Omid Djalili to star in BBC Two comedy In My Country

Coming to BBC Two in 2009, In My Country is written by Simon Nye (Men Behaving Badly), with additional material written by Omid Djalili, and is described as Men Behaving Badly meets Rising Damp, or even Only Fools And Horses mixed with Goodness Gracious Me.

Set in a run down guest house in north London, Omid Djalili (The Omid Djalili show, BBC One) plays Navid, an Iranian immigrant down on his luck and a permanent resident at the guest house.

Stephen K Amos (stand-up comedian and star of Live At The Apollo, BBC One; The Royal Variety Show and EastEnders) plays Johnny, a Nigerian immigrant newly arrived in Britain.

Other guest house residents include: Ratana (Vee Vimolmal), an ex-Thai bride, and her eight-year-old son; Sali (Velibor Topic), an immigrant from Kosovo; plus, half-a-dozen Polish builders who work 18-hours a day and then fall asleep in a pile.

Mrs Ledley (Amelia Bullmore), the landlady, lives next door and appears every now and then to collect the rent, and to remind them of the rules of the house: "If you see a rat, kill it."

In My Country is a six-part series of 30-minute episodes and will go into production in 2009 to be shown later next year.