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The cast and crew of BBC Three's PRU sat down for an interview with GRM Daily to talk casting, production and more.

HE AUDITIONED for his role on BBC3’s PRU over zoom during the height of the lockdown but Michael Boahen says he couldn’t have asked for a better opportunity to take his craft to the next level.

PRU (BBC Three) | iPlayer In the end, Meghan and Harry’s interview with Oprah Winfrey made Princess Diana’s 1995 encounter with Martin Bashir look like a tight-lipped model of restraint. Diana herself was referenced several times (one might say there were “three of them” in this interview). At times, Meghan “Marie Antoinette-ed” herself (“Just the two of us in our own backyard, and the Archbishop of Canterbury”). Not that any of this mattered when the talk turned to suicidal thoughts and racism (“Concerns and conversations about how dark his skin may be”). This, one realis...

Review of BBC Three's new comedy set in a pupil referral unit Is it ironic to wish PRU, the BBC’s new comedy about teenagers excluded from mainstream education, would calm down and show a little more discipline? The comedy, whose pilot episode dropped on iPlayer today, is based in a pupil referral unit, the acronym of the title. That this is a setting rarely seen on TV is actually a surprise given it’s such an ideal precinct for a sitcom, with diverse larger-than-life characters thrown together in a situation they can’t escape. Its makers are keen to stress the authenticity: director Te...