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Yardie

Crime drama directed by Idris Elba, centring on the life of a young Jamaican man who has never fully recovered from the murder of his older brother Jerry Dread.

±«Óãtv Films presents Idris Elba's Yardie.

Set in 70s Kingston and 80s Hackney, Yardie centres on the life of a young Jamaican man named D, who has never fully recovered from the murder, committed during his childhood, of his older brother Jerry Dread.

D grows up under the wing of a Kingston Don and music producer named King Fox. Fox dispatches him to London, where he reconnects with his childhood sweetheart Yvonne and his daughter, who he has not seen since she was a baby. He also hooks up with a soundclash crew, called High Noon. But before he can be convinced to abandon his life of crime and follow 'the righteous path', he encounters the man who shot his brother ten years earlier and embarks on a bloody, explosive quest for retribution - a quest which brings him into conflict with vicious London gangster Rico.

1 hour, 33 minutes

Last on

Sat 3 Oct 2020 21:45
±«Óãtv Two

Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:11

    Lord Creator

    Kingston Town

  • 00:17

    Lone Ranger

    Badder Dan Dem (Vocal)

  • 00:19

    Count Ossie

    Sam's Intro

  • 00:26

    Yellowman

    Zungguzungguguzungguzeng

  • 00:32

    Black Uhuru

    Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

  • 00:44

    Grace Jones

    My Jamaican Guy

  • 01:27

    Fabian

    Prophecy

  • 01:28

    Culture

    Holy Mount Zion

  • 01:33

    Skip Marley

    Johnny Was

Credits

Tyrone Jumayn Hunter
Director Idris Elba
Writer Brock Norman Brock
Writer Victor Headley
King Fox Sheldon Shepherd
Mona Naomi Ackie
Sticks Calvin Demba
Jerry Dread Everaldo Creary
Producer Robin Gutch
Arif Akin Gazi
D. / Dennis Campbell Aml Ameen
Yvonne Shantol Jackson
Piper Fraser James
Writer Martin Stellman
Producer Gina Carter
Raggz Mark 'Rhino' Smith
Rico Stephen Graham
Clancy Riaze Foster

Broadcast

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