Citizen Khan
Family-based sitcom set in the capital of British Pakistan - Sparkhill, Birmingham. Citizen Khan follows the trials and tribulations of loud-mouthed, tight-fisted, self-appointed community leader Mr Khan and his long suffering family, wife Mrs Khan and daughters Shazia and Alia.
Seasons
1. Wedding Venue
Air Date: 2012-08-27
The Khan family are preparing for Shazia's wedding - has Mr Khan booked the mosque?
2. Naani's Shopping Trip
Air Date: 2012-09-03
Mr Khan's plan to attend the Sparkhill Business Association goes awry.
3. Family Holiday
Air Date: 2012-09-10
Mr Khan is reluctant to dip into the rainy day fund to finance a holiday.
4. Amjad's Promotion
Air Date: 2012-09-17
Mr Khan is determined to be the impresario behind the new call to prayer at the mosque.
5. The Cricket Match
Air Date: 2012-09-24
Mrs Khan require calm for a prayer meeting but Mr Khan's plans may cause problems.
6. The Khan's Anniversary
Air Date: 2012-10-01
When Mrs Khan suggests inviting the Parvez family to the wedding, Mr Khan has a dilemma.
1. Alia's College
Air Date: 2013-10-04
Mr Khan's day off from being a 'busy' leader is interrupted when Alia fails her exams.
2. Naani's Day Out
Air Date: 2013-10-11
Mr Khan's plans to join the committee are threatened by the arrival of his mother-in-law.
3. Amjad's Health Check
Air Date: 2013-10-18
Mr Khan wants to go to the mosque to meet the local MP.
4. Fasting
Air Date: 2013-10-25
The imam at the mosque calls a special fast and Mr Khan uses it to compete with Dave.
5. Shazia's Gym Visit
Air Date: 2013-11-01
Shazia and Amjad are going up in the world; they have got a trial day at an exclusive gym.
6. The Makeover
Air Date: 2013-11-08
Mrs Khan has a makeover and Mr Khan wants a starring role in a video Dave is making.
7. A Khan Christmas
Air Date: 2013-12-20
On Christmas Eve, Mrs. Khan decides to have a traditional family Christmas, their first one ever. Mr. Khan is not supportive; he thinks Christmas is just an excuse for the people to get ripped off and he believes Khans has the perfect reason not to celebrate it as they are Muslims.
1. Naani's Return
Air Date: 2014-10-31
Mr Khan is over-the-moon when he learns that his mother-in-law wants to move into a home.
2. The In-Laws
Air Date: 2014-11-07
With Shazia and Amjad's wedding fast approaching, the Khans invite the Maliks to dinner.
3. Aunty Noor
Air Date: 2014-11-21
Mrs Khan takes on more shifts at the supermarket, leaving Mr Khan in charge of the house.
4. Farmer Khan
Air Date: 2014-11-28
Mr Khan discovers that Prince Charles might be dropping in to the city farm.
5. Stags and Hens
Air Date: 2014-12-05
Mr Khan reluctantly agrees to organise Amjad's stag, while Shazia goes on her hen do.
6. The Wedding
Air Date: 2014-12-12
Shazia and Amjad's wedding day has arrived, but all is not well in the Khan household.
7. A Khan Family Christmas
Air Date: 2014-12-19
A frantic chain of events is set in motion as the Khans prepare for Christmas.
1. Farley Manor
Air Date: 2015-10-30
Mr Khan gets into a state at a stately home, when Naani takes the law into her own hands.
2. Family Photo
Air Date: 2015-11-06
Mr Khan bites off more than he can chew when he takes on a new role as a lollipop man, and a family photo opportunity causes friction between sisters Alia and Shazia.
3. Local Hero
Air Date: 2015-11-20
Mr Khan tries to win a Pride of Birmingham award, which leads to an altercation.
4. Chicken Shop
Air Date: 2015-11-27
Mr Khan decides to invest his and Mrs Khan's pension money in a fried chicken franchise.
5. Mystic Mo
Air Date: 2015-12-04
While teaching Baby Mo to play cricket, Mr Khan discovers his grandson might be psychic.
6. Alia's Boyfriend
Air Date: 2015-12-11
Mr Khan enters the Great Sparkhill Bake Off. Meanwhile, Alia gets a boyfriend.
7. Mr Khan's Christmas Wonderland
Air Date: 2015-12-18
At the Winter Wonderland, Mr Khan finds himself re-creating an iconic festive scene.
1. Cricket
Air Date: 2016-11-04
Having been made to sleep in the car by Mrs Khan after forgetting their wedding anniversary, Mr Khan is on a mission to make amends. But his boast to Dave that he knows local boy Moeen Ali backfires when Amjad suggests he could get the famous England all-rounder to make a celebrity appearance at the fundraiser that Mrs Khan and Shazia are helping organise. Mr Khan has no option but to get to the cricket match to find Moeen and do whatever it takes.
2. Bullies
Air Date: 2016-11-11
Mr Khan buys a drone camera to keep an eye on the local neighbourhood and finds out that his grandson Mo is being bullied at nursery. However, when he decides to take Amjad in hand and teach him how to be a better dad, he gets a lot more than he bargained for during a trip to the local pool and later when re-enacting a scene from gangster drama Peaky Blinders. Meanwhile, Shazia and Amjad are getting ready to go on their first family holiday together, except Mrs Khan thinks she's going along too.
3. Funeral
Air Date: 2016-11-25
Tragedy strikes the Khan household, as Amjad's bewigged father, Mr Malik, is knocked down and killed by the number 37 bus. The real tragedy for Mr Khan is that the grief-stricken Mrs Malik is staying with them and comfort eating him out of house and home. But when Mr Khan discovers he might be able to find an investor for his new invention amongst the funeral mourners, he throws himself into the burial arrangements.
4. Scab's Parents
Air Date: 2016-12-02
Mr Khan has been spending quality time with Alia's 'friend who is a boy' Scab. They are getting on famously and, after a one-to-one chat with Alia, Mr Khan suspects it won't be long before there is another Khan family wedding on the horizon. But then Scab takes fright at the prospect of the Khans meeting his parents. The Khans believe it is because they are a bit snooty and object to the idea of having a Pakistani daughter-in-law. So Mr Khan and Amjad hotfoot it to the posh country club to confront Scab's father in a sweaty sauna and give him a piece of their minds.
5. Alia's University
Air Date: 2016-12-09
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 all 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.
6. Mr. Khan's Niece
Air Date: 2016-12-16
Mr Khan and Mosque manager Dave organise rival Muslim Days at the community centre. Mr Khan is convinced his fun day with a bouncy Mosque and 'pin the beard on the Imam' stall will be far more popular than Dave's Women in Islam event. But he forgets that he'd agreed to look after his wayward niece Shabana. Mr Khan is forced to take the stroppy teenager to Muslim Day with him and, to top it all off, Dave has managed to invite Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, whom Khan is desperate to impress.
7. It's a Khanderful Life
Air Date: 2016-12-23
Mr Khan faces up to the fact that his life hasn't turned out the way he planned it.
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Rating
7.1/10
Release Date
2012-08-27
Episodes
34 (5 seasons)
Status
Ended
Cast
Production Companies
BBC