Da Ali G Show is an English satirical sketch comedy television series. Sacha Baron Cohen plays three unorthodox journalists: faux-streetwise poseur Ali G, Kazakh reporter Borat Sagdiyev, and gay Austrian fashion enthusiast Brüno Gehard. The first (2000) series originally aired on Channel 4 in the UK, and the second and third (2003–2004) series on HBO in the U.S. In 2005, HBO stated they had no plans to make an additional series of the show.