Personal diary of John Barnabas (aka Barney) Leith
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I was pleased to see that the print version of Radio Times for 18–24 April has a double-page feature about British-Iranian actor and comedian Omid Djalili costuming up as Henry VIII for the new series of The Omid Djalili Show (BBC1 Monday 10:35pm, beginning on 20 April).
Omid, who is a member of the UK Baha’i [...]
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Some of the UK’s best known comedians have signed an open letter in The Times drawing attention to the continuing detention of the seven Baha’is leaders in Iran and calling for their release.
David Baddiel, Bill Bailey, Morwenna Banks, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Jo Brand, Russell Brand, Rob Brydon, Jimmy Carr, Jack Dee, Omid Djalili, Sean Lock, Lee [...]
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Comedian and actor Omid Djalili has posted a piece on his blog protesting against the treatment of the seven members of the Baha’i leadership group in Iran.
The Baha’i Faith is a peace loving world religion but has suffered a great deal of persecution at the hands of the Iranian government simply because they choose to [...]
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Iranians, said Omid Djalili, as he opened the first episode of his new TV show on BBC One, just don’t get British humour:
For you, an Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman is a joke. For us, it’s a hostage situation.
Or the Middle Eastern equivalent of the “knock knock” joke: the “floomph floomph” joke. “Floomph [...]
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BBC One TV will be airing the first of six episodes of The Omid Djalili Show tomorrow (Saturday) night at 9:30 p.m.
Most stand-up comedians who are commissioned to write and perform first-time TV shows are given a try-out out on BBC Three TV before moving to the mass audience BBC One. Omid has gone [...]
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