A popular comedy-drama has made a triumphant return with a new series and has received a perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes. 

The BBC Three programme, Boarders, sees fan favourites Josh Tedeku as Jaheim, Jodie Campbell as Leah, Sekou Diaby as Toby, Myles Kamwendo as Omar and Aruna Jalloh as Femi hit screens again after the first episode of series two aired yesterday. 

Boarders follows five black inner-city teenagers as they navigate attending elite boarding school, St Gilbert’s, after being awarded scholarships in an attempt to help  boost the school’s reputation.

The first series saw the teens get up to various antics during their studies as they tried to make the most of the opportunity.

Series two introduces a new acting headmistress, Carol Watlington-Geese, played by Niky Wardley, who wants to reduce the group of five to three. 

The season will feature new stars in guest roles, including Natalie Cᴀssidy from EastEnders and Alan Cumming from The Traitors US.

The BBC Three programme, Boarders, sees fan favourites Josh Tedeku as Jaheim, Jodie Campbell as Leah, Sekou Diaby as Toby, Myles Kamwendo as Omar and Aruna Jalloh as Femi hit screens again

Jodie Campbell in character as Leah in BBC Three’s Boarders

The five co-stars pictured together at the Boarders pH๏τo call in London last month 

Boarders boasts an impressive 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes and one fan even took to the review site to hail the first series as the ‘best show on the BBC’.

They wrote: ‘Best show on BBC. Funny comedy while there also being serious topics being covered. I would recommend this to anyone.’

Others took to social media to share their thoughts, with some already wanting more seasons after watching the second. 

One penned on X: ‘Just finished season 2 of #boarders… I genuinely need a season 3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and 10 announcements like yesterday bc we’ve only just TOUCHED the surface of what this show could be I need MORE.’

Another posted: ‘#boarders season 2 down. Where’s season 3?’

Someone else said: ‘I loved season 2 of boarders.’

A fourth chimed in: ‘I finished all of s2… boarders is EVERYTHINGGG.’

While another wrote: ‘Watched boarders s2 in a day and now I need another season desperately.’

Some fans posted their verdicts and excitement of the new show online

Josh Tedeku revealed how in one of the scenes in series two, he improvised lines with Mohammed Mansaray, who portrays Malachi and Zheng Xi Yong, who plays Xiang, Bristol Live reported. 

‘We were improvising an argument where we were just hammering each other with insults,’ he said.

‘The insults we used against each other were so ridiculous and funny – we were all dying of laughter that day!’ 

Boarders season 2 is available to stream on BBC iPlayer.