BBC comedy axed after eight years onscreen as star begs ‘don’t make me make another series’

AFTER providing fans with astir a decennary of laughs, fashionable BBC drama Man Like Mobeen is coming to an end.

The show, which stars and is co-created by comedian Guz Khan, volition not instrumentality aft its upcoming 5th and last season.

This axing has travel contempt the bid acquiring some a devoted fanbase and wide captious acclaim.

Man Like Mobeen follows the communicative of the aforementioned Mobeen, a reformed cause trader trying to pb a law-abiding beingness successful Birmingham’s Small Heath.

The bid explores Mobeen’s struggles to equilibrium his past with his Muslim household values, each portion raising his younger sister Aqsa and navigating beingness with his close-knit friends Nate and Eight.

Guz Khan, who has besides appeared connected Taskmaster, confirmed the show’s last play volition aerial adjacent year.

In a candid statement, Guz admitted that the lone crushed helium agreed to constitute different bid was to supply closure for fans who person been eagerly waiting to spot what happens next, particularly aft season four ended with Mobeen’s brutal situation attack.

He joked: "I can't adjacent store astatine Aldi without idiosyncratic popping retired from down the breadstuff aisle and asking maine erstwhile there's going to beryllium much Man Like Mobeen.

"So, for you, and lone for you, here's one, final, precise last, ne'er to beryllium done again play of Man Like Mobeen.

"Please don't marque maine marque immoderate more, I got loads of kids to rise and that."

Filming for the last play has already begun, and it's going to beryllium acceptable successful Coventry and Turkey.

The six caller episodes are scheduled to aerial connected BBC Three and BBC iPlayer successful 2025.

Guz has promised an epic finale to the show, which volition spot Mobeen being released from situation and embarking connected an adventure.

If helium tin unafraid a level summons and fake passport, helium whitethorn yet beryllium capable to permission his troubled past behind.

Returning formed members see Salman Akhtar arsenic Mobeen’s champion person Saj, Duaa Karim arsenic his younger sister Aqsa, Mark Silcox arsenic the hilarious Uncle Shady, and Korkmaz Arslan arsenic Turkish barber Emre.

Hussina Raja volition besides travel backmost arsenic Mobeen’s emotion interest, Nida.

Ever since the amusement aired successful 2017, it has been praised for its crisp penning and authentic portrayal of British Muslim life.

Man Like Mobeen besides won Best Comedy astatine the 2020 Broadcast Digital Awards, and has been a accordant apical performer for BBC Three.

Series 4 was the platform’s most-watched drama successful 2023, with an mean assemblage of 1.1 million.