Man Like Mobeen. Mobeen (Guz Khan). Copyright: Cave Bear Productions
Man Like Mobeen

Man Like Mobeen

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC Three
  • 2016 - 2023
  • 18 episodes (4 series)

Sitcom starring Guz Khan as a man looking after his younger sister in Small Heath. Also features Duaa Karim, Tez Ilyas, Tolulope Ogunmefun, Perry Fitzpatrick, Mark Silcox and Art Malik

  • Due to return for Series 5
  • Series 1, Episode 1 repeated Monday at 11:25pm on BBC3
  • JustWatch Streaming rank this week: 3,195

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Pilot

Man Like Mobeen. Image shows from L to R: Little Aks (Aleena Shafaq), Mobeen (Guz Khan), Saira (Nimisha Odedra). Copyright: Cave Bear Productions
Mobeen has found himself the perfect job for a former gangster; he's the lead administer of bed bathing at Birmingham's most reputable care home for the elderly.

Further details

From popping bottles of Ciroc and rolling in Lamborghini Gallardos to administering colonic irrigations for 83 year-old Edna every Tuesday morning, sometimes life changes, and not always in ways you'd imagine. This is the story of Mobeen Deen. A Muslim, English, 27 year-old trying to leave behind a life of crime in Birmingham after finding his faith. Mobeen's parents have done a disappearing act that would make David Blaine proud, leaving our (reluctant) hero with full financial and emotional responsibility for his younger sisters.

To fill the hole where Thug Life used to be, Mobeen has found himself the perfect job for a former gangster; he's the lead administer of bed bathing at Birmingham's most reputable care home for the elderly. He's gone from taking s**t from gangs to, well, you get the picture... Can Mobeen care for the people who rely on him and still manage to stay legit?

Broadcast details

Date
Thursday 1st September 2016
Time
10am
Channel
BBC Three
Length
11 minutes, 24 seconds

Cast & crew

Cast
Guz Khan Mobeen
Guest cast
Nimisha Odedra Saira
Aleena Shafaq Little Aks
Tez Ilyas Wax
Richard Syms Cyril
Writing team
Guz Khan Writer
Andy Milligan Writer
Production team
Oliver Parsons (as Ollie Parsons) Director
Gill Isles Producer
Ben Cavey Executive Producer
David Simpson Executive Producer
Kristian Smith Executive Producer
Nicki Perkins Line Producer
Anthony Boys Editor
Alyn Waterman Make-up Designer
Anne Daniels Production Designer
Aisha Bywaters (as Aisha Walters) Casting Director
Anna McAuley Casting Director
Orla Smyth-Mill (as Orla Smyth) Costume Designer
Nick Bennett Director of Photography
Steve Roberts 1st Assistant Director

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