{"id":9347,"date":"2015-12-13T23:11:07","date_gmt":"2015-12-13T23:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/12\/13\/big-comedy-success\/"},"modified":"2015-12-13T23:11:07","modified_gmt":"2015-12-13T23:11:07","slug":"big-comedy-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2015\/12\/13\/big-comedy-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Comedy Success"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Celebrating 50 Years with Comedy Night<\/h3>\n

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REVIEW: BBC Asian Network Big Comedy Night: Celebrating 50 Years of Asian Programming<\/strong><\/p>\n


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Scores of people packed the dimly lit auditorium at Birmingham\u2019s The Drum venue on Friday night to witness the soaring success of yet another Big Comedy Night presented and organised by the BBC Asian Network. Having already toured Edinburgh\u2019s Fringe Festival twice, London and Birmingham once, the tour once again stopped in Britain\u2019s second city. Both acts and performers had to put on a performance of a lifetime if they were going to beat the success of previous events.<\/p>\n


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With a line up that included Guz Khan, journalist Shaista Aziz, India\u2019s Aditi Mittal and newcomer Tez Ilyas and hosted by the network\u2019s own breakfast presenter Tommy Sandhu, there was something different about this show. 2015 actually marked 50 years of Asian programming on the BBC \u2013 a feat worth celebrating.<\/p>\n


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\u201cFrom learning simple tasks such as how to switch on a light to re-creating the first ever Bollywood quiz show, the acts take the audience them on a personal journey through the incredible BBC archive in the home of BAME broadcasting, Birmingham,\u201d the BBC commented before the show.<\/p>\n


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To say that there are many Asian stars, which originate from Birmingham who have contributed to Asian programming is something of an understatement. Birmingham is where it all began. This city has an unprecedented talent for being British and Desi \u2013 and a remarkable talent of balancing the two! The success of likes of Adil Ray, DJ Swami and Sonia Deol comes through because they cling on to the best of both worlds.<\/p>\n


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Friday saw Guz Khan, Shaista Aziz, Aditi Mittal and Tez Ilyas put their own twist on scenes from memorable TV programmes and radio shows from the past five decades. I mean, the best of humour comes from being able to laugh at your own cultural stereotypes. Audiences were captivated into performances by legendary singer Shin from DCS and Apache Indian. The barrels of laughter from audiences showcased their enjoyment of the event especially at a very entertaining re-enactment of a Sholay scene by Tez and Guz \u2013 in English. One that will probably stay with me for some time. \u00a0<\/p>\n


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The show concluded with a tribute to Apache, programme reels highlighting his contribution on the BBC over the last couple of decades and of course a live rendition of Boom Shaka Laka from the man himself and students from the academy he has gone on to create. It was almost like he was passing the baton on to the next generation. A fitting tribute.\u00a0<\/p>\n


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