er-do-wells from the 1920s. Doubtful, but who knows?

BCnU!