Saturday nights get a Persian-language living room of their own in Shanbe Ba Sina, a 2026 talk-and-variety series fronted by presenter Sina Valiollah. Taped in the United Kingdom and running around forty minutes an episode, the show stitches together celebrity conversation, live music and off-the-cuff comedy for Persian-speaking viewers wherever they happen to live.
What is Shanbe Ba Sina about?
The format is simple and sociable: each week Valiollah opens his studio to guests drawn from the wider Persian-speaking entertainment world — singers, actors, comedians and other familiar faces — and lets the evening unfold as a mix of sit-down interviews, musical numbers and playful segments. Rather than chasing hard news, the series leans into warmth and nostalgia, giving guests room to tell stories, take part in games and perform. The Saturday branding is part of the identity; the show is designed as a weekly appointment, something to put on when the week winds down and the family gathers.
About the cast
Sina Valiollah is the engine of the program and its only fixed presence; everything else rotates. A familiar presenter for Persian-language television audiences, he carries the hosting duties alone, steering interviews, introducing performances and keeping the comic tone loose without letting the episodes drift. The guest chairs change from week to week, which keeps the series unpredictable even though its structure stays reassuringly the same.
Context & significance
Persian-language variety television has long been produced outside Iran, and the United Kingdom has grown into one of its busiest hubs. Shanbe Ba Sina sits squarely in that tradition: a diaspora-made entertainment show that speaks to audiences scattered across Europe, North America and beyond. The title itself carries a small cultural wink — Shanbe, Saturday, is the first day of the Iranian week, so the show lands at the moment when viewers back home are starting fresh while viewers abroad are settling into their weekend. That double meaning suits a program whose whole purpose is keeping two calendars, and two worlds, in conversation.
Watching Shanbe Ba Sina on Ktime
Shanbe Ba Sina streams on K-Time, the Persian-focused platform built for the Iranian diaspora. Reading this page is open to everyone; to actually watch the episodes you just need to log in with a K-Time account. The interface is available in Farsi, and episodes are organised so you can jump into the newest Saturday show or scroll back through earlier ones at your own pace.