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I think Mazher absolutely loved playing a sheikh
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The Fake Sheikh

I think Mazherabsolutely loved playing a sheikh

I think Mazher
absolutely loved playing a sheikh

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I think Mazher absolutely loved playing a sheikh.
Duration
4 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:28:57
Uploaded
Apr 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary, drama

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Movie Summary

Maverick British reporter Mazher Mahmood, whose exposés generated headlines by his use of false identities to ensnare royals, sports stars, politicians, celebrities and members of the public.
S01 • E02 I believe that developed through the pressures of childhood. - The Fake Sheikh 00:06
I believe that developed through the pressures of childhood.
S01 • E01 The Arab robes of the Fake Sheikh - The Fake Sheikh 00:08
The Arab robes of the Fake Sheikh
S01 • E02 We were the first wave of immigrant children born in the UK. - The Fake Sheikh 00:05
We were the first wave of immigrant children born in the UK.
S01 • E03 And they started asking about getting them drugs. - The Fake Sheikh 00:06
And they started asking about getting them drugs.
S01 • E01 There was me depicted in the paper as some drug dealer. - The Fake Sheikh 00:05
There was me depicted in the paper as some drug dealer.
S01 • E03 So I was like, God. You know this guy is about to change, certainly Jack’s life, - The Fake Sheikh 00:10
So I was like, God. You know this guy is about to change, ce...
S01 • E02 Good education, that was the key, so my father sent me to a prep school. - The Fake Sheikh 00:05
Good education, that was the key, so my father sent me to a ...
S01 • E01 It was then I realised that the Sheikh wasn't a sheikh. - The Fake Sheikh 00:05
It was then I realised that the Sheikh wasn't a sheikh.
S01 • E01 He was an undercover investigative reporter from the News of the World - The Fake Sheikh 00:07
He was an undercover investigative reporter from the News of...
S01 • E03 I just felt incredible pressure. - The Fake Sheikh 00:04
I just felt incredible pressure.
S01 • E02 So a lot of pressure was put on us first-generation kids to succeed. - The Fake Sheikh 00:06
So a lot of pressure was put on us first-generation kids to ...
S01 • E03 We were trying to rack our brains for someone who knew someone - The Fake Sheikh 00:06
We were trying to rack our brains for someone who knew someo...
S01 • E02 To become lawyers, doctors, engineers. - The Fake Sheikh 00:05
To become lawyers, doctors, engineers.
S01 • E01 There was shock, there was horror, - The Fake Sheikh 00:06
There was shock, there was horror,
S01 • E03 And so I made a phone call. - The Fake Sheikh 00:04
And so I made a phone call.
S01 • E02 To put it crudely, what you had was the frustrated ambitions - The Fake Sheikh 00:09
To put it crudely, what you had was the frustrated ambitions
S01 • E01 I just cried and cried and cried. - The Fake Sheikh 00:05
I just cried and cried and cried.
S01 • E01 Within a week of that story breaking, - The Fake Sheikh 00:07
Within a week of that story breaking,
S01 • E02 Because of the pressure, we developed a coping mechanism, - The Fake Sheikh 00:11
Because of the pressure, we developed a coping mechanism,
S01 • E03 The saddest thing is, you know it destroyed our family. - The Fake Sheikh 00:06
The saddest thing is, you know it destroyed our family.