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Man Like Mobeen is a four-part series that welcomes you into the life of Mobeen Deen, a 28 year-old from Small Heath 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 these when his criminal past and reputation is always chasing him?

4 Seasons
17 Episodes
Returning Series
Comedy Drama
episode image Permanent Exclusion
8.8/10 (62 votes)

#1 Permanent Exclusion

S3:E3

Mobeen and Aks must demonstrate their commitment to a good cause to prevent her being excluded from school. This involves attending the funeral of Mobeen’s former teacher - but when drug a deal goes wrong at the church, Mobeen has bigger things to worry about.

episode image Death Row Records
8.8/10 (42 votes)

#2 Death Row Records

S4:E4

Megalodon throws the prison into a full-blown riot. Mobeen, Nate and Harper split off into different groups. Mobeen is concerned with Dr Nida’s safety, while also keen to keep Memory Stick on side. Uncle Shady ends up with Memory Stick, with both of them desperately trying to evade Megalodon and a wing full of rioting inmates.

episode image This Is the Ends
8.7/10 (72 votes)

#3 This Is the Ends

S3:E5

Mobeen and the gang must get out of Small Heath, but can he tie up loose ends and guarantee his sister's safety before the police or Khan’s gang take him down?

episode image For the Many, Not the Few
8.6/10 (36 votes)

#4 For the Many, Not the Few

S4:E3

Megalodon is now on Mobeen’s wing, and Mobeen must avoid him at all costs – which means trying not to leave his cell. Harper instantly makes Mobeen leave the cell to go and see Dr Nida. Nida now has Aqsa working alongside her, and has even managed to secure her an international placement in the UAE. But despite avoiding Megalodon, Harper and Mobeen fail to get any more information about Memory Stick.

episode image Wrestling with the NHS
8.5/10 (90 votes)

#5 Wrestling with the NHS

S2:E2

When Aks breaks her shoulder and heads for hospital with the boys, Accident and Emergency is the state of play. With Mobeen, Eight and Nate looking shifty de facto, the authorities start to get suspicious about how Aks may have sustained her injuries. In the waiting room, we see life in an overstretched A&E, and the gang in a constant battle to prove their innocence, battle prejudice and, of course, keep Pakistani Rain Man (Eight) out of trouble.

episode image Gotta Catch 'Em All
8.5/10 (42 votes)

#6 Gotta Catch 'Em All

S4:E1

Mobeen and Nate are just weeks from the end of their sentence, but Mobeen’s work as one of the prison’s 'listeners' gets him into trouble with a terrifying inmate from another wing - a man known simply as Megalodon. Megalodon is determined to get a transfer to Mobeen’s wing so he can confront him about meddling in his business.

episode image Its Not What You Know
8.4/10 (34 votes)

#7 Its Not What You Know

S4:E2

Mobeen has landed himself in the prison infirmary, where he also has a mission – to befriend a man known as 'Memory Stick' and convince him to hand over vital information. In the infirmary, he also encounters a doctor, Nida, and there’s an instant spark between her and Mobeen. Nida also suggests she can help Aqsa with a placement for her medical degree, which she is thrilled with. Aqsa also receives some characteristically unhelpful advice from prison chaplain Uncle Shady.

episode image Moving Food
8.3/10 (64 votes)

#8 Moving Food

S3:E2

Mobeen is trying to do a good deed by helping out at the local food bank. But juggling this with strict orders from Uncle Khan to launder money could leave him with a deadly debt that’s impossible to pay.

episode image Boys in the Wood
8.3/10 (59 votes)

#9 Boys in the Wood

S3:E4

With a hit out on Officer Harper, Mobeen steps in to try and save his life and take him out of the firing line. Eight and Nate must stall Harper’s assassin long enough for Mobeen and Harper to escape through the woods.

episode image Fake News
8.2/10 (58 votes)

#10 Fake News

S2:E4

Dogs and ethnic minorities have a very bad track record. So when a clip involving Mobeen and an Alsatian goes viral, it’s a disaster. Aks is drawn in by the prospect of internet fame, while Mobeen tries to see if the spark between him and Aks’s teacher, Miss Aitken, is worth pursuing. The past finally catches up with our hero, though, leaving him with some very difficult decisions to make. Our season finale will change the game forever.

episode image You Reap What You Sow
8.2/10 (65 votes)

#11 You Reap What You Sow

S3:E1

After the attack on his best friends and threats against his little sister, Mobeen is armed, dangerous and set for revenge. But can he solve his problems without any bloodshed?

episode image H-ALTRight
8.1/10 (99 votes)

