THE BBC has revealed that a hit sitcom will come to an end after three series on air.
The show was branded ‘best on the Beeb’ and had a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score.
Popular school comedy-drama Boarders debuted on BBC Three last year to much success.
It tells the eye-opening story of a group of London-based black teens who are selected to attend a private boarding school after receiving scholarships.
And after receiving an incredible Rotten Tomatoes score of 100% and impressing viewers, another term is on the way.
But the news is bittersweet for fans – as it’s the final series and will conclude the show’s storyline.
Announcing the news, the BBC also confirmed Jodie Campbell, Sekou Diaby, Aruna Jalloh, Myles Kamwendo and Josh Tedeku will all reprise their roles for the final series.
Alongside writer and creator Daniel Lawrence Taylor who returns as their mentor Gus.
Taylor will also make his directorial debut this series, directing the final episode.
Filmed in Bristol, Boarders series three sees the South London teens 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, Assa Kanouté, Tallulah Greive, Rosie Graham, Georgina Sadler and Zheng Xi Yong.
Writer, creator and executive producer Daniel Lawrence Taylor, says: “Boarders has been a deeply personal project for me, and it’s been incredible to see how audiences have connected with the characters.
We look back at some of the best to ever grace the screen.
Fawlty Towers (1975-1979) – Only two series were made of the beloved institution. However, the cultural impact of the series starring John Cleese and Connie Booth spans decades. It follows rude and intolerant Basil Fawlty (Cleese) as he attempts to improve the reputation of his hotel.
Only Fools and Horses (1981-2003) – The show was crowned by some as the best British sitcom of all time by a TV poll in 2004. Seven series were broadcast on BBC until 1991 with additional sporadic Christmas specials airing until 2003. Sir David Jason starred as ambitious market trader Derek “Del Boy” Trotter whilst Nicholas Lyndhurst played his younger half-brother Rodney. Set in working-class Peckham in south-east London, it follows the highs and lows of the lives of the Trotters’, in particular their brazen attempts to get rich.
Blackadder (1983 – 1989) – Four series were made of the iconic show, created by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson. Each series spans a different historical period as anti-hero Edmund Blackadder (Atkinson) tries to better himself in each society. Accompanied by his dogsbody Baldrick (Tony Robinson), trouble always ensues. A TV poll in 2004 found that Blackadder was voted the second-best British sitcom of all time
Absolutely Fabulous (1992 – 2012) – Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley star as failing PR guru Edina ‘Eddie’ Monsoon and alcoholic fashionista Patsy Stone. The pair embark on heavy-drinking sessions and abuse drugs in a desperate attempt to stay ‘hip’. Eddie constantly chases bizarre fads and fails to lose weight whilst her disappointed and neglected daughter Saffy (Julia Sawalha) looks on.
Little Britain (2003 – 2006) – The premise is simple. A sketch show which features different British people from all walks of life that are engaged in all sorts of comical scenarios. Starring Matt Lucas and David Walliams, the pair created iconic pop culture characters. Viewers loved obnoxious council estate teenager Vicky Pollard, morbidly obese scrounger Bubbles Devere, slimming coach Marjorie Dawes, despondent office worker Carol Beer, disgraced politician Sir Norman Fry, of course the iconic Lou and Andy!
The Catherine Tate Show (2004-2015) – A sketch show starring the likes of Catherine Tate. She made iconic characters such as rowdy schoolgirl Lauren Cooper with her line ‘Am I bovvered?’. Other characters featured Bernie the nurse, the aga saga woman, complaining couple Janice and Ray, and of course her infamous ‘Nan’, Joannie Taylor. The last character herself spawned multiple specials and even a movie.
Gavin and Stacey (2007 – Present) The series tells the story of Gavin (Matthew Horne) and Stacey (Joanna Page). The pair embarked on an online and telephone romance for six months. But when they finally decide to be together properly, their friends and family get in the way. Ruth Jones and James Corden created the beloved show, which has been going for over a decade. The 2019 Christmas special was the most-watched comedy in 17 years and the most-viewed non-sporting event in a decade.
“From day one, I wanted to create something funny, honest, and proudly Black,
“And in this final term, I hope to finish their story as they face their final year with greater challenges, deeper friendships and the looming question of life beyond school.”
Studio Lambert Creative Director, Scripted Madeleine Sinclair says: “Daniel’s fearless and sharp writing, as well as standout performances from our cast.
“Have meant that audiences have truly embraced our characters and we cannot wait for everyone to see how their stories conclude – with humour, honesty, and a lot of heart.”
Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama says: “Boarders has been a fun, sharp and timely addition to our screens since its launch two years ago, with star-making turns from its exceptional young cast.
“We’re so excited to return to St Gilbert’s one more time to bring viewers the conclusion of Daniel Lawrence Taylor’s hit comedy-drama.”
Fans can expect six brand new, 45 minute long episodes of Boarders when it returns to BBC.
TRENT ALEXANDER-ARNOLD was forced to drop his iconic No.66 shirt following his move to Real Madrid.
The former Liverpool star was presented as a Los Blancos player with his new No.12 shirt number.
Alexander-Arnold, 26, stunned fans during the presentation as he spoke fluent Spanish as he addressed the media.
During the unveiling, he showed off his new shirt, which was printed with the No.12.
The defender had to change from his usual No.66 shirt due to LaLiga rules.
It is stated that first-team players must have squad numbers between one and 25.
Numbers 1, 13 and 25 are usually reserved for goalkeepers.
But fans believe they know why the England international has opted for the No.12 – and it is all to do with simple maths.
They claim that, because six plus six equals 12, Alexander-Arnold decided to pick the number.
One posted: “Just realised Trent took no.12 because 6+6 =12.”
A second wrote: “Trent is taking number 12 bc 6+6=12.”
A third commented: “6+6=12. 12 belonged to Marcelo, one of Real Madrid‘s best players. Wonderful number for Trent.”
A fourth said: “Trent chose 12 cause 6+6 is 12 just realised that.”
Another added: “I feel like Trent is only wearing # 12 for Real Madrid because his number was 66 and 6+6=12.”
His shirt also featured the name ‘Trent’ rather than ‘Alexander-Arnold’, which he wore while at Anfield.
Alexander-Arnold explained that he did not want any confusion over his name.
He said: “I’ve always found that when I’ve travelled to Europe, the whole ‘name’ situation confuses a lot of people—three names, double-barrelled.
“Alexander-Arnold, people call me Arnold, people call me Alexander, people call me Alex, people call me Trent… there’s a lot that goes on.
“I just thought, let’s make it simple, let’s make it easy. Trent on the back, be known as Trent.
“That’s my name and what people will call me.”
Alexander-Arnold had announced on May 5 that he’d be leaving Liverpool upon the expiry of his contract on June 30.
However, Real Madrid eventually agreed to pay a £10m fee in order to bring their new man in for the Club World Cup.
The full-back could make his debut for his new side as they take on Al-Hilal in Miami on June 18.
TRENT ALEXANDER-ARNOLD has finally completed his move to Real Madrid joins an exclusive club to pull on the famous white jersey.
So how did those who came before him get on?
LAURIE CUNNINGHAM (1979-1984)
Real Madrid splashed out £950,000 to sign Cunningham from West Brom in 1979.
As one of the “Three Degrees” alongside Cyrille Regis and Brendon Batson, Cunningham had left an unforgettable mark at the Hawthorns.
The left winger became an instant hit in the Spanish capital, scoring twice on his debut.
Cunningham helped his side to the LaLiga title in 1980, and played in the European Cup final against Liverpool the following year.
Following a loan spell with Manchester United, Cunningham moved to Marseille in 1984.
Having played for Leicester, Charleroi and Wimbledon, Cunningham returned to Madrid with Rayo Vallecano in 1988.
The following year he tragically died in a car crash in the city aged just 33.
STEVE MCMANAMAN (1999-2003)
Like Alexander-Arnold is set to, McManaman left boyhood club Liverpool for the bright lights of Madrid in 1999.
A silky winger, McManaman proved to be a hit in Madrid.
The Bernabeu crowd immediately took to their new English hero, with his floppy hair and nonchalant flair.
McManaman helped Real win six trophies in four years, and scored his side’s second goal in their victorious 2000 Champions League final.
He went on to leave Madrid in 2003, spending the final two years of his career with Manchester City.
After hanging up his boots, McManaman worked as a pundit for Setanta Sports, BT Sport and ESPN.
Now 53, he can regularly be seen on TNT Sports’ football coverage, especially when Liverpool or Real Madrid are playing.
DAVID BECKHAM (2003-2007)
In 2003, Real Madrid made Manchester United superstar Beckham their latest Galactico.
Golden Balls joined a squad boasting the likes of Ronaldo, Raul, Zinedine Zidane and Roberto Carlos in the Spanish capital.
Despite his love for high-end fashion and the celebrity lifestyle, Beckham became much beloved in Spain for his incredible work rate, professionalism and of course, quality.
