![]() Black to Front will champion Black voices and stories and celebrate the incredible Black talent that make, shape and star in British TV. It is also fantastic to be part of Channel 4's Black to Front event championing Black talent on and off screen. It is so important for broadcasters to make these kinds of meaningful commitments and it has been wonderful to see a cast and crew come together at the heart of this production that are absolutely sensational."Ĭhannel 4 will broadcast one complete day of television fronted by Black talent and featuring Black contributors this September. Bolu’s writing is funny, nuanced and wonderfully well observed and she has created a set of characters and a friendship at the heart of this that audiences are going to adore. We’re so pleased to be working with Bolu on this, her first scripted project, and beyond thrilled that she and Big Age are part of our Black to Front commitment.”ĭavid Simpson, Head of Comedy for Tiger Aspect said: “We’re delighted to be making this pilot for Channel 4. We knew we needed to see them come to life. Funny, contemporary, and surprising characters that have a deliciously moreish, comic energy. ”įiona McDermott, Head of Comedy, Channel 4 said: “ When we first read this script, Ṣadé and Dela just bounced off the page. With great thanks to Tiger Aspect and my wonderful producer and creative partner Amy Annette, I cannot wait for the world to meet (and fall in love with) Ṣ adé and the gang. Ṣ adé is a young woman with big dreams and a big heart, and Big Age is a celebration of friendship, ambition with heart, and the connections that propel us forward in newly formulating adulthood. It's been a great joy to develop these characters and this world over the years, and I am so thrilled that a place that has housed so many of my favourite shows has chosen to help me share it. Completing the foursome is Tayo, played by CJ Beckford ( I Am Danielle, Sitting in Limbo), the dry humoured grounding force of the group who seemingly has his life on track.īolu Babalola said : “ It is quite literally a dream come true to have the opportunity to bring Big Age to life with Channel 4. Michael Workeye ( Brothers, Sitting in Limbo) plays Zeke, Ṣadé’s unrequited love – a slick-talker and player, full of easy charm and charisma. She’s also secretly a very middle-class private school kid who never used to “see colour” (something she is secretly deeply ashamed of). Dela is Ṣade’s best friend, played by Racheal Ofori ( Sliced, Treadstone) – she’s an artist who prefers to ‘go where her soul flows’ and is a free-spirited, sexually liberated, social justice warrior who would do anything for her friend. In the pilot, Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo ( Alex Rider, Been So Long) plays our protagonist Ṣadé who has just turned 25, or twenty-thrive – she’s unashamedly ambitious, fierce but has moments of spiralling (yet hilarious) insecurity. Bolu writes stories of dynamic women with distinct voices who love and are loved audaciously. She is the author of the New York Times and Times Best-Selling anthology Love In Colour, and a self-coined "romcomoisseur". ![]() So essentially, she has a master's degree in Beyoncé. ![]() With a backdrop of parental expectation, personal dreams and the crushing reality of maxed out credit cards and with the Nigerian phrase ’at your big age!’ ringing in their ears it’s a quipped admonition that can be both loving and mocking, both commanding and encouraging - it is about growing up, stretching up, stepping up.īolu Babalola, the creator of this distinctive and inspiringly funny show, is a British-Nigerian woman with a misleading bachelor's degree in law, a master's degree in American Politics & History from UCL where her thesis was on Beyoncé's "Lemonade" she was awarded a distinction for it. The vivacious show will air as part of Channel 4’s Black to Front day on Friday 10 September 2021.īig Age follows a group of four young Black-British friends who are in the ‘big age’ era of their lives. Big Age joins the raft of programmes airing in SeptemberĬhannel 4 has announced the commission of Big Age, a 1 x 30’ refreshing new comedy pilot written by acclaimed writer Bolu Babalola ( Love in Colour) and produced by Tiger Aspect ( Man Like Mobeen, Hitmen).
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