Full series for Man Like Mobeen
Actor and writer Guz Khan is making a full series of comedy Man Like Mobeen for BBC Three.
A pilot episode of the sitcom was published in 2016's batch of Comedy Feeds, retitled from 2017 to Comedy Slices.
It follows previous Feed series commissions including People Just Do Nothing and Josh.
Guz Khan says: "Mobeen as a character epitomises the funny yet complex realities of life for young working class men and women in Britain today. Inner city Birmingham, in which the show is set, gets almost no positive representation in the media. Man Like Mobeen will at the very least give a 'real' depiction of life in the ends. I'm so honoured to be able to bring this character to you and I hope the people of Brum will be proud of what we produce, and have a real character that they can finally relate to."
The BBC explains: "Welcome to the life of Mobeen, a 28 year old from Small Heath in Birmingham, who has a job, doesn't know any terrorists, is pretty excellent when it comes to social skills and... maybe, just maybe, dealt drugs for a little bit.
"Mobeen has many challenges in life - the biggest one being providing for his younger sister Aqsa. He does this alone, acting as a very hairy mother, father and brother figure in the hood. He gains emotional support from possibly two of the best friends a person could have, Nathaniel 'Nate' Dixon and Arslan 'Eight' Kushi. Although when we say emotional support, we mean they add to his likelihood of an emotional breakdown every minute of every day. Mobeen's parents have done a disappearing act that would make the love child of David Blaine and Dynamo proud, leaving the (reluctant) hero with the full financial and emotional responsibility of the 'family' they've left behind in Birmingham.
"All Mobeen wants to do is follow his faith, lead a good life, and make sure his younger sister fulfils her potential. But can he juggle this, with his criminal reputation and murky past always chasing him?"
Four new episodes are now being made by Cave Bear Productions, written by Khan and Andy Milligan.
Damian Kavanagh, Controller, BBC Three says: "I loved Man Like Mobeen when it first came to BBC Three via the Comedy Feeds and I'm delighted to have brilliant comedic talent like Guz back on BBC Three in this new series."
Shane Allen, Controller, BBC Comedy says: "We're delighted to announce Man Like Mobeen. Guz Khan is hugely talented and through his character Mobeen we hope he'll not only make a brilliantly funny new series, but provide a new and unique comedy voice. It's great to have commissioned another series from a Comedy Feed, proving once again that BBC Three is the place to nurture grass roots talent."
Ben Cavey, Executive Producer says: "Guz Khan is one of the most exciting new talents in the country and Mobeen has the potential to become one of those quintessentially British comedic characters; opinionated, flawed and very funny. The scripts which Guz has co-written with Andy Milligan are brilliantly honest and totally hysterical."