--- title: "Man Like Mobeen" year: 2017 kind: "series" canonical: "https://film.one/tv/man-like-mobeen" fi1m_id: "man-like-mobeen" imdb_id: "tt7639280" tmdb_id: 86704 wikidata_id: "Q64841612" fi1m_score: 70 critics_reviews: 1 published: "2026-10-07T19:02:20.258037+00:00" updated: "2026-10-07T19:02:20.835414+00:00" region: "CO" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Man Like Mobeen (2017) Created by Guz Khan, Andy Milligan · Comedy, Drama ## Identity Man Like Mobeen - **Canonical:** https://film.one/tv/man-like-mobeen - **Type:** Series - **Fi1m ID:** man-like-mobeen - **IMDb ID:** tt7639280 - **TMDB ID:** 86704 - **Wikidata ID:** Q64841612 - **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7639280/, https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/86704, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64841612 **Fi1m score: 70** · Critics: 1 of 6 reviews so far *In a sentence:* Someone explain the crime plot quietly while we listen to Uncle Shady > The fifth series of *Man Like Mobeen* earns its laughs, particularly through Mark Silcox’s Uncle Shady. Its tangled crime plot and some wearying adolescent jokes make this a qualified recommendation. ## Synopsis Guz Khan plays Mobeen in this comedy-drama, alongside Duaa Karim as Aqsa, Tez Ilyas as Eight and Tolu Ogunmefun as Nate. Mark Silcox plays Uncle Shady, with Perry Fitzpatrick as Harper and Salman Akhtar as Saj. Created and written by Guz Khan and Andy Milligan, the programme spans five series, beginning in 2017 and extending to 2025. Comedy shares space with crime plotting in the fifth series. David Sant, Akaash Meeda and Ollie Parsons are among the credited directors, while the wider cast includes Art Malik as Khan. ## Review The fifth series of *Man Like Mobeen* is funny enough to earn an evening, although its crime plot is harder work than it needs to be. Creators Guz Khan and Andy Milligan put comedy and drama together with uneven results. The jokes keep the programme going when the storytelling becomes difficult to follow, which happens more often than it should. We recommend it for the comic performances, with some patience required whenever the business of explaining what is happening takes over. Mark Silcox, as Uncle Shady, provides the clearest reason to stay. We laughed hardest at his deadpan delivery, which gives a line time to become ridiculous without pressing us to notice. The restraint is welcome in a programme whose crime plotting can get so busy. Silcox makes the humour seem unforced, and that matters when other jokes are so plainly working for their keep. There is pleasure in listening to a performer who does not appear anxious about whether we have understood that he is being funny. The broader humour is less dependable. Some of the adolescent jokes become tiresome through repetition, and the discomfort they produce does not always seem worth the laugh being sought. A rude joke need not justify itself with a social purpose, but it does need to be funny. The writing sometimes persists after the joke has ceased to earn its space. These stretches are a real limit on our enthusiasm, particularly because Silcox demonstrates how much can be achieved without pushing so hard. The crime story causes a different problem. Complication can be enjoyable when each new piece changes what we understand, but here it can become a matter of keeping up with events before we can care about them. That is particularly unhelpful when the comedy benefits from patience and an unhurried delivery. The programme makes those competing demands felt without consistently managing to satisfy them. A clearer account of events would let us pay more attention to the performances, rather than having to keep checking our understanding of the story. The shape of the programme makes that overcomplication more noticeable. The first series has four episodes; the fifth has six, still a fairly compact space in which to balance jokes and crime drama. Brevity ought to help a comedy like this, keeping its less successful habits from wearing away its appeal. Yet additional plot does not automatically make a short series more satisfying, and here it can make the writing feel crowded. Guz Khan and Andy Milligan could afford to be more selective about which complications deserve the time. Our reservation is about that unevenness, rather than the decision to give a comedy serious consequences. Crime and comedy can accommodate each other perfectly well, provided the story remains clear enough for the jokes to have room. Here, enjoying Uncle Shady requires no such effort, and Silcox supplies enough laughs to make the rougher stretches tolerable. Start with an appetite for deadpan humour and some tolerance for jokes that overstay their welcome. If tangled crime stories reliably spoil an evening, choose something else. *Fi1m score 70, published 7 October 2026.