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
Edinburgh 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 2024The week in TV: Boarders; Joe Lycett V Sewage
Reviews of the BBC Three comedy drama Boarders (4 stars), and Joe Lycett's comic take on water companies (3 stars).
Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 25th February 2024Boarders: The new BBC series TV viewers are 'resisting the urge' to binge
New comedy drama is set to be a huge hit.
Jacob Stolworthy, The Independent, 22nd February 2024Boarders, Perfect Pub Walks With Bill Bailey: reviews
Reviews of the new BBC Three sitcom Boarders (3 stars), and More 4 travelogue Perfect Pub Walks With Bill Bailey (4 stars).
James Jackson, The Times, 21st February 2024