Tubi Picks Up BBC’s Boarders

The British coming-of-age dramedy Boarders is set for an exclusive North American debut on Tubi.

The series follows the lives of five talented Black teenagers from inner-city London as they navigate life at an elite boarding school. Produced by Studio Lambert in association with All3Media International for the BBC, the show will bow on Tubi in the first quarter of 2024.

Boarders was created and written by Daniel Lawrence Taylor, with Emma Dennis-Edwards, Yemi Oyefuwa and Ryan Calais Cameron contributing. The series is led by Josh Tedeku (Supacell, A Town Called Malice), Jodie Campbell (Bulletproof, No Return) and Myles Kamwendo (The School for Good and Evil), alongside Sekou Diaby and Aruna Jalloh, both making their screen debuts.

“We’re excited to be bringing Boarders to audiences in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and across LatAm as we continue to offer a variety of global programming at Tubi,” said Sam Harowitz, VP of content acquisitions and partnerships at Tubi. “At Tubi, we’re dedicated to telling compelling stories from all over the world and we know our highly engaged viewers will love the world and characters that Daniel has created just as much as we do.”

“I’m beyond excited that Tubi is bringing Boarders to North America,” said Lawrence Taylor. “This is a quintessentially British coming-of-age school show with big universal themes of belonging, achievement, first crushes, forging friendships and awkward sexual encounters that will hit home as hard for the North American audiences as much as it does for us Brits. It is jam-packed with exciting new talent, both in front of and behind the camera, and is filled with humor, pathos and straight-up joy. I know the Tubi audience will love watching it as much as I loved creating it.”

“Tubi is the ideal partner for this fantastic original comedy drama, and this agreement will ensure Boarders reaches a huge corner of the global market,” commented Sally Habbershaw, executive VP for the Americas at All3Media International. “Boarders showcases a wealth of brilliant new talent and brings to life a contemporary comedy of manners with a lot of heart.”