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. This
Speaker 1: is a concept close to my heart and as all
Speaker 1: it's been at the back of my mind. We're producing
Speaker 1: all of my own independent projects. The problem is there's
Speaker 1: less and less of this in today's more than media.
Speaker 1: As a response to all of this, I've created Away Days,
Speaker 1: a new project that you could say is kitchen sync journalism,
Speaker 1: reportize from the fringes of society that doesn't seek to
Speaker 1: caricature it or soften the blow at all. I'm presenting
Speaker 1: to you real, live countercultures without frills and judgment at
Speaker 1: its base. Away Days is an independent video documentary series
Speaker 1: that you can watch over the next few months at
Speaker 1: YouTube 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. 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.