Ali G returns to stand-up routine as Sacha Baron Cohen prepares to retire his yellow tracksuit 25 years after its launch

Sacha Baron Cohen looks set to bring back his iconic Ali G character, who made the actor famous in the 1990s.

Variety revealed that the English comedian is believed to be working on a tour featuring the iconic Channel 4 character, who first appeared in 1998.

While fans will be waiting with bated breath, the possibility of a new Ali G movie has been ruled out for now due to the strikes by actors and writers in the US.

A source told Variety, “As a SAG and WGA member, he along with his fellow writers and actors support the ongoing strike.”

Sacha has yet to announce how he’ll be shooting the fictional Staines local, and no tour dates have been announced either.

Solidarity: However, the comedian (pictured with wife Isla Fisher) won’t be returning Ali G to the big screen any time soon amid the strikes by actors and writers across the US.

Ali G was also brought back in 2021 for a surprise appearance in Sydney, Australia.

Sacha took the stage in Moore Park’s Entertainment Quarter as his alter ego shortly after he and his family moved to the countryside, wowing those in attendance.

He said at the time British GK“I just wanted to get on stage and mess around and see what Ali G would be like with an audience.” It was fun. The reason I became a comedian was I loved people laughing at my jokes.

‘To actually hear laughter is a rarity for me. When I make the movies, I have to wait three months to hear an audience laugh.”

That wait is something the Borat star won’t see for some time to come as actors and writers are currently on strike all over the United States demanding better pay terms.

One of the requirements for members of the striking unions is not to talk about current, past or future projects in the hope that this will further impact the entertainment industry and hinder efforts to raise more money from TV or movies.

Ali G made his on-screen debut in 1998 on Channel 4’s The 11 O’Clock Show when he would interview prominent public figures in the UK.

The new interactions made the character a household name, before leading Da Ali G Show from 2000.

Icon: Ali G first appeared on British TV in 1998 as an interviewer on Channel 4’s The 11 O’Clock Show

That was when… Some of his most iconic guests included David and Victoria Beckham when they appeared in a 2001 Red Nose Day special

Some of his most iconic guests included David and Victoria Beckham when they appeared in a Red Nose Day special in 2001.

Sacha toasted the couple, also talking about then-two-year-old son Brooklyn, saying, “So tell me, does Brooklyn like your music, or is he getting a little old for it now?”

The Cambridge-trained comedian decided to retire the character in 2007 as he became more relatable, limiting the effectiveness of his antics.

Last month Alf Lawrie, Channel 4’s head of factual entertainment, said the show would never have flourished with modern rules.

He said, ‘You can’t make Ali G, Borat or Brass Eye now because the rules have changed. You can’t fool people on the same grand scale. TV has become a slightly more regulated environment than it was 20 years ago.

“When you made Borat 20 years ago you could very seriously pretend he was from Kazakhstan and until it aired, people didn’t know any different. You can’t deceive in the same way these days…

“We now have a lot more respect for our contributors than we used to. But it means that the nature of some satire has changed.’