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"Nitin Ganatra has praised the BBC for making TV history by depicting a Muslim family to which viewers can relate. The EastEnders star reportedly said that the Masoods have become the &amp;quot;first really successful Muslim family on the BBC&amp;quot;. Ganatra, who plays Albert Square&amp;#039;s Masood Ahmed, told Inside Soap that the clan have a &amp;quot;typical family quality&amp;quot; which allows viewers to easily relate to them. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s hats off to the producers at EastEnders, as the Masoods have become the first really successful Muslim family on the BBC - we&amp;#039;re making history that way.&amp;quot; Earlier this year, a BBC spokesperson defended the family after they were blasted as &amp;quot;two-dimensional and ill-conceived&amp;quot; by former EastEnders star Deepak Verma.  &amp;quot;The Masood family have proved to be hugely popular with EastEnders viewers,&amp;quot; the spokesperson said. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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