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Boarders. Image shows left to right: Toby (Sekou Diaby), Jaheim (Josh Tedeku), Leah (Jodie Campbell), Omar (Myles Kamwendo), Femi (Aruna Jalloh)
Boarders

Boarders

  • TV comedy drama
  • BBC Three
  • 2024
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

Coming-of-age comedy drama following the lives of five underprivileged black students who win scholarships to an elite boarding school. Stars Josh Tedeku, Jodie Campbell, Myles Kamwendo, Sekou Diaby, Aruna Jalloh and more.

  • Due to return for Series 2
  • Episode 1 repeated Thursday 2nd January at 9pm on BBC3

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Boarders. Image shows left to right: Femi (Aruna Jalloh), Jaheim (Josh Tedeku), Leah (Jodie Campbell), Omar (Myles Kamwendo), Toby (Sekou Diaby)

Key details

Genre
Comedy Drama
Broadcast
2024
Channel
BBC Three
Episodes
6 (1 series)
Creator
Daniel Lawrence Taylor
Stars
Josh Tedeku, Jodie Campbell, Myles Kamwendo, Sekou Diaby, Aruna Jalloh, Daniel Lawrence Taylor, Derek Riddell, Niky Wardley and more
Writers
Daniel Lawrence Taylor, Emma Dennis-Edwards, Yemi Oyefuwa and Ryan Calais Cameron
Directors
Ethosheia Hylton and Sarmad Masud
Producers
Alison MacPhail, Daniel Lawrence Taylor, Susan Hogg, Madeleine Sinclair, Ayela Butt, Nawfal Faizullah and Carleen Beadle
Company

Boarders follows the lives of five underprivileged black students from inner-city London who win scholarships to an elite boarding school.

Stepping out of the urban metropolis and into a world they can only describe as something out of Harry Potter, the characters experience the highs and lows of boarding school: learning about themselves, their identity and what life on the other side looks like - which they discover is nothing like life in Zone 3.

From fun and independence to pressure and competition, first crushes, forging friendships and making enemies, Boarders looks at the experience of going to a top public school from a unique perspective. These kids may be outsiders but they're determined to prove themselves - and shake things up along the way. The new boarders have arrived.

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Additional details

Production
Location
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Tuesday 20th February 2024 at 9pm on BBC Three
Next repeats
  1. Episode 1: Thursday 2nd January at 9pm on BBC3
  2. Episode 2: Thursday 2nd January at 9:50pm on BBC3
  3. Episode 3: Thursday 2nd January at 10:35pm on BBC3
  4. Episode 4: Thursday 2nd January at 11:20pm on BBC3
  5. Episode 5: Friday 3rd January at 11pm on BBC3
  6. Episode 6: Friday 3rd January at 11:45pm on BBC3
Most recent repeats
  • Sunday 24th March 2024 at 12:30am on BBC3 - Episode 6
  • Saturday 23rd March 2024 at 11:45pm on BBC3 - Episode 5
  • Saturday 23rd March 2024 at 11:00pm on BBC3 - Episode 4

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