AVOIDANCE: FILMING BEGINS AND CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR SECOND SERIES OF BBC COMEDY

Romesh Ranganathan stars in Avoidance, a series about living your life avoiding conflict, avoiding making decisions and avoiding the mess that causes.

If series one was about a break-up and rebuilding a broken home, series two is about falling in love, messy reconciliation and a baby.

Filming started this week and returning to the series alongside Romesh Ranganathan are Jessica Knappett (Drifters), Kieran Logendra, Mandeep Dhillon (Afterlife), Lisa McGrillis (Mum) and Bruce Mackinnon (The Catherine Tate Show).

New cast for the second series includes Matthew Lewis (Harry Potter), Aisling Bea (This Way Up), Louise Ford (The Windsors), Olive Tennant (Belfast), Alex Ranganathan, Jessica Ransom (Horrible Histories), Paula Wilcox (Upstart Crow).

Plus Philip Jackson (Brassed Off), Ed Kear (Here We Go), Colin Hoult (Murder in Successville), Michael Spicer (The Room Next Door),and Brona C Titley (The Outlaws).

Romesh Ranganathan says: “I’m delighted to be back on set with this amazing cast, so much so it almost makes up for the crushing agony of my recent spandex-filled wardrobe fitting...”

Avoidance (6 x 30) is a Ranga Bee production for BBC One and BBC iPlayer.