AVOIDANCE: ROMESH RANGANTHAN COMEDY 'AXED' BY BBC AFTER TWO SERIES

Romesh Ranganathan's BBC comedy Avoidance has seemingly been axed after two series on BBC One.

Speaking on his podcast with fellow comedian Tom Davis, Ranganathan said during a discussion of various TV shows: “Thankfully the commissioners have taken care of that for me. ‘How come you didn’t do a third series of that sitcom?’ ‘Oh cause we just thought the story was told. We’re following The Office model – just like two and done’.”'

TV Zone approached the BBC regarding Avoidance being axed. The BBC declined to comment. Avoidance was a comedy series about a man with severe conflict avoidance issues who is forced to change for the sake of his son.

Jonathan’s (Romesh Ranganathan) life revolves around his nine year-old son Spencer, and he’s always deferred the big 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 only gets 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 avoid passing his failings (and his really bad dress sense) on to his son?

Avoidance is available to stream now on BBC iPlayer.