The Mainstream

Join Remel London as she sits down with broadcaster Yasser Ranjha who talks us though his journey to TV and radio that started as early as 12 years old and lead him to dominate national radio across the UK for over a decade on BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra, The Asian Network and now as the drive time host on Capital Xtra every week day! Yasser shares the importance of having a creative team around you, the b...

Join Remel London as she sits down with Actor, presenter, comedian and Britain's Got talent 2022 Winner Axel Blake. Axel shares his journey into comedy, the benefits of attending comedy school and getting advice from UK great’s such as Slim the comedian and former BGT Golden buzzer winner Kojo the comedian. He dives deeper into why he auditioned for Britain’s got Talent, gives key advice on how to...

Join Remel London as she sits down with TV and Radio Presenter Yinka Bokinni on The Mainstream podcast. Yinka shares her journey from community to commercial radio, not letting her law degree stop her from becoming a presenter, overcoming the pandemic as the breakfast babe on Capital XTRA from her living room, becoming an award winning true crime story teller and of course her Top 5 tips to make i...

Join Remel London as she sits down with the lead actor, writer and director of the Bafta award winning BBC Comedy Drama Dreaming Whilst Black, Adjani Salmon. Adjani talks us through kickstarting his creative career in his homeland Jamaica, overcoming the no’s in the industry to take his web series to the BBC, the importance of representation behind the scenes as well as in front of the camera, col...

Join Remel London as she sits down with the Cast of BBC Three’s new drama Grime Kids. The stars, Delove Akra, Yus Jamal Crookes, Gabriel Johnson Tienne Simon, Shanu Hazzan & Juwon Adedokun share their incredible journey’s into #TheMainstream, the audition process, representing for UK music, the Grime Legends that joined them on set as well as their 6 tips to make it in The Mainstream. Grime Kids l...

Join Remel London as she sits down with qriter, director and actor Adam Deacon and writer, producer and actor Jazzie Zonzolo who star in Paramounts brand new action comedy film Sumotherhood. They share their journey's from youtube, Channel U and early UK drama series Dubplate drama, their persistent efforts to bring the vision of Sumotherhood to life despite 8 years of rejection, the joy on set th...

Join Remel London for a special edition of The Mainstream podcast with special guests TV, Radio Presenter and host Joelah Noble and International comedian, actress, presenter and author London Hughes, live from The London Podcast Festival at The Kings Place in London. This was not your average recording of The Mainstream podcast, as Remel London introduced kicked off the event in style with a thou...

Join Remel London for a SPECIAL EDITION of The Mainstream Podcast recorded LIVE from The Sound Bank Digital Creators Music Seminar, with special guests Remi Burgz and Robert Bruce. Remi Burgz is the host of BBC Radio 1XTRA's drive time show and Robert Bruce is the host of the Capital XTRA Breakfast show. They share there journey of navigating their way from Student and community radio, to waking u...

Join Remel London as she speaks with ITV’s newest leading lady Deborah Ayorinde. After graduating with honours at Howard University, Deborah quickly made a name for herself as an actress you need to know about. Deborah lets us know about her time in Marvel’s Luke Cage, working with the best in the business in Girls Trip, her breakout role in Amazon Prime’s "Them", how much representation matters i...

Join Remel London as she speaks with Actor, Producer and TV Host Jimmy Akingbola who is taking Hollywood by storm playing Geoffrey in Bel Air, the re-imagined reboot of the infamous Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Jimmy is no stranger to our screens. After crafting his skills in the UK on the theatre stage, in TV dramas such as Holby City, and The Bill, making us laugh on The crouches and Kate and Koji,...

The media can seem like a closed shop if the traditional routes in aren't for you. Join Remel London in a special edition live recording of The Mainstream Podcast at the TV Foundations New Voice Awards Amplify event. Remel will talk to panelists Rubina Pabani host of the Brown girls do it too podcast and head of short form at ITN and Teddy Nygh, film director and co-founder of Fully Focused produc...

