SummaryFive black inner-city teenagers earn a scholarship to attend a prestigious boarding school in the British coming-of-age dramedy.
[Premiered originally in the UK on BBC Three on 20 Feb 2024 and in the US on Tubi on 8 Mar 2024]
SummaryFive black inner-city teenagers earn a scholarship to attend a prestigious boarding school in the British coming-of-age dramedy.
[Premiered originally in the UK on BBC Three on 20 Feb 2024 and in the US on Tubi on 8 Mar 2024]
There are no cloying Very Special Episodes to be found among this bingeable batch of six. In fact, the only real complaint I have about the first season is that it’s far too short. If ever a TV series could support an old-school, American broadcast order of 23 episodes, it would be this instant classic among teen dramas.
Does Boarders say anything new? That’s yet to be seen. But even if it treads well-worn ground, it does so in a way that’s witty and funny, with just enough drama to let the audience know that the stakes for these five teens are pretty high.
Boarders offers six episodes of solidly executed covers of the greatest hits. It’s consistently likable, occasionally clever and the young cast of relatively newcomers delivers across the board.