{"id":28057,"date":"2019-01-14T15:43:47","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T15:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/?p=28057"},"modified":"2019-01-14T15:47:33","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T15:47:33","slug":"exclusive-screening-of-guz-khans-man-like-mobeen-on-january-21st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/14\/exclusive-screening-of-guz-khans-man-like-mobeen-on-january-21st\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive screening of GUZ KHAN\u2019S MAN LIKE MOBEEN on January 21st"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With series two just around the\ncorner, audiences from across the UK can enjoy an exclusive preview screening\nof the new series of BBC Three\u2019s Man Like Mobeen at the Glee Club in Birmingham\non Monday 21<sup>st<\/sup> January, and will also have the chance to put their\nquestions to the man himself Guz Khan in a special Q&amp;A after the event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hosting the panel will be BBC\nWM breakfast presenter Samantha Meah, and joining Guz Khan will be co-writer\nand co-creator Andy Milligan, producer Gill Isles and director Ollie Parsons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fans can apply for free tickets\nnow by visiting the BBC Shows and Tours website here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/showsandtours\/shows\/man_like_mobeen_21jan19\">www.bbc.co.uk\/showsandtours\/shows\/man_like_mobeen_21jan19<\/a>&nbsp;\nthe ballot closes at 10am on 16<sup>th<\/sup> January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Man Like\nMobeen<\/em>,&nbsp;written and created by Guz Khan and Andy\nMilligan, follows Mobeen (Guz Khan),&nbsp;a&nbsp;29-year-old&nbsp;man from\nSmall Heath, a reported&nbsp;no go&nbsp;zone for anyone who isn\u2019t Muslim\nand&nbsp;a hotbed&nbsp;for terrorist activity. In&nbsp;reality&nbsp;Mobeen,\nlike most other people in Birmingham, knows no terrorists, and spends his\npersonal time parenting his best friends Eight and Nate and &#8211; most importantly\n&#8211; his little sister and love of his family life, Aqsa. He does all of this\nalone,&nbsp;acting as&nbsp;a very hairy mother, father and brother figure in\nthe hood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Offering a rarely seen insight\ninto working class life as an ethnic minority,&nbsp;<em>Man Like Mobeen<\/em>&nbsp;addresses\nreal issues whilst maintaining the comedic palatability of Guz Khan\u2019s unique\nvoice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guz Khan says: \u201cI always knew\nwe could make something that would make working class people laugh and be proud\nof who we are. It just so happens that Cuthbert from Monmouth and a couple of\nUKIP supporters liked it as well. Who\u2019d have thought hey?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With series two just around the corner, audiences from across the UK can enjoy an exclusive preview screening of the new series of BBC Three\u2019s Man Like Mobeen at the Glee Club in Birmingham on Monday 21st January, and will also have the chance to put their questions to the man himself Guz Khan in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,98,112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-press-releases","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}