Radio Times: Review by:; Mark Braxton

Tonight’s frolic down celebrity lane features the stand-up career born of a terrible one-man show about Al Pacino. Omid Djalili recalls how a tobacconist changed his life, and how he literally fell into comedy. Former EastEnder Ashley Kumar plays the 22-year-old Djalili as an aspiring actor trying to break out of overearnest-theatre-group hell. Fun and sweet-natured if sprinkled with cringe.

About this programme

8/12. Light-hearted short set in 1988, telling the story of how Omid Djalili's dreams of Hollywood stardom were interrupted when he accidentally fell into comedy. Ashley Kumar stars as the 22-year-old future funnyman, with Beattie Edmondson, Tim Downie and Djalili himself.

Cast and crew

Cast

Young Omid: Ashley Kumar
Annabel: Beattie Edmondson
Craig: Harry Kershaw
PC Goodhand: Tim Downie
Rupert: Max Brophy
Tobacconist: Omid Djalili

Crew

Director: Omid Djalili
Producer: Margot Gavan Duffy
Writer: Omid Djalili

Categories: Comedy

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