Youngers 

Two best friends, one who has nothing going for him and the other with top grades and a bright future want to take their grime to the next level. When Yems (Ade Oyefeso) meets a girl at ... See full summary »

Creators:

Levi David Addai, Benjamin Kuffuor

Stars:

Calvin Demba, Ade Oyefeso, Shavani Cameron

2 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Calvin Demba	...	Jay 16 episodes, 2013-2014
Ade Oyefeso	...	Yemi 16 episodes, 2013-2014
Shavani Cameron	...	Davina 16 episodes, 2013-2014
Arinzé Kene	...	Ashley 16 episodes, 2013-2014
Joivan Wade	...	Failia 16 episodes, 2013-2014
Percelle Ascott	...	Yungah Baby Tinie Winie 16 episodes, 2013-2014
Dee Kaate	...	Yungah Baker 16 episodes, 2013-2014
Curtis Walker	...	Uncle Errol 13 episodes, 2013-2014
Danielle Vitalis	...	Louise 11 episodes, 2013-2014
Ria Zmitrowicz	...	Jodie 10 episodes, 2013-2014
Yetunde Oduwole	...	Comfort 10 episodes, 2013-2014
Samson Kayo	...	Boss Fury 10 episodes, 2013-2014
Ricky Champ	...	Clint 9 episodes, 2013-2014
Moses Gomes-Santos	...	MC Marl-On 8 episodes, 2014
Jay Brown	...	Bangs 8 episodes, 2013-2014
Marli Bland	...	Screw Screw Fizzle 8 episodes, 2013

Storyline

Two best friends, one who has nothing going for him and the other with top grades and a bright future want to take their grime to the next level. When Yems (Ade Oyefeso) meets a girl at College he gains an immediate attraction for her, they become good friends and all three of them form a group called the "Youngers".

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 March 2013 (UK)

Filming Locations:

Peckham, London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Big Talk Productions

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

One of Daisy Ridley's first acting jobs, albeit for about a minute in one episode. In the scene she was involved in, her character had a conversation with Yemi about famous composers, in which he mentions John Williams and Star Wars. Coincidentally, Ridley would later star in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015).

User Reviews

Very underrated - Deserves a higher rating

This show appears to be quite underrated, it might just be me but I feel like it was barely marketed. I saw it on Netflix having never heard of it and was unaware that it had been aired on E4. I would rate this as a very good TV show; it is right up my street as it is a genre that I am very interested in.

The show starts with two friends leaving school and getting their GCSE results. One has his head screwed on and wants to go to college while the other is more streetwise and interested in making it big without further education. Both of them make music together and have dreams of making it big in the industry. They record tracks in Yemi's bedroom at his 'studio'; Jay is rapper whilst Yemi is the producer. Before long they recruit another member to their crew; a female singer – Davina. They then record tracks, send them off to labels and perform at unsigned open mic nights.

The 'mandem on the wall' are also hilarious, although with little screen time they are not used enough in my opinion! It is described as a comedy on IMDb but I would disagree on that, it is a lot more serious than that. Of course it has its funny moments and it does have a certain light hearted feel to it but it is not an outright comedy.

The acting is great, with very strong performances from the two leads (Jay and Yemi), Davina is certainly the weakest of the three but she still does a convincing enough job. The first series is 8 episodes long with each episode just over 20 minutes long. The show highlights the troubles of growing up, mixing business and pleasure and also teenage peer pressure.

The soundtrack also – wow! A real grime/UK urban soundtrack with plenty of snippets of songs in each episode. The songs that the Youngers make are also decent and are realistic enough to believe that this is the type of music they would produce in real life.

The only negative with the show is that is quite predictable and with only having short 20 minute episodes it seems they have tried to fit too much in to them. Relationships change and scenarios can change multiple times within one episode which hinders its opportunity to build any depth to situations.

I haven't seen series two yet but I will certainly be looking out for it and I would recommend this to anyone interested in the grime music industry and UK Urban cinema.

8/10