Series three of award-winning BBC comedy-drama Boarders has wrapped production in Bristol, after a Summer shoot at The Bottle Yard Studios and on location supported by our Film Office team.
Created and written by BAFTA-nominated Daniel Lawrence Taylor, the new six-part series will see the South London teens return for a third and final term on BBC iPlayer, with new enemies, love interests and broken friendships.
Jodie Campbell (Leah), Sekou Diaby (Toby), Aruna Jalloh (Femi), Myles Kamwendo (Omar) and Josh Tedeku (Jaheim) reprise their roles, alongside writer and creator Daniel Lawrence Taylor who returns as their mentor Gus.
In Series 3, the South London teens are back at St. Gilbert’s and the pressure is on. They’ve made it to their final term, exams are looming, and they’re determined to achieve big. As they dream of life beyond St. Gilbert’s, a neighbouring school – which also happens to be the one Abby is now attending – provokes an intense rivalry causing chaos and jeopardising their futures.
With new enemies, love interests and broken friendship, our teens are forced to face a fresh batch of problems which threaten to trip them up at their final hurdle. What will it take for our scholarship kids to come out on top?
Returning cast from series two also include Niky Wardley (Carol), Assa Kanouté (Abby), Tallulah Greive (Beatrix), Rosie Graham (Florence), Georgina Sadler (Mabel), Zheng Xi Yong (Xiang), Archie Fisher (Cheddar), Andrew Harmon-Gray (Graham), Ruxandra Porojnicu (Yelena), Maxim Ays (Felix), Al Foran (Stanley), William Andrews (Mackers) and Yuriri Naka (Ms Kaneko).
Produced by Studio Lambert, part of All3Media, Boarders (6×45) is created by Daniel Lawrence Taylor, who serves as lead writer with Cherish Shirley, Temi Wilkey, Alex Straker, Emma Dennis-Edwards and Yemi Oyefuwa writing additional episodes. It is directed by Yero Timi-Biu (Three Little Birds) and Satya Bhabha (Big Door Prize, Gossip Girl, Love Life).
Ali MacPhail returns as producer and Carleen Beadle-Larcombe as line producer. Mykaell Riley also returns as Musical Director. Executive producers are Daniel Lawrence Taylor and Madeleine Sinclair for Studio Lambert, and Nawfal Faizullah for the BBC.
Boarders Series 3 is expected to air in 2026 on BBC iPlayer and BBC Three.