Season 1 • Episode 6
LatestAsha's father thinks his daughter is pregnant, while Max finally gives Jordan and Jonno his blessing and Kwame faces the truth.
Kwame, seventeen and straight, is trying to reconcile his estranged fathers, Max and Jordan. He must contend with Max's insistence that he is over Jordan, and Jordan's new relationship with former military man Jonno. Kwame is also trying to attract the girl of his dreams, Asha, and provide support to his two best friends: Dean, a talented footballer struggling with an abusive father and a crush on Max, and skater boy Bambi, trying unsuccessfully to secure a commitment from his older, on-off boyfriend, Robin. Add Max's lesbian sister and new love interest and you're in the middle of a hip, fun, music-filled soap opera.
Acting
Rikki Beadle Blair's Max: camp, wounded, and impossible to look away from.
Production
DIY Channel 4 energy—rough edges that somehow make it more authentic.
Costume
The Y2K fashion time capsule nobody asked for but everyone needs.
Creator
Rikki Beadle Blair
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Created by Rikki Beadle Blair for Channel 4, this was radical 2001 representation—centering Black queer British lives before 'diversity' became corporate branding.
The title itself satirizes the era's 'metrosexual' marketing trend, reclaiming it for actual queer complexity rather than straight men buying moisturizer.
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