Avoidance: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Jonathan's life revolves around his nine year-old son Spencer, and he's always deferred the big and small decisions to his partner Claire. 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 and her wife Courtney. 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?

Series details

• Title: Avoidance
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 2022-06-10
• Final broadcast date listed: 2024-04-05
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: BBC iPlayer
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 29 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 60012
• IMDb ID: tt15340088
• TVDB ID: 420667

Cast and credited roles

• Romesh Ranganathan — Jonathan

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2022-06-10; final listed air date 2022-06-10; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 2024-04-05; final listed air date 2024-04-05; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

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