Ali G, Borat, Brüno, Aladeen, Erran Morad, Nira Cain and King Julien

Ali G
1998 to 2007, and 2026
Borat
2000 to 2006, and 2020
Brüno
2000 to 2009
Admiral General Aladeen
2012
Erran Morad
2018
Nira Cain-N'Degeocello
2018
King Julien
2005 to 2014
Seven faces in twenty-eight years, from a bedroom in Staines to a seminar room in Portland, by way of Kazakhstan, Vienna, Wadiya and a lemur kingdom.

CharacterYearsThe target

Ali GAlistair Leslie Graham1998 to 2007, and 2026How readily people in power indulge ignorance when a camera is on, and how rarely anyone in the room says that this is nonsense.
BoratBorat Sagdiyev2000 to 2006, and 2020The prejudice ordinary people are willing to say out loud when they think they are talking to someone who shares it.
BrünoBrüno Gehard2000 to 2009Homophobia, and the vanity and cruelty of the fashion and celebrity industries, by putting both in front of people who cannot hide their reactions.
Admiral General AladeenAdmiral General Haffaz Aladeen2012The vanity of authoritarian rulers, and how comfortably democracies accommodate them when it suits their interests.
Erran MoradColonel Erran Morad2018How far some elected officials would go on camera when they believed they were talking to a security expert, including endorsing a fictional programme to arm young children.
Nira Cain-N'DegeocelloDr. Nira Cain-N'Degeocello2018What people will say about Muslims, race and the other side when the person asking seems too well-meaning to object, and how easily a certain kind of liberal makes it worse.
King JulienKing Julien XIII2005 to 2014The self-crowned king of the lemurs, who likes to move it.