
Boarders go back to school with BBC
TRAILER: BBC comedy Boarders returns for its second season on Monday, February 3, continuing the story of five talented black inner-city teens who are transported to an alien world when they gain scholarships to a prestigious boarding school.
Jaheim, Leah, Toby, Omar and Femi arrive at St Gilbert’s determined to make the most out of the opportunity, despite their places only being offered as a poorly disguised PR exercise to improve the reputation of the school.
Season two sees a new era for St Gilbert’s with the now acting headmistress Carol Watlington-Geese (who also happens to be the mother of Jaheim’s nemesis, Rupert) at the helm – and she wants Jaheim, Leah, Toby, Omar and Femi gone.
Josh Tedeku (Jaheim), Jodie Campbell (Leah), Sekou Diaby (Toby), Myles Kamwendo (Omar) and Aruna Jalloh (Femi) return to the cast, alongside Niky Wardley (Carol), Assa Kanouté (Abby), Tallulah Greive (Beatrix), Rosie Graham (Florence), Harry Gilby (Rupert), Georgina Sadler (Mabel), Zheng Xi Yong (Xiang), Dillon Mitra (Dilton), Archie Fisher (Cheddar), Andrew Harmon-Gray (Graham), Ruxandra Porojnicu (Yelena), Kye Malcolm (Caleb), Llewella Gideon (Sylvie), Mohammed Mansaray (Malachi), Niyi Akin (Koku), Maxim Ays (Felix), Al Foran (Stanley), William Andrews (Mackers) and Yuriri Naka (Ms Kaneko).
New additions include Natalie Cassidy (EastEnders) and Alan Cumming (The Traitors US) in guest roles.
Wunmi Mosaku (Loki) also joins as Jaheim’s mum, Grace. Cara Theobold (Downton Abbey) is St Gilbert’s new writer in residence Jude, with Michael Salami (Supacell) as Femi’s Uncle Teju. Kendra Brown stars in her debut on-screen role as the new American exchange student, Devonyé.
Season two is created by Daniel Lawrence Taylor, who is lead writer with Yemi Oyefuwa, Jeffrey Aidoo and Racheal Ofori writing additional episodes. Taylor also co-stars as Gus.
It is directed by Joelle Mae David and Sarmad Masud, with Ali MacPhail returning as the producer and Carleen Beadle-Larcombe as line producer. Mykaell Riley also returns as musical director.
It is produced by Studio Lambert in coproduction with Tubi in the US and Germany’s ZDFneo, in association with distributor All3Media International. Executive producers are Daniel Lawrence Taylor, Madeleine Sinclair for Studio Lambert, and Nawfal Faizullah and Katherine Bond for the BBC.
Season two of Boarders debuts on BBC iPlayer and BBC Three on Monday, February 3.
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