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.
The Sitcom Trials with a diminutive blonde sidekick, originally played by Charity Trimm, and the love interest in the café, played then by Gerard Foster. The camp character played in 01 by Dan Clegg went on to be played in the TV series by James Holmes who, coincidentally, was the star of the 2002 Edinburgh Fringe Sitcom Trials. The Sitcom Trials has run a number of competition seasons, with heats and a grand final, in 2007, 2009, 2013 and 2016. 2013 and 2016's's seasons were part of the So You Think You're Funny competition, with heats in London, Manchester, Bristol (13), Cardiff (16),