amirx-08113 I saw a few episodes over the last few weeks, hoping that the show would get better, but I have just seen the first episode of season 4 and have to admit...it's absolute tripe. I can't imagine how anyone would find this funny.I can't relate to any of the characters or any of the story lines. It seems that the writers have one or two potential gags and are trying to stretch them out over a whole episode. The build up to each joke is slow and arduous and you can see punchline coming a mile away.I finally give up! I won't be watching any more of these episodes. I can't believe that the BBC are actually funding this as it doesn't do anything to portray the reality of British Pakistanis.

Elliotb-butler18 Citizen Khan is one of the best and brilliant comedies the BBC come up with. Along with not going out and other such BBC comedies Citizen Khan is a brilliant new comedy show. The people who rate this show 1 star are the type of people who have no sense of humour what so ever and hate all comedy shows when everybody else loves them as they are brilliant. I myself are from Birmingham so i love the fact that for once there is a comedy show set in Birmingham as i can relate to it, rather than being set in London (Although they are still brilliant) i can relate myself to this show. I hope there are many series to come of this magnificent comedy gold and i will not miss a second.Brilliant comedy gold.

lemonandgoatpie Citizen Khan is so awful it angers me so i felt i had to write something; Its so insulting. Even as an Englishman i can understand how people from Muslim countries - who take morality seriously - would be intensely offended by this Bile.From story lines where the slutty teenage daughter dresses up like a prostitute to go clubbing and has to hide it from her parents, to bulk buying lightbulbs to make an irrelevant saving.. Its all just attacking their religion and way of life, and creating division within the families who follow this religion in the UK.It is shameful, truly shameful.I have no idea why such a respected establishment as the BBC appears to be trying to belittle the Muslim faith. But it certainly seems the case.. They knew the show wouldn't be a success which is why they needed a laugh track, so i struggle to think of any other reason they would continue to produce such tosh other than in an attempt to provoke anger in the Middle East, in timing with all the other media attacks recently.It is truly a mind-boggling situation.As an Englishman i am embarrassed by it, and i can only apologise as a member of the public for not doing my part to make it clear to the BBC that this is not acceptable.

Mouth Box Whether you are a Muslim or a Christian, a Jew or a Jedi, Citizen Khan is not funny. Let's go further. Citizen Khan is the opposite of funny. After watching it I actually felt angry. It ruined my evening. I was insulted by it. It made me unhappy and depressed that a public service broadcaster like the BBC would consider commissioning anything that so utterly insults the intelligence of its license paying viewing public. The people who wrote and produced this series know nothing of comedy. Even in the 1970′s this show would have been lucky to make it onto the air.If you were lucky enough to miss the first few episodes, the BBC's first Pakistani-Muslim comedy came much hyped, and with high hopes. We thought maybe that the racial stereotyping the show called for might somehow be delivered in a post-modern or witty style – that the series might unexpectedly break new ground. But it doesn't. Far from it. Citizen Khan sets television comedy back 30 years, Maybe more. In the first episode there were actually mother-in-law jokes – that most hated of gag, dubbed un-transmittable as far back as the early eighties and, we thought, laid to rest forever along with the remains of Bernard Manning.Mr Khan (played by Adil Ray, who also wrote the show) is mean, a bit dodgy and unfunny. Mrs Khan is house-proud, obsessed with status and unfunny. The two Khan daughters are moody, bored, caught between two cultures and unfunny. Even the "English" Muslim Dave – played by brilliantly funny actor Kris Marshall, is not funny. Not this time. If his career survives Citizen Khan it will be a minor miracle. Most astonishing of all, the Pakistani-Muslim cast seem to be struggling to deliver convincing or consistent Pakistani-Muslim accents. They all sound like actor Michael Bates playing Bearer Rangi Ram in "It Ain't Half Hot Mum." There's something called the comedy corridor at the BBC. This holy place has created some of the finest television and radio sitcoms of all time. There are now clearly a number of people working in that corridor who should this week be clearing out their desks and taking up new careers as mini-cab drivers.For daily TV reviews visit Mouthbox.co.uk.