UNTOLD is back for a second series.
The latest episodes will feature investigations into topics ranging from boy racers to breast reduction surgery, and debt from luxury spending among 16-34-year-olds.
Titles include UNTOLD: The Secret World of Boy Racers, where filmmaker Ben Zand takes a deep dive into the underground, sometimes illegal, car scene in the UK, meeting ‘boy racers’ who live out the “Fast and Furious [films] in real life” seemingly oblivious to the danger to their lives and others.
UNTOLD: My Big Boobs, sees presenter Jackie Adedeji meet big-breasted women across the UK and even questions her own decision not to go under the knife to reduce the weight of her own boobs and UNTOLD: Addicted to Drip, investigates how 16-34-year-olds are getting into debt pursuing a luxury lifestyle buying designer labels, jewellery and expensive handbags they often can’t afford to.
This current affairs strand delivers digital-first investigations to viewers between the ages of 16 and 34. UNTOLD has the remit-defining, noisy and bold journalism for which Dispatches has won headlines and major awards, but its absolute focus is to produce films for younger viewers, on the subjects they care about. UNTOLD aims to hold power to account with intelligent, brave, compelling, and cheeky documentary making.
The first UNTOLD series included titles such as The Jesse Lingard Story, Inside the Shein Machine, Life After Love Island, The Secret World of Incels, Trapped in a Gang and Help! My Home is Disgusting. The popularity of the first series was backed by record streaming figures on Channel 4 (previously All4) and YouTube. UNTOLD: Life After Island has so far reached nearly 2 million viewers across Channel 4 and YouTube and UNTOLD: Inside the Shein Machine more than 1 million.
Commissioning editor Debbie Ramsay:
“I’m buzzing for viewers to see this second series of UNTOLD where 16-34-year-olds share the stories that are affecting their lives. Series one of UNTOLD proved that younger people do care about long-form journalism and aren’t just about the fast-sell in 60 seconds. It’s a privilege to be able to tell these stories authentically and to work with new talent, new filmmakers, and production companies.”