#12 H-ALTRight

S1:E4

Staring hate, violence and societal fractures in the face, Mobeen and his crew see the far right in their truest form, at an anti-Islam demonstration. After Aks throws a flask and hits the leader Robbie Tomlinson square in the face, Mobeen takes the blame and is arrested. He's then accidentally placed in the same police van as Robbie. As Mobeen and Robbie go head to head inside the van, outside the van (and much to Aks's dismay) Eight and Nate desperately need to go to the toilet but can't escape the police cordon. Eventually they decide to brave the toilet in the only pub for miles around, which is packed with skinheads from the demonstration.

episode image Upper Room
8.0/10 (90 votes)

#13 Upper Room

S1:E3

Eight has gone missing, so Mobeen and Nate go on a mission to find him. On discovering him hiding in an abandoned den deep in a Small Heath wood, Eight reveals that his beloved Dadha is dying and wants to see the boys one last time before he passes to the upper room. When the friends visit him on his death bed, they are disturbed to hear that Dadha has been keeping a dark secret and needs the boys to help him visit the family video shop one last time before he dies. After a terrifying escape, the boys encounter something they definitely weren't expecting.

episode image Prom Night
8.0/10 (82 votes)

#14 Prom Night

S2:E1

It's Aks's prom night, but will Mobeen let her go? With rumours about the debauchery at previous proms and the threat of a stabbing, Mobeen must safeguard her at any cost. Things get complicated when a classmate of Aks's, Ridwan, makes some very unwise decisions that leave Mobeen very concerned. Eight, meanwhile, is in danger of getting in too deep with a local wide boy and he is potentially going to drag everyone down with him. Can Mobeen manage to keep everyone out of trouble?

episode image Wifey Riddim
7.8/10 (101 votes)

#15 Wifey Riddim

S1:E2

When Mobeen learns that his little sister Aks has been suspended from school for fighting, he realises that he might not be the best role model to parent her. So when he bumps into two notorious uncles after Friday prayers, they suggest that an arranged marriage might bring a much needed female perspective into Aks's life. Initially Mobeen quashes the idea, but after reflecting on it with best friends Eight and Nate, he decides arranged marriage might be the answer after all. When Uncle Habib arranges for Mobeen to meet a prospective wife, Khadijah, and her father, things don't quite go to plan - thanks to the unexpected arrival of ‘weird' Uncle Shady.

episode image Return of the Pack
7.7/10 (64 votes)

#16 Return of the Pack

S2:E3

They say the past is never far away. And for Mobeen, it’s about to punch him in the throat. Cal, an old friend makes an unexpected return to Small Heath, leaving Aks, Eight and Nate very concerned about what this means for Mobeen. Can he stay clear of trouble, or are things about to take a turn for the worse?

episode image Bagpuss
7.2/10 (117 votes)

#17 Bagpuss

S1:E1

Mobeen receives a surprise visit from the armed police, who arrest his friend Eight on suspicion of supplying drugs to school children in Small Heath - based on the description of an 'Asian male in jogging bottoms'. The real culprit is Shahid, a local dealer who's enlisted his mum's cousin's cousin - 14 year-old Kareema - to move his gear. But Mobeen refuses to snitch. When Kareema asks Mobeen's little sister Aks to help her hide the drugs from the police, she follows her brother's example. When Mobeen finds out, he has no other option than to go looking for Shahid - but will his actions have more drastic consequences?

Cast & Chracters

Aqsa

Actor: Dúaa Karim
character image Mobeen

Mobeen

Actor: Guz Khan
character image Nate

Nate

Actor: Tolu Ogunmefun

Saj

Actor: Salman Akhtar
character image Harper

Harper

Actor: Perry Fitzpatrick

The highest rated episode of Man Like Mobeen is "Permanent Exclusion" (S3E3) with a rating of 8.80.

This episode received 62 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Bagpuss" (S1E1) with a rating of 7.20.

This episode received 117 votes.

The highest rated episode is "H-ALTRight" (S1E4) with a rating of 8.10.

This episode received 99 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Bagpuss" (S1E1) with a rating of 7.20.

This episode received 117 votes.

The highest rated episode is "Wrestling with the NHS" (S2E2) with a rating of 8.50.

This episode received 90 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Return of the Pack" (S2E3) with a rating of 7.70.

This episode received 64 votes.

The highest rated episode is "Permanent Exclusion" (S3E3) with a rating of 8.80.

This episode received 62 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "You Reap What You Sow" (S3E1) with a rating of 8.20.

This episode received 65 votes.

The highest rated episode is "Death Row Records" (S4E4) with a rating of 8.80.

This episode received 42 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Its Not What You Know" (S4E2) with a rating of 8.40.

This episode received 34 votes.

Name Department Job
David Sant Directing Director
Andy Milligan Production Executive Producer
David Simpson Production Producer
Gill Isles Production Executive Producer
Guz Khan Production Executive Producer
Tom Jordan Production Executive Producer

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