Jamma Jamshidi wants the spotlight but his Bollywood-star mother Farida and annoyingly magnetic younger brother Isaac keep stealing it, so his anxiety detonates into fluorescent hallucinations that bend office corridors into Escher loops and turn karaoke mics into rocket launchers.
Mawaan Rizwan writes and stars, roping in his real mum Shahnaz Rizwan and sibling Nabhaan Rizwan to play the family that gaslights him, while Russell Tovey’s deadpan therapist boyfriend Guy keeps asking for commitment Jamma can’t give.
Each episode stays handheld and practical, the camera ducking through trapdoors and climbing into ceilings as if obeying Tex Avery physics rather than sitcom convention. Series one ends with the Megacentre evicted, the couple split and a cathartic group sing of George Michael’s “Freedom”, yet the 2025 run picks up the debris for another six binges released the same day the second run dropped.
Critics praised the “eye-popping visual style” and childlike slapstick, even when the jokes refused to land loud, and the RTS handed the show its Comedy Drama trophy in 2024.
Production Details
BBC Three / 2 Seasons / 12 Episodes / 2023 - Present
Created by: Mawaan Rizwan
Showrunner(s): Mawaan Rizwan, Hannah Moulder, Philip Clarke
Writer(s): Mawaan Rizwan, Nabhaan Rizwan, Emily Lloyd-Saini
Producer(s): Maisah Thompson
Cinematography: Edward Tucker
Music: Sam Thompson
Main Cast
Russell Tovey as Guy
Nabhaan Rizwan as Isaac
Mawaan Rizwan as Jamma
Jeff Mirza as Saif
Shahnaz Rizwan as Farida
Hugh Coles as Pat
Nathalie Armin as The Boss
Alfredo Tavares as Bailiff
Oliver Wellington as Basil
Loris Monet as The Bailiff
Geneviève Toussaint as Daisy
Emily Lloyd-Saini as Winnie
