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Count Abdulla

  • TV Series
  • 2023
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
391
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Nina Wadia, Jaime Winstone, and Arian Nik in Count Abdulla (2023)
Count Abdulla
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SitcomVampire HorrorComedyFantasyHorror

Sitcom following a British Pakistani Muslim junior doctor based in London who is bitten by a halal-hunting vampire.Sitcom following a British Pakistani Muslim junior doctor based in London who is bitten by a halal-hunting vampire.Sitcom following a British Pakistani Muslim junior doctor based in London who is bitten by a halal-hunting vampire.

  • Creator
    • Kaamil Shah
  • Stars
    • Arian Nik
    • Jaime Winstone
    • Nina Wadia
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.4/10
    391
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    • Creator
      • Kaamil Shah
    • Stars
      • Arian Nik
      • Jaime Winstone
      • Nina Wadia
    • 10User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Arian Nik
    Arian Nik
    • Abdulla
    • 2023
    Jaime Winstone
    Jaime Winstone
    • Kathy
    • 2023
    Nina Wadia
    Nina Wadia
    • Bushra
    • 2023
    Manpreet Bambra
    Manpreet Bambra
    • Amrita
    • 2023
    Sia Alipour
    Sia Alipour
    • Shafi
    • 2023
    Mariska Ariya
    • Nahima
    • 2023
    Rishi Nair
    Rishi Nair
    • Maajid
    • 2023
    Robert Eades
    Robert Eades
    • Frank
    • 2023
    Jonny Green
    Jonny Green
    • Charles
    • 2023
    Sophie Reid
    Sophie Reid
    • Ruby
    • 2023
    Moe Bar-El
    Moe Bar-El
    • Yazan…
    • 2023
    Demmy Ladipo
    • Chris
    • 2023
    Akshay Kumar
    Akshay Kumar
    • Rishi
    • 2023
    Mark Hampton
    Mark Hampton
    • Surgeon
    • 2023
    Jordan Julien
    Jordan Julien
    • Shakeel
    • 2023
    Azan Ahmed
    • Rashid
    • 2023
    Haqi Ali
    Haqi Ali
    • Bhupinder
    • 2023
    Amerjit Deu
    Amerjit Deu
    • Uncle Jabbar
    • 2023
    • Creator
      • Kaamil Shah
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    9chelsea1120

    Hilarious

    I had nearly stopped watching it at the beginning, but the more episodes I watched the funnier it became. Love the twist at the end of season 1. Hope Season 2 comes soon. I feel in love with the characters. The posh vampires are very annoying and can not wait for something to happen to them. The main characters are brilliant and hilarious. Sometimes the episodes are over the top, but that is what makes it great. Please, please, please bring the next season soon.

    The cousin is very annoying and well over the top. The only none vampire character I do not like. Will be interesting to see what happens.
    4ronan73

    This is rough, and we really tried, but nope. Terrible!

    A muslim vampire doctor...thats as funny as it gets.

    There are some "jokes" but they are from the 70s. All been done to death many many times before and werent funny the first time around either.

    Some social issues do get raised too, but as subtly as a sledghammer, which I expected.

    Its a 1 joke tv show because the writer is not a comedy writer. Hes a Cambridge history graduate. Probably a nice guy but not a comedy writer. I guess he got an opportunity and took it, fair enough. But it didnt work this time.

    People are scoring it 10 for reasons known only to themselves. 10 means perfection!! Check the shows below and then ask how people scored this a 10???

    Curb you enthusiasm 8.8.

    Friday night dinner 8.1 Everybody hates Chris 7.5 Fresh prince 7.9 Office UK 8.5 Chappelle show 8.8 Fawlty Towers 8.8 Key & Peele 8.3.

    League of Gentlemen 8.4 Inbetweeners 8.4.

    Watch 1 episode of Count abdullah and then look at this list and ask yourself how you would score it compared to those shows.
    1purple-mug

    It's bad! Really bad!

    I'm not sure I have the words to describe just how bad this show is. It misses all its targets. As a comedy it fails to produce a single even remotely amusing moment. As a reflection on the humorous side of the Muslim community it is cringingly embarrassing. It's certainly no "We Are Lady Parts". As a revision of the vampire genre it's all over the place. If Nina Wadia hadn't been in the cast (did she just never read the rest of the script?) I would probably have avoided this whole debacle. Instead I'm just embarrassed for everyone concerned. If this is meant to prove, as advertised, that "comedy is back" on ITV then this is comedy that we could well do without.
    8JaffacakeQueen

    Vampire with a twist...

    The 30 minute episodes are a perfect length for this fast paced series; I only planned to watch a couple of episodes and ended up watching the whole series. Yes, there are some of the usual Asian jokes (overbearing mum etc...) but in amongst the comedy, there are some serious issues too which elevates this from just another funny but ultimately forgettable show. I also love how this is such a different take on the whole vampire genre - the usual posh pale vampires only make an appearance later on and even then, they aren't the main event. Great casting too - Kathy the Vampire had me in stitches. I'm curious as to what season 2 holds after the fantastic end to this first season.
    3JRB-NorthernSoul

    Daft comedy that's more miss than hit

    A British/Pakistani GP is bitten by a vampire and hilarity unfortunately doesn't ensue. On the positive side its nice to see a comedy exploring and set in the British/Pakistani community which is much under-represented on our screens.

    I'm just not sure this will work for a broadstream ITV audience as its been written in a very niche vein. Its not a patch on C4's 'We are lady parts' - Nida Manzoor's anarchic and irreverent music comedy about a Muslim female punk band, which deservedy won her a Bafta last year.

    The script could have been better with more laughs and often seemed more concerned with virtue signalling than being funny.

    Might have found a bigger audience on C4 or BBC3 as its main appeal will be to a much younger audience than ITV gets.

    Nothing special about the production values and no stand outs in the cast, overall a disappointment - hard to see being re-commissioned.

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      • June 15, 2023 (United Kingdom)
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