Avoidance Series 1 Created by Romesh Ranganathan and Benjamin Green, written by Romesh Ranganathan, Benjamin Green, Kefi Chadwick, Shaun Pye and Neil Webster. Six episode series that aired June 10 2022 on Sky.
Romesh Ranganathan plays Jonathan, a guy with severe conflict avoidance issues. Jessica Knappett plays his wife Claire, Kieran Logendra plays his son Spencer, Mandeep Dhillon plays his sister Danielle, Lisa McGrillis plays Danielle's wife Courtney. The acting is quite good and the characters are believable.
When the show starts we learn that Claire has ended their relationship. She wants to tell their son that Jonathan will be moving out. Rather than tell his son he takes him to the seaside to stay with Danielle and Courtney. Danielle wants to help her brother but Courtney isn't much interested in having Jonathan there, though she does likes Spencer.
There's a fair bit of conflict and a great bit of humor. You need the humor, I wouldn't want to watch a show that was just conflict and sadness. Too many of those around as it is. I liked this enough to wish there was a DVD set I could buy. I generally like Romesh, he has a nice dry sense of humor and a dark streak that I like. I'd certainly watch these again.
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