Comedian and actor Romesh Ranganathan, best known in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the likes of King Gary and his reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue The Ranganation, has co-created a new comedy series in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the Beeb called Avoidance.###Co-written and directed by Benjamin Green, the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue will follow Jonathan (Ranganathan), whose life revolves around his nine year-old son Spencer. He’s always deferred the enormous’vast’massive’tremendous and small decisions to his partner Claire (Jessica Knappett), so when Claire asks him to leave, Jonathan realises he has no home, no friends and no ambition. Except one: to try to preserve his son’s happiness in the face of his parents’ break-up.###Jonathan takes Spencer and runs away. But he merely’barely acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure s as far as the home of sister Danielle (Mandeep Dhillon) and her wife Courtney (Lisa McGrillis). Over the course of the series, the unlikely foursome gradually become a loving but utterly dysfunctional family unit. Can a Beta male find some backbone? And can Jonathan shun passing his failings (and his really wicked’dreadful’undesirable’adverse’vile dress sense) on to his son?###"Ben and I first conceived this idea in 2017 and possess’own’nurse been claim’insist’maintain’hold’argue’consider’contemplate’speculate ing with regards to’concerning’with respect to it on and off ever since, so if it disappeared after one series it would be really annoying," says Ranganathan. "If I say the BBC possess’own’nurse committed to three series in this quote, do they possess’own’nurse to honour that?"###The six-part first series will be on BBC One and iPlayer later this year.