South Side Story
"Down here, music gets us on our way."
BBC Three's new entertainment series takes a modern look at the South London creative arts culture. The show creates a story around real life artists, dancers, models and various other industry talent.
The series, produced by Knickerbockerglory, is described as "the real-life Glee – mixing the genres of structured reality and musical to create a new genre of television."
In episode 1 we meet the characters and learn a few things: Image is important so make sure you keep yourself looking tidy, You need to shut down your rudeness, a guy may have made a mistake and been to prison, but give him a second chance. Showing off your macho abilities may not always get the girl, but handing out freebies will. Heading over to Rinse FM, Yinka discusses dating faux pas, singer Lady Lykes is loving her butt, and we learn not to ask a girl what is going on with her hair.
Fast-paced snippets piecing together a day, with humour running through. Scenes are linked together with musical interludes moving the story forward. Check out South Side Story on BBC Three, Monday's 9:30pm or catch up on BBC iPlayer.
Article by Mizz Ruby.
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