Despite boasting a star-studded squad, the fabled La Decima – a tenth Champions League triumph – eluded Real Madrid during his four-year stint.
He didn’t leave empty-handed, however, winning the LaLiga title in 2007 before leaving for LA Galaxy.
Since Beckham hung up his boots in 2013 he has continued to have several endorsement deals; including the likes of Adidas, Armani, Pepsi and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Beckham, 49, also owns MLS side Inter Miami, and played a big role in their groundbreaking deal for Lionel Messi in 2023.
MICHAEL OWEN (2004-2005)
Like McManaman before him, Owen quit Liverpool for Real Madrid.
But the former Ballon d’Or winner endured a frustrating season at the Bernabeu, finding himself stuck behind Ronaldo and Raul.
Twelve months on from Owen’s £8million switch, Real Madrid doubled their money by flogging him to Newcastle.
Owen then spent three years with Liverpool’s rivals Man Utd, before one final year at Stoke.
Immediately after hanging up his boots, Owen signed up to be BT Sport’s primary co-commentator upon the channel’s launch.
In addition to his punditry work, the former striker has enjoyed several other ventures.
Owen, 45, has his own clothing range with Peacocks, while he also appeared on The Masked Singer.
JONATHAN WOODGATE (2004-2007)
Woodgate endured one of the most infamous debuts of all time after switching Newcastle for Real Madrid in 2004.
The luckless defender went through injury hell following the £13.4m transfer, having to wait 17 months before playing his first game.
Just 25 minutes in, the England international headed into his own net. Things then got even worse when he was sent off just after the hour mark.
Woodgate played just 14 times that season, before a loan move to Middlesbrough effectively ended his Real Madrid career.
After signing permanently for Boro, Woody earned a move to Tottenham in January 2008. He won the League Cup barely a month later, and remains the last Spurs player to score a winning goal in a cup final.
Following spells with Stoke and back at Middlesbrough, Woodgate retired in 2016.
He has since gone into coaching, managing Boro and Bournemouth.
Woodgate, 45, returned to Middlesbrough once again in 2022, where he works as a first team coach under Michael Carrick.
JUDE BELLINGHAM (2023-present)
England superstar Bellingham sealed a blockbuster £115m transfer from Borussia Dortmund to Real Madrid in the summer of 2023.
The move has been a resounding success, with the midfielder immediately excelling in Spain.
Bellingham scored on his debut, and went on net five times in his first four LaLiga matches.
The image of the 21-year-old with his arms outstretched has quickly become an iconic one.
Birmingham’s finest has already won LaLiga and the Champions League during his young career.
And with Alexander-Arnold now alongside him, Bellingham will feel that he can add plenty more to his already impressive trophy tally.
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IN an eerie rural village walled in by beautiful country fields, spooked residents lock their doors at the first blare of warning sirens, while “not even the birds sing”.
That’s because this creepy community exists in the dark shadow of one of the UK’s most notorious – and troubled – high-security psychiatric hospitals, whose grim alumni include Charles Bronson, cannibal killer Peter Bryan, and Soham child murderer Ian Huntley.
Since in 1912, the village of Woodbeck in rural Nottinghamshire has existed cheek by jowl alongside Rampton mental health hospital – one of three such high-security institutions in the UK holding patients with dangerous, violent or criminal tendencies.
Despairing residents – many of whom have worked in the facility themselves – claim their house prices are stuck in a rut thanks to the prospect of living doors down from deadly criminals.
Others, in light of a recent damning watchdog report, reserve their biggest fears for the overworked staff at Rampton itself.
One former nurse, who wished to remain anonymous, told The Sun: “It’s a dangerous s**thole. It’s understaffed and morale is horrific.”
They added: “I would say a staff member is going to get killed.”
Around 400 patients, who have been detained under the Mental Health Act 1983, are currently housed at the site.
Originally opened as an “overspill” for Broadmoor Asylum, it covers 190 acres and consists of 14 high-security main ward blocks and 14 secure “villas”.
One villager, who has lived there for 20 years, described the procedures in place for locals in case any of the inmates ever managed to escape.
“If anyone got out, they’d be going somewhere,” they eerily told a local paper. “There’s a warning system and it’d be common sense to lock your doors if that ever happens.”
Fellow resident Julie Edwards added: “We get fire engines going by because of the nature of who’s in there, but you just expect that of an evening.”
In recent years, Woodbeck has been voted the worst place in Nottinghamshire for community wellbeing.
