Grime Kids: The Inside Story of the Global Grime Takeover

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But on the whole, this is a joyous representation of a very particular slice of time: being young, bored, with your whole life ahead of you and limitless potential at your fingertips. She described it as "Big Little Lies meets Girlfriends", and an "amazing celebration of Nigerian British culture". The five will be joined by Ryan McParland (Derry Girls), Don Gilet (Sherwood), Delove Akra ( Drillin), Marsha Miller (Top Boy), Simon Wolfe (Carnival Row), Marcus Onilude (Big Boys), Jola Olajide (Doctors), Jack Bannon (Endeavour), Jo Martin (Doctor Who), and Cale Cole making his debut. A new BBC Three drama will explore the emergence of grime music from subculture to international phenomenon. Set against a backdrop of real events and cultural moments, Grime Kids reveals how grime, born from within British housing estates, took over the world.

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This year’s Opening Film will be the International Premiere of Saltburn, directed by Emerald Fennell, which will screen simultaneously at selected cinemas across UK. Technology has moved on since then, in many ways to artists’ benefit, but the creative community that underpins Grime Kids really does feel like a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence.While books like Wiley’s Eskiboy keep it from being the uncontested champ, it will surely be one of the go-to texts for years to come.

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David Jonsson (Industry, Rye Lane), Morfydd Clark (Lord of the Rings, Saint Maud), Penelope Wilton (Downton Abbey, After Life), Sinead Matthews (Hullraisers, The Crown), Tom Riley (The Nevers, Ill Behaviour), Douglas Henshall (Shetland, In Plain Sight), Mathew Baynton (Ghosts, Wonka), Mark Bonnar (World on Fire, Guilt), Nimra Bucha (Polite Society, Ms Marvel), Tamzin Outhwaite ( The Tower, Ridley Road), Jon Pointing (Big Boys, Plebs), and Phoebe Licorish.

One scene intercuts the action with increasingly chaotic Polaroids as their night out gets messier and messier; watching it, I felt a pang of wistfulness for my teenage years. Yus Jamal Crooks will be making his TV debut, alongside Shanu Hazzan (EastEnders), Juwon Adedokun (We Love Moses), Gabriel Robinson (Silent Witness), and Tienne Simon ( Silent Witness). But the real star here is the friendship between the boys, and the two episodes I watched lean into this hard.

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Plus, deft as Ikoko is with a pen, some of the plot beats required to get the boys from A to B feel a tad forced. The series is markedly different from the book and traces the lives of five fictional characters, growing up in the early 2000s, desperate to have their voices heard through music.Follows a group of young adults growing up in the late 1990s, dreaming of being able to make their voice heard through grime music. Ultimately, the series is about music, friendship and figuring out what kind of man you want to be when the world still sees you as a kid. Events stretch as far as Ibiza, New York, and Tokyo, but they are always in orbit around East London.

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Grime Kids is an excellent look into teen brotherhood and the musical culture that surrounds and inspires it. I bet every night of their lives is the best night of their lives,” Dane says wistfully, nursing a split lip. Grime Kids follows a group of teenagers using music to share their voices, whilst navigating growing up in the 90s. Seeing the different sides in one single frame enhances the audience’s understanding of certain actions and the measures people take to achieve what they want. Filming took place in East London and the series is due to air on BBC Three and iPlayer later this year.

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