Idris Elba Plays a Nigerian In New Netflix Comedy Series ‘Turn Up Charlie’

Netflix new comedy series, Turn Up Charlie gets to the heart of Idris Elba, sitting at the intersection of his two passions: deejaying and making heartwarming dramedies that reflect his immigrant working-class London origins.

Elba plays the title character of an old-school D.J, Charlie Ayo, who is 20 years past his lone hit and too ashamed to tell his parents back in Nigeria that he’s a failure.

Throughout the series, Charlie’s parents are back home in Nigeria, so he lives with his old-school aunt, Lydia, who has no tolerance for him and his nonsense. Much like typical Nigerian aunts are, she’s brash, abrasive and absolutely hilarious.

Charlie is given a final chance at success when he reluctantly becomes a nanny to his famous best friend’s problem-child daughter.

Nigerian British actor and writer, Femi Oyeniran joined Laura Neal, and Victoria Asare-Archer, and Georgia Lester as writers for the British web series.

 The show will be perfect for a weekend binge session.