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Da Ali G Show

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2000 – 20043 seasons · 18 episodes~30 min per episodeEnded

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TV DNA

How Da Ali G Show actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.

Signature profile

Da Ali G Show reads strongest on Humour, Bingeability and Character Depth.

HumourStrong6.5

How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.

BingeabilityStrong6.3

How hard it is to stop after one episode.

Character DepthPresent5.3

How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.

SerializedPresent4.5

How much each hour depends on the one before it.

Cliffhanger IntensityPresent4.0

How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.

TensionPresent4.0

The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.

Emotional WeightLight3.5

How much the series is designed to affect you.

SpectacleLight3.5

Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.

World BuildingLight3.5

The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.

The story

What it's about

Da Ali G Show is a British satirical television series created by and starring English comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. In the series, Baron Cohen plays three unorthodox journalists: faux-streetwise poseur Ali G, Kazakh reporter Borat Sagdiyev, and gay Austrian fashion enthusiast Brüno Gehard. These characters conduct real interviews with unsuspecting people, many of whom are celebrities, high-ranking government officials, and other well-known figures, during which they are asked absurd and ridiculous questions.

The run

Seasons

3 seasons · 18 episodes.

Season 0 · Complete
Specials
200420 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
20006 episodes
Also known as "Da UK Seereez"
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
20036 episodes
First season of the US airing of "Da Ali G Show"
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
20046 episodes
8.5IMDb
Second season of the US airing of "Da Ali G Show"

Recently aired

Latest Episodes

Still unavailable

S00E07

Ali G Visits Civil War Navy Ship

13 Sept 20053 min

Still unavailable

S00E08

Borat Hunts in Texas

13 Sept 20054 min

Still unavailable

S00E04

Ali G's Harvard Commencement Speech

13 Sept 200516 min

Still unavailable

S00E05

Ali G at Educational Summit

13 Sept 20054 min

Still unavailable

S00E06

Ali G with Noam Chomsky

13 Sept 20054 min

Still unavailable

S00E09

Borat Learns Football

13 Sept 20055 min

Behind the series

Created by

Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

The craft

Key Crew

Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.

Executive production

Sacha Baron CohenExecutive Producer
Peter FinchamExecutive Producer
Dan MazerProducer
Erin O'MalleyProducer
Jamie GlassmanProducer
Jeff StilsonProducer

Writing

Direction

James BobinDirector

Where to watch

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