Michael Sheen, James Graham and Adam Curtis create a chaotic vision of Welsh revolution; ITV’s Covid three-parter favours realism over drama; and race, class and privilege collide in the BBC’s cracking new public school satire
Boarders, a brand-new comedy drama, launched on BBC Three after filming entirely in Bristol and the South West last year. The six-part high-energy series, created by Bafta-nominated Daniel Lawrence Taylor, follows the lives of five talented black inner-city teenagers navigating their way through an alien world – the British public school system. Line Producer, Carleen
Fun, funny and full of messy joy, this coming-of-age comedy drama about five Black students in an Eton-like institution is a treat – and as full of talent as Skins
Tone-deaf teachers, paintings of slaves, and effortless hilarity … BBC sitcom Boarders puts five Black teens in a boarding school and lets the carnage unfold. Its team explain why it hits close to home