'Boarders' Season 2 Moves in With One Week's Notice
HBO and Max are betting big on a certain family-oriented franchise about a poor kid whose life is magically changed for the better when he gets an invite to go away to an exclusive boarding school where the residents are used to a very different, far more rarified lifestyle. However, Anglophiles know plenty of school-based stories exist that are not focused on a special Boy Who Lived. For those looking for a fish-out-of-water story about poor students attending an exclusive boarding school where the culture will blow a few minds, may we suggest Boarders, which is returning to the U.S. with Season 2 in a matter of hours.
For those who missed Season 1's debut in 2024, Boarders follows five talented Black London inner-city teens transported to an alien world – a British boarding school – after gaining scholarships to the prestigious St. Gilbert’s as part of a poorly disguised PR exercise to improve the school's reputation. Starring Josh Tedeku as Jaheim, Jodie Campbell as Leah, Sekou Diaby as Toby, Myles Kamwendo as Omar, and Aruna Jalloh as Femi, the series was conceived by Daniel Lawrence Taylor, who also co-stars as the kids' mentor, Gus.
The series, which airs on the BBC in the U.K., was part of a small group of shows that landed on the FAST* service Tubi in 2023-2024 and one of only two to earn a second season along with Big Mood. (FAST = Free Ad-Supported TV, like TV was until ten years ago!) Boarders was a sleeper hit for the service, which aims for a younger, hipper, diverse audience, and Season 2 is one of its most anticipated originals of 2025.
