BBC One Orders More Citizen Khan

LONDON: BBC One has commissioned a 7×30-minute third season of Citizen Khan, a family sitcom created by and starring Adil Ray.

Citizen Khan is about a self-appointed community leader who has a wife and two daughters. The show is filmed on location in Birmingham in front of a studio audience. It is produced by BBC In-house Comedy.

A Citizen Khan Christmas special is slated to air on BBC One on Friday, December 20 at 8:30 p.m.

Charlotte Moore, controller of BBC One, remarked: "Adil Ray's finely written family sitcom has grown up on BBC One and established itself as a modern mainstream comedy hit."

Mark Freeland, head of BBC In-House Comedy, said: "We're about to see what Christmas is like round at the Khan's. It's fantastic that once they've picked up the pieces from that, we're going to see more of this hopelessly loveable family, led by the irrepressible Mr Khan."

Ray added: "It's testament to the whole team that we have got this far. I just can't wait to get back in the studio with the entire Citizen Khan family. As the great British public get even more familiar with Mr Khan, it really excites me when I think about the places we can go. The Bahamas?"