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Adil Ray ( ur, عادل رے, born 26 April 1974) is a British actor, comedian and radio/television presenter. Ray stars in the
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comedy '' Citizen Khan'', which he created and co-writes, as well as presenting on various
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radio stations. He is also a presenter on
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'' Good Morning Britain'', and has played the role of
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in the
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drama series ''
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''. In 2021 he presented the revival of the British game show ''
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''.


Early life

Ray was born in
Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...
, England, to a Pakistani
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father from
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, and a
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n mother. He was brought up in the suburb of Yardley. Ray's father Abdul worked as a bus driver for almost forty years. His mother worked for the Immigration Appeals Department in the Civil Service and was of
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and
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ancestry. Ray attended Yardley Junior and Infant School and
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, his first day being the day after the Handsworth Riots in 1985. Ray was a keen cricketer and represented
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side West Bromwich Dartmouth during the late-1980s and early-1990s. Ray graduated from the
University of Huddersfield , mottoeng = Thus not for you alone , established = 1825 – Huddersfield Science and Mechanics' Institute1992 – university status , type = Public , endowment = £2.47 million (2015) , chancellor = George W. Buckley , vice_chancel ...
with a 2:1 BA (Hons) in Marketing in 1997.


Career

Ray began his career as a radio host on a pirate radio station in Huddersfield while studying at the
University of Huddersfield , mottoeng = Thus not for you alone , established = 1825 – Huddersfield Science and Mechanics' Institute1992 – university status , type = Public , endowment = £2.47 million (2015) , chancellor = George W. Buckley , vice_chancel ...
, and DJing at the university venue Eden (1992). Later, during his placement year, he got a job with a new small Asian radio station in Birmingham where he spent the first half of the year, before moving on to
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(1995). In 1997, Ray landed a spot with
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. He then joined
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in Manchester,
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Leeds and
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.


BBC

Ray joined the
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in 2002 to present the late night ''Adil Ray Show''. In May 2006, Ray took over the
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afternoon slot, and from January 2009 he presented the station's Breakfast Show from 7:00am each weekday. In 2008 ''The Adil Ray Show'' won the best radio show category at the
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. Ray has been a regular on
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presenting the late night show, the Football and Cricket 606 phone ins,
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, Weekend Breakfast and ''
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''. Ray has also fronted documentaries for
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, including ''Picturing Britain'' and ''Towering Ambition''. He has also appeared in the award-winning
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radio soap, ''
Silver Street ''Silver Street'' is a radio soap opera broadcast on the BBC Asian Network from 24 May 2004 to 26 March 2010. It was the first soap to be aimed at the British South Asian community, Broadcast history It was introduced in 2004 as part of the S ...
''. He also presented the British Asian Arts and Lifestyle show
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on
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, and hosted the
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programme ''Tales from Europe'' where he explored the 24-hour lifestyle in
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. In 2007, Ray presented the
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award-nominated show ''Is it Cos I Is Black?'' for
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where he looked at the issue of political correctness. He has also filmed a documentaries strand for BBC Two called ''Explore'', in which he reported from Argentina and Turkey. In 2010 he appeared in the BBC Two comedy show ''
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'', playing characters including self-appointed "community leader" Mr Khan and Birmingham "Muslim DJ" MC Raa. In 2010, Ray reprised his role as Mr. Khan to feature in his own web series for BBC Comedy to cover the UK general election. Mr. Khan returned later in the year with a follow-up BBC Comedy web series about the
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to coincide with the Pakistan
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's visit to England that year. In the summer of 2010, Ray joined
BBC Radio 5 Live BBC Radio 5 Live is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that broadcasts mainly news, sport, discussion, interviews and phone-ins. It is the principal BBC radio station covering sport in the United Kingdom, broadcast ...
as part of their cricket coverage, travelling to Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to cover the 2011 Cricket World Cup. He can often be heard presenting the 5 Live late-night show. Ray continues to make documentaries for
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including recently 'The Real Mr. Khan' a documentary looking into the role of community leaders. Ray also tackled the issue of sex and grooming in the British Pakistani community in a
BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...
documentary entitled ''The Sex Lives of British Pakistanis'' that was broadcast on 4 July 2011. Ray covered the issue of grooming in a highly acclaimed
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documentary in December 2011 – ''Exposed: Groomed For Sex''. Meanwhile, in 2011 Ray continued his venture into comedy including the radio pilot 'Sparkhill Sound' that broadcast on
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on 12 May 2011. A community radio station set in Birmingham. Ray was both writer and performer alongside Anil Gupta (writer), Gary Pillai, and Vineeta Rishi (cast). In 2015, Ray guest presented three episodes of ''
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'' alongside
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.


ITV

In August 2018 Ray temporarily replaced
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as a co-host on ITV's '' Good Morning Britain.'' From February 2019, Ray has become the guest presenter for Good Morning Britain, appearing during the February, April and Summer Holidays. In 2020, Ray was scheduled twice weekly during the summer holidays in July and August, covering for the main presenters during their summer break. During this time Ray continued the show's coverage of the
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, most often presenting on Thursdays with
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and Fridays with
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. In 2021, Ray began presenting the revival of word based quiz show, ''
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'' which premiered on New Years Day.


''Citizen Khan''

In October 2011, Ray performed the co-written comedy '' Citizen Khan'' at the BBC Salford Sitcom Showcase, centred on Ray's comedy creation Mr Khan and his long-suffering family. Commissioned as a
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primetime series, the Asian Muslim sitcom follows the trials and tribulations of big-hearted, loud-mouthed, tight-fisted, self-appointed community leader Mr Khan (Adil Ray) and his long-suffering family: wife Mrs Khan (
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) and daughters Shazia (Maya Sondhi) and Alia (Bhavna Limbachia). The six 30-minute episodes of ''Citizen Khan'' were commissioned by Danny Cohen, BBC One Controller, and Cheryl Taylor, Controller of Comedy Commissioning, and have been produced by BBC In-House Comedy. The Executive Producer is Mark Freeland, the Producer is Paul Schlesinger (''
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'') and the Director is Nick Wood ('' Fresh Meat'', ''
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'', ''
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''). ''Citizen Khan'' is written by Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto (''
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'', '' Goodness Gracious Me'') with Adil Ray.


Personal life

Ray is a keen cricket fan and supports his local team
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and the national team of his father's origin,
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. He is also a fan of
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Honours, awards and nominations

*UK Asian Music Award – Best Radio Show (2008) *Royal Television Award Nomination – Is It Coz I Is Black (2007) In January 2013, Ray was nominated for the Arts and Culture Awareness award at the
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. Ray was appointed
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(OBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to broadcasting.


Credits


Television


Radio


References


External links

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