South Side Story (2014 TV series)

South Side Story
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Knickerbockerglory
Original release
Network	BBC Three BBC Three HD
Release	26 January (2015-01-26) – 3 March 2015 (2015-03-03)

South Side Story is a structured reality entertainment programme first broadcast on BBC Three on 26 January 2015. The six-part series is about musicians and artists in South London. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The series has been described as The Only Way is Essex meets Glee . ^[4]

Production

The series was commissioned by Zai Bennett and Sean Hancock, and produced by Knickerbockerglory. ^[5] A non-transmission pilot episode was made in 2013. ^[6] The director is Ben Cook and executive producer is Jonathan Stadlen. ^[7]

Main cast

Cast member	Occupation
Alaric	Personal Trainer, Bouncer and was a contestant on the fifth series of The Voice UK
Alistair	Singer
Annabell	Model
Deke	Singer
Fayy	Street Dancer
Gilly	Choreographer
Jayden "Fresh"	Personal Trainer and Appeared on the third series of Ex on the Beach
Jaynee	Singer
Jodie	Singer
Kelz	Rapper
Lady Lykez	Rapper
Levi	Dancer
Mim	Aspiring Radio Presenter
Nyomi "Ny"	Singer
Rachelle	Model and single mum
Shahnequa	Aspiring Actress
Suzette	Choreographer
Sylvia	Glamour Model
Yinka	Radio Presenter

References

1. Considine, Pippa (13 February 2014). "Knickerbockerglory mixes reality and performance for BBC3". Televisual. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
2. Wightman, Catriona (13 February 2014). "BBC Three bags Brixton-based singing, dancing structured reality show". Digital Spy. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
3. "BBC Three hopes to strike a chord with South Side Story". BBC Ariel. 13 February 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
4. "Got a South Side Story?". Funny Woman. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
5. "Music, Magic And Mum & Dad – BBC Three commissions more entertainment for 2014". BBC. 13 February 2014. Archived from the original on 29 March 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
6. Kanter, Jake (13 February 2014). "BBC3 in scripted reality first". Broadcast Now. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
7. "South Side Story". Greenlight. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.

External links

• South Side Story at BBC Online
• South Side Story at IMDb