The lack of shops, buses or a school mean many residents feel “stuck” there, and they say it has become “more cut off” over the years as facilities have been stripped bare.
The average house price in Woodbeck is £150,000, far lower than the £269,000 seen across the UK.
During The Sun’s visit, one woman who was interested in purchasing a home there said she and her partner knew it faced the hospital, but had decided to take a look anyway, tempted by the price.
However, the woman, who asked not to be named, said: “It’s the creepiest place I’ve ever been and I’m not coming back.
“There’s something really spooky about it and I don’t feel comfortable here at all.
“It’s a good price and it’s quite spacious but it feels quite surreal. I can’t even hear the birds sing.”
Local mechanic Mark Smith told a local news outlet he fears that living so close to the secure hospital “does deduct the value of houses”, and described how congested it can get with Rampton workers during the week.
One resident explained the houses used to be all owned by the hospital itself, but are now privately owned or rented, with many staff buying them “on the cheap”.
Local Michael Warriner, meanwhile, said many people who move to the village to work at the hospital don’t generally stay long.
“It’s just something to secure their CV and they don’t really take pride in the area,” he said.
The hospital hit the headlines in May after a healthcare watchdog stated that the facility requires “urgent improvement,” following its rating of “inadequate” in January 2024.
The Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS trust that runs it was being probed over the care of Nottingham killer Valdo Calocane, the paranoid schizophrenic who fatally stabbed three people in 2023.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) report said that between March 2024 and February 2025, staff submitted 777 incident forms where the reasons stated were “clinically unsafe staffing”.
The Sun spoke to a former nurse team leader who worked there for 11 years and still lives in Woodbeck, which was once filled with NHS workers.
The man, who wished to remain anonymous, claimed there is a culture of micromanagement and backstabbing, with staff severely undervalued and given little support.
The former staff member claimed there were situations that had been “swept under the carpet”, adding: “You have one qualified member of staff running back and forth between two or three wards.”
Martyn Farrow, who worked as a Rampton nurse for 12 years and then as a security officer for 13 years, lives a stone’s throw from the hospital’s imposing double fence.
The grandfather-of-seven, 69, says the hospital relies heavily on agencies, adding that staff play the system for an easier life.
He said: “There is no training like there used to be. When I first started working at Rampton, staff spent 18 months on a training course – now I’d be amazed if they did two days.
“There should never be one qualified person for two or three wards.
“In the past, some wards had 34 patients and six specialist staff per ward. It’s criminal mismanagement.”
The hospital was rated “requires improvement” by government watchdogs following an unannounced inspection in March.
While the CQC found some “clear improvements” had been made, it said the trust had work to do “to address staff shortages and support staff”.
Sometimes staff were found to be working alone at night, unable to take breaks, and reported feeling “anxious, isolated and unsafe”.
In January 2024 a coroner called for improvements at the hospital following the death of a patient who swallowed a crayon.
Villager Barry Woolley, 79, was a staff nurse at Rampton for 20 years and reminisced about the days when dances were held for patients and wards took part in football tournaments.
He said: “The patients came in and were told what they were doing, and a lot of the staff came from the forces. I think society is different now.”
Valerie Farrow was a nursing assistant in women’s services at Rampton with her husband Martyn, where she came to know Beverley Allitt, a former nurse who killed four babies and attempted to kill three others at a hospital in Grantham, Lincolnshire, in the 1990s.
The 77-year-old said: “If I hadn’t known what she’d done, I’d never have known. She was always all right with me.
“We’d talk about all sorts, nothing to do with her crimes. If they ever wanted to tell me what they had done, I’d listen, but I never asked.
“You have to put it all to the back of your mind.”
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Valerie grew so acquainted with Carol Barratt, who murdered an 11-year-old schoolgirl at a shopping centre in Doncaster in 1991, that the killer called her “mother” and invited her to her wedding.
“A few got married in Rampton,” she said. “I enjoyed the work. I felt I was doing something to help, it gave me a sense of purpose.”
Now, as troubling questions continue to be asked about the facility, residents of sleepy Woodbeck are being left with much darker memories.
Becky Sutton, Chief Operating Officer at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, told The sun: “Our colleagues are dedicated to delivering excellent care, often in challenging circumstances.
“We actively listen to feedback from them, working in partnership to make improvements to support our colleagues and our patients, enhance safety and build a stronger learning culture.
“We know there is more to do, and we’re focused on working closely with colleagues to make further improvements so we can meet the standards our patients and colleagues deserve.”
