It sounds like a backhanded compliment, but Get Duked! – which was titled Boyz in the Wood until a few weeks ago – is much better than it initially seems.
What begins as a stilted culture-clash comedy – three misfit city kids are dispatched to the wild Scottish Highlands to complete their Duke of Edinburgh’s Award – turns out to be an inventive and politically-charged blast.Dean (Rian Gordon), Duncan (Lewis Gribben) and DJ Beatroot (Viraj Juneja) – spoiler: his real name isn’t actually DJ Beatroot – arrive in the Highlands with their uptight teacher Mr Carlyle (Good Omens‘ Jonathan Aris) to atone for their bad behaviour at school.
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