TV series

Idris Elba's Fight School

2022 · 1 season

A sincere, slow-building documentary that follows struggling young people as they learn discipline and confidence through hard physical training.

Created by: Hassan Ghazi, Ben Hirsch
Genres: Documentary, Reality
Starring: Idris Elba

Overview: Idris will provide seven disadvantaged young people with lessons in discipline, focus and determination by putting them through an experimental boxing school.

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Created by: Hassan Ghazi, Ben Hirsch
Genres: Documentary, Reality
Starring: Idris Elba

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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
identity
ambition
healing
class
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: true story
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	9
Romance	0
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	6

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