Banana News Network

Banana News Network or BNN is a Pakistani TV show that was broadcast on GEO TV on Tuesdays at 11:05pm. It originally starred Murtaza Chaudhry and his team who were formerly part of 4 Man Show on Aaj TV.^[2]

Banana News Network
The opening title screen for BNN
Genre	Comedy, satire
Written by	Faisal Chaudary[1]
Directed by	Nabeel Qureshi
Creative director	Mustafa Chaudary
Starring	Murtaza Chaudhry Mustafa Chaudhry Mubeen Gabol Mohsin Abbas Haider Shafaat Ali Waheed Khan Asad Khalil Yasir Ali
Original languages	Urdu Punjabi
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	249
Production
Producer	Faisal Chaudary
Production locations	Karachi, Pakistan
Original release
Network	GEO TV
Release	10 April 2011 (2011-04-10) – 29 July 2015 (2015-07-29)

Concept

BNN puts a comical spin on the happenings in Pakistan. It is a fictitious channel in which celebrities are mocked. The show has segments such as Sports Desk, News Room and Central Studio discussion.^[2] Celebrities mocked most often include Mirza Iqbal Baig, Ansar Abbasi and politicians. The main difference between BNN and other comedy Pakistani shows is that only four cast members are employed and they dress up as different celebrities on each show.

Cast

• Murtaza Chaudhry as Khalid Butt (Host)
• Mustafa Chaudhry as Various celebrities' mimic
• Mubeen Gabol as Matkoo and various celebrities' mimic
• Mohsin Abbas Haider as Bhagat Singh
• Shafaat Ali as Various celebrities' mimic
• Waheed Khan as Lala and various celebrities' mimic
• Asad Khalil
• Yasir Ali

Parting

The show was restarted in autumn 2013 without Murtaza Chaudhry, Mustafa Chaudhry and Mohsin Abbas Haider. Haider left the show to join Mazaaq Raat on Dunya TV.