Adil Ray Adil Ray Adil Ray, (born 26 April 1974) is a British actor, comedian and radio and television presenter. He stars in the BBC One comedy "Citizen Khan", which he created and co-writes, as well as presenting on various BBC radio stations. Adil Ray was born in Birmingham, West Midlands, England to a Pakistani Punjabi father, from Lahore, and Kenya Asian 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 partial Baganda ancestry.
Adil Ray interview and champion R&B star Jay Sean. In May 2006, Ray took over the drivetime 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 UK Asian Music Awards. Ray left the BBC Asian Network on 4 June 2010 to pursue other radio and television work. Ray has been a regular on BBC Radio 5 Live presenting the late night show, the Football and Cricket 606 phone ins, Victoria Derbyshire, Weekend Breakfast and "Fighting Talk". Ray has also fronted documentaries