Speaker 1: In the late nineteen fifties, a cultural and artistic movement
Speaker 1: known as kitchen sink realism formed in Britain. For many,
Speaker 1: it was the first time seeing the harsh realities of
Speaker 1: the downtrodden represented in creative media. Kitchen sink realism first
Speaker 1: took form in the shape of theatre productions such as
Speaker 1: Look Back in Anger, which is set entirely in an
Speaker 1: overcrowded council flat in the East Midlands, which happens to
Speaker 1: be where I'm from. Kitchen sink realism dramatized the underbelly
Speaker 1: of Britain, bearing it warts and all to the nation.
Speaker 1: At that time, artificial feel good plays about happy families
Speaker 1: were generally the North. Meanwhile, the country was a rough,
Speaker 1: harsh and broken place to live for the vast majority
Speaker 1: of the underprivileged. Whilst the old plays offered soft escapism
Speaker 1: for the viewer, kitchen sink realism did the opposite, kicked
Speaker 1: the door in and aired out the dirty laundry.
Speaker 2: This is a concept close to.
Speaker 1: My heart and as all it's been at the back
Speaker 1: of my mind when producing all of my own independent projects.
Speaker 1: The problem is there's less and less of this in
Speaker 1: today's modern media. As a response to all of this,
Speaker 1: I've created Away Days, a new project that you could
Speaker 1: say is kitchen sync journalism reportize from the fringes of
Speaker 1: society that doesn't seek to caricature it or soften the
Speaker 1: blow at all. I'm presenting to you real, live countercultures
Speaker 1: without frills and judgment at its base. Away Days is
Speaker 1: an independent video documentary series that you can watch over
Speaker 1: the next few months at YouTube.
Speaker 2: Dot com, slash at away Days TV. Subscribe their asap.
Speaker 1: We've also teamed up with cool Zone Media and iHeartRadio
Speaker 1: to bring you this podcast version that goes deeper with
Speaker 1: all the nerves left raw. Away Days is a pushback
Speaker 1: against the climate of fakery.
Speaker 2: We're not phoning in once.
Speaker 1: We're actually outside making something real and at times unapologetically ugly.
Speaker 1: This is reporting from the underbelly. We will show you
Speaker 1: parts of the world you never knew existed. Underground no
Speaker 1: rules fight clubs in Europe, a legal street racing in Japan,
Speaker 1: football hooliganism in Kazakhstan, gang governments in the favelas of Brazil,
Speaker 1: and much much more. We've been there and now we'll
Speaker 1: show you it all. Listen to the Away Days podcast
Speaker 1: reporting from the underbelly on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts,
Speaker 1: or wherever you get your podcasts.