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
Press clippings
I Talk Telly Awards 2024 nominations announced
Big Mood, Boarders, Daddy Issues, Ludwig, Mammoth, Mr. Bigstuff, Spent, Such Brave Girls, Things You Should Have Done and We Might Regret This are amongst the nominees in the I Talk Telly Awards 2024.
British Comedy Guide, 9th November 2024Televisual Bulldog Awards 2024 comedy shortlist
Big Boys, Boarders, The Change, Dreaming Whilst Black, Extraordinary, Juice, Sex Education and Such Brave Girls are shortlisted for Best Comedy in the Televisual Bulldog Awards.
British Comedy Guide, 21st October 2024BBC reveals new cast and first look at the second series of the hit comedy-drama Boarders
The hit series will arrive for a second term next year on BBC iPlayer and BBC Three in the UK.
BBC, 16th October 2024Edinburgh TV Festival 2024 awards nominees
Nominees have been announced for the 2024 awards of the annual Edinburgh TV Festival.
British Comedy Guide, 26th June 2024Boarders to return for Series 2
BBC Three comedy drama Boarders has been given the greenlight for a second series.
British Comedy Guide, 4th June 2024I am not an elderly white man. But you'd think so from my taste in TV comedy
Rising Damp, Only Fools And Horses, The Morecambe And Wise Show... I love them all, even though they haven't aged well.
Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff, The Guardian, 13th March 2024Boarders review
The first epsiode is a strong start to the series which might be hard to sustain.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd March 2024Boarders review
Today, class, we'll be learning how many stereotypes can be crammed into one finger-wagging lecture on Embracing Diversity.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 29th February 2024Boarders review
BBC's sharp private school comedy confronts privilege and tokenism.
Dan Einav, The Financial Times, 28th February 2024Boarders: the BBC comedy skewering boarding school
The show is based on the Sunday Times story of inner-city teenagers sent to Rugby. Sharon Hendry speaks to the people that inspired it.
Sharon Hendry, The Sunday Times, 25th February 2024