Trexx And Flipside
BBC Three sitcom about two wannabe hip hop stars who have the least appropriate manager in the business
- Genre:
- Sitcom
- Broadcast:
- 2008 (BBC Three)
- Episodes:
- 6 (1 series)
- Starring:
- Peter Dalton, David Ajala, Rich Fulcher, Ashley Madekwe, Marcel McCalla, Tyronne Lewis, Emi Wokoma, Andrew Harrison
- Writers:
- Zeron Gibson
- Production:
- Hanrahan Media
Trexx and Flipside are wannabe hip hop stars but their music label - Wu Hah Records - is run by Mr Brilliance, who is more in tune with crooning than rap.
Fortunately, his so-called assistant, Ollie, knows what she is doing and loves the boys' work. But even she worries that their enthusiasm is doing more harm than good - when they crashed the British Rap Awards (Bras) in a borrowed strip limo shared with a hen party, for instance.
And, when it comes to using a little muscle, the hip hop world is inhabited by the uninhibited, and gangsta rapper B-ICE has sworn to keep the boys exactly where he put them - in the gutter. Pitted against their rap rivals and backed by a no-hoper of a manager, will Trexx and Flipside ever make it?
Our Review: Despite its lukewarm reception in the mainstream press, we actually felt that this sitcom was quite charming - we liked it a lot. It isn't nearly as 'ghetto' and inaccessible as it looks. It may have played to a few stereotypes at times, but it was actually something the whole family could enjoy, and we thought deserved a second series.
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