A BAFTA nominated BBC comedy is soon returning for its final ever series.
Having launched in December 2017, the show has to date.
Man Like Mobeen follows the title character, a reformed drug dealer trying to lead a law-abiding life in Birmingham’s Small Heath.
Created by and starring Guz Khan, the programme is coming back for a final outing.
Mobeen struggles to balance his past with Muslim family values, all while raising his younger sister Aqsa and navigating life with his close-knit friends Nate and Eight.
Fans don't have long to wait for new episodes – the final series will launch on Thursday, May 1 at 9pm on BBC Three.
It will be then immediately followed by episode two at 9.20pm – with the remainder to be a boxset for fans wishing to binge-watch.
The BBC synopsis reads: “Mobeen is back on the outside and reunited with the gang in Small Heath, before embarking on an epic adventure overseas, if Mobeen can get his hands on a plane ticket and fake passport, that is.”
Alongside Guz, other returning cast members include Salman Akhtar as Saj, Duaa Karim as Aqsa, Mark Silcox as Uncle Shady and Korkmaz Arslan as Emre.
It will also feature the return of Hussina Raja as Nida.
In Guz admitted that the only reason he agreed to write another series was to provide closure for fans.
He explained how viewers had been eagerly waiting to see what happens next.
This is especially afterended with Mobeen’s brutal prison attack.
Guz joked: “I can't even shop at Aldi without someone popping out from behind the bread aisle and asking me when there's going to be more Man Like Mobeen.
“So, for you, and only for you, here's one, final, very last, never to be done again season of Man Like Mobeen.
“Please don't make me make any more, I got loads of kids to raise and that.”
It was previously revealed the final series is going to be set in Coventry and Turkey.
Man Like Mobeen won Best Comedy at the 2020 Broadcast Digital Awards, and has been a consistent top performer for .
Series four was the platform’s most-watched comedy in 2023, with an average audience of 1.1 million.
The final series of Man Like Mobeen launches on May 1 at 9pm.