* ## Straight answers **Is Man Like Mobeen worth watching?** *Man Like Mobeen* is worth watching for its comic performances, and we score it 70, with our recommendation focused on the fifth series. Mark Silcox’s deadpan Uncle Shady earns the biggest laughs, but the tangled crime plot requires patience and some adolescent jokes outstay their welcome. **Where can I watch Man Like Mobeen in Colombia?** *Man Like Mobeen* is not on any streaming or rental service in Colombia at the moment. It is available in 6 other countries; change your country at the top of the page to see where. Availability is checked daily. **How violent or frightening is Man Like Mobeen, and is it suitable for children?** *Man Like Mobeen* carries a UK 15 certificate and a US TV-MA rating, so it is not suitable for children. Our review identifies crime plotting and repeated rude jokes, but does not establish how graphic the violence or how strong the scares are. We would treat it as adult comedy-drama rather than family viewing. **How does Man Like Mobeen compare to People Just Do Nothing?** *Man Like Mobeen* is the more qualified recommendation beside [*People Just Do Nothing*](https://film.one/tv/people-just-do-nothing), which we favour for its fully developed characters and comedy about male delusion. Both reward an appetite for deadpan performances, but *Mobeen* mixes its laughs with tangled crime plotting, while *People Just Do Nothing* uses a pirate-radio mockumentary format, despite a thin first series. **What should I watch after Man Like Mobeen?** After *Man Like Mobeen*, try [*People Just Do Nothing*](https://film.one/tv/people-just-do-nothing) (2014, Fi1m 84): Friends pursue dubious ambitions while deadpan performances expose how little they understand. Then [*Reservation Dogs*](https://film.one/tv/reservation-dogs) (2021, Fi1m 86): Young people, bad decisions and grief, handled with humour that refuses easy reassurance; and [*The Ladykillers*](https://film.one/film/the-ladykillers) (1955, Fi1m 86): A more tightly plotted crime comedy, with deadpan manners and thoroughly unsuitable criminals. ### Reviews we read (1) - **The Guardian**, Rachel Aroesti (70/100, inferred): Aroesti finds the final season funny and socially valuable, though its convoluted crime plot can be hard to follow. She singles out Mark Silcox’s deadpan Uncle Shady as especially hilarious, while noting that some adolescent jokes grow tedious and uncomfortable. [Read](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/may/01/man-like-mobeen-bbc-final-season-review-who-said-childish-jokes-cant-be-hilarious) ## Details - **Created by:** Guz Khan, Andy Milligan - **Creator:** Guz Khan, Andy Milligan - **Director:** Ollie Parsons, David Sant, Akaash Meeda - **Writer:** Andy Milligan, Guz Khan - **Producer:** David Simpson - **Cast:** Duaa Karim as Aqsa; Mark Silcox as Uncle Shady; Guz Khan as Mobeen; Tez Ilyas as Eight; Tolu Ogunmefun as Nate; Perry Fitzpatrick as Harper; Salman Akhtar as Saj; Art Malik as Khan - **Release (Colombia):** 17 December 2017 - **Genres:** Comedy, Drama - **Trailer:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=825Uy9z8A8g ## Where to watch in Colombia Not streaming, renting or buying in Colombia at the last check. Also available in: AU, CA, GB, IE, NZ, US. Add `?region=XX` to this URL for another country. ## If you liked this - *People Just Do Nothing* (2014), Fi1m 84: Friends pursue dubious ambitions while deadpan performances expose how little they understand. — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/tv/people-just-do-nothing.md) - *Reservation Dogs* (2021), Fi1m 86: Young people, bad decisions and grief, handled with humour that refuses easy reassurance. — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/tv/reservation-dogs.md) - *The Ladykillers* (1955), Fi1m 86: A more tightly plotted crime comedy, with deadpan manners and thoroughly unsuitable criminals. — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/film/the-ladykillers.md) - *Le Havre* (2011): For deadpan humour, stubborn decency and people helping one another under pressure. - *Four Lions* (2010), Fi1m 94: British social comedy with harsher consequences and an equally uncomfortable relationship with laughter. — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/film/four-lions.md) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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