Da Ali G Show

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Television series
German title Da Ali G Show
Original title Da Ali G Show
Da ali g show logo.jpg
Country of production United Kingdom
United States
original language English
Year (s) 2000-2004
length 30 minutes
Episodes 18 in 3 seasons
genre Comedy , satire
First broadcast March 30, 2000 on Channel 4
German-language
first broadcast		 July 22, 2003 on VIVA
occupation

Da Ali G Show is a British / American comedy - television series .

There are six episodes produced in the United Kingdom by Channel 4 and broadcast by that broadcaster in 2000. There are also two seasons with a total of twelve episodes, which were produced in the United States by HBO and aired between 2003 and 2004.

In Germany the series ran on VIVA and MTV, in Austria on Thursday night  on ORF 1 .

Characters

Ali G

Ali G (Alistair Leslie Graham) portrays a gangsta rapper from the hip-hop scene in a parodic way .

Borate

Borat Sagdiyev is a Kazakh reporter with manifestly anti-Semitic and chauvinist views.

Bruno

Bruno (sometimes also "Brüno") is a homosexual Austrian fashion journalist who uses suggestive questions in his interviews to provoke embarrassing answers.

Appearances by Bruno
episode title content
1x01 Law and Order Bruno interviews various personalities in the fashion industry at New York Fashion Week . He also appears at the Lloyed Klein underwear fashion show.
1x02 Was Bruno continues his New York Fashion Week interviews with Heatherette and Michael & Hushi fashion shows.
1x03 Politics Bruno is trying to get into the fashion show for the Marc Jacobs spring-summer collection. He offers oral and anal sex for this, but asserts that he is not gay. He also interviews Gisele Bündchen , where her name is misspelled.
1x04 Art No Bruno contribution in this episode.
1x05 Science Bruno interviews various stylists, including the well-known star stylist Jonathan Antin .
1x06 Belief Bruno conducts interviews in Alabama , which he considers the gayest place in America. He also takes part in a football game as a cheerleader .
2x01 Respect Bruno interviews a pastor who sees himself as a "gay convert" to find out which activities should be considered homosexual.
2x02 Recognize No Bruno contribution in this episode.
2x03 Peace Bruno hosts a show called “In oder Aus”, an interview show with celebrities about their popularity and sense of fashion. The opener for “Funkyzeit mit Brüno” is not used in this episode.
2x04 Realizee Bruno is in South Beach, Florida interviewing a nightclub owner who believes house music would have prevented World War II if it had existed then. Bruno also spends an evening bouncing a club, sending people away who are not wearing the appropriate clothing, including a man who claims to be wearing a $ 250 shirt.
2x05 Yeah Bruno takes square dance lessons in Georgia .
2x06 Realness Bruno soaks up the sun in Daytona Beach , Florida , where he interviews five wrestlers and performs various moves with them.

Episodes

Channel 4
episode title
1x01 Neil Hamilton
1x02 Mohammed Al Fayed
1x03 Gail Porter
1x04 Roy Hattersley
1x05 John Humphreys
1x06 Anita Roddick
HBO
episode title
1x01 Law and Order
1x02 Was
1x03 Politics
1x04 Art
1x05 Science
1x06 Belief
HBO
episode title
2x01 Respect
2x02 Recognize
2x03 Peace
2x04 Realizee
2x05 Yeah
2x06 Realness

Differences between the show on Channel 4 and HBO

There are some differences between the versions of the Da Ali G Show that aired on Channel 4 and HBO .

Channel 4

  • Use a canned laugh
  • Takes place in Europe and partly in the United States
  • Includes scenes that were written as a script
  • Some consequences are like a talk show set up

HBO

  • Do not use canned laughs
  • Takes place in the United States
  • Does not contain any scripted scenes

Awards

  • 2000 - Ethnic Multicultural Awards (Best Entertainment Show)
  • 2000 - TV Quick Award
  • 2001 - BAFTA Award (Best Comedy Series)

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