 He has stated that his influences came from comedies such as "Only Fools and Horses" and "Fawlty Towers" that were aimed at family audiences, and he desires for families of all backgrounds to be able to see elements of Khan's character in their father figure.Ray has claimed that for every complaint he had over a scene in which Khan's daughter Alia hurriedly covers her head in the presence of her father, he received ten from Muslims, Catholics and Jews relating to the experience of a child behaving similarly.In April 2016, the show was condemned in parliament by Rupa Huq, Labour MP for Ealing Central and Acton, who called its portrayal of a Birmingham Muslim family "quite backward".