Join Remel London as she speaks with WEST END child star Tahj Miles as he reflects on his journey to The Mainstream and continues his 3rd season on the BBC's hit crime Drama "Death in Paradise". Tahj shares his work as a child actor in the musical theatre world working on the Lion King, Oliver, Matilda, and Bugsey Malone to name a few from as young as 8, getting his big break on CBBC Class Dismiss...

Join Remel London as she speaks to one of the UK's hottest new content creators who’s dominated the world of fashion, lifestyle, beauty, and now entertainment. Voted Best Media Personality of the year at the 2022 MOBO awards and the newest detective on MTV's Catfish UK, Nella discusses her ambitions as a Executive Producer and Director, what it was that caught the attention of the mainstream broad...

For Season 2 of The Mainstream Podcast, Remel London had some incredible special guests from the world of TV, Radio, Music, Film, Comedy and more. In this season finale, The Mainstream guests discuss finding creative opportunities, Creating content, the benefits of a uni degree, being a woman, being Black and starting a family in the creative industry and more. 0:28 Femi Oyeniran - No journey is t...

Join Remel London as she chats with a Queen of radio, TV presenter and International DJ Tinea Taylor. Tinea breaks down her hustle mentality which has helped her make her mark in the Mainstream, as she describes her journey from street vox pops at university to online success with Drop Out UK, earning a top spot on KISS FM and keeping us up to date with all of the music news around the world on MT...

Join Remel London as she sits down with the award-winning Actor and filmmaker Femi Oyeniran. Femi has worked as an actor, writer, producer, director, podcaster and advocate for Black British Culture since he first burst onto our screens in the Black British Classic Film Kidulthood. Since then his career has gone from strength to strength as an innovator pushing the culture through entertainment, T...

Join Remel London as she sits down with Media Mogul, DJ and Broadcaster Sian Anderson! Sian talks us through her journey as a writer, journalist, PR and Marketing Exec to Broadcaster, after falling into the majority of her roles, but allowing her passion and dedication to allow her to be one of the most sought after representatives of UK music, particularly for her in depth grime knowledge as well...

Join Remel London as she sits down with Actor and Author Extraordinaire Nathan Bryon. Nathan talks us through his theatre background which opened up the doors for roles in BBC Three's Some Girls and ITV's Benidorm, getting his big break in TV writing for CBBC's Rasta Mouse, which has progressed to his success as a best selling children's author, with the number 1 picture book from a debut author a...

Join Remel London as she sits down with the cast of BBC Three's latest comedy series PRU. Jaye Ersavas, Michael 'MBbants' Boahen, Nkechi Simms & Pia Somersby all star in the incredible series that dives into a pupil referral unit, as the troubled teens all learn to get along. The cast discuss the moment the pilot got the go ahead for a series, new character sienna played by Top Boy's Nkechi joinin...

Join Remel London as she chats with one of the hardest working comedy actors in the game, actor & writer - Kiell Smith-Bynoe! From theatre group to drama school and then youtube to prime time TV, Kiell takes us through the journey of how he secured a spot on the Bafta award-winning British Comedy Stath Lets Flats, after losing his full-time job in the call centre and now get's ready for his fourth...

Join Remel London as she chats to rising star Nenda Neururer as she stars in SKY TV's supernatural murder mystery series The Rising. Nenda discusses the lack of creative opprtunities in her home of the Austrian Alps, which inspired her to move to London to study at Rose Bruford Drama School, how she landed a leading role in the SKY series, the importance of representation for women of colour in bo...

Join Remel London for a special edition of The Mainstream podcast Live from Boxpoark Croydon with special guests TV & radio presenters AJ King, Nayha, Jacqueline Shepherd and comedian, actor & presenter KG. In this live discussion, the special guests discuss their journey into #TheMainstream, perseverance through the years, landing their first jobs as broadcasters and more. Follow @TheMainstreamUK...

Join Remel London as she sits downs with Broadcaster, DJ and actor Dev Griffin. From Drama club to CBBC and eventually broadcasting on the airwaves across the nation for the last 20 years. Dev's passion for music and down to earth ability to help us kick start our mornings has proved that being your authentic self and loving what you do will help you carve out such a legendary career like his. Fin...

Join Remel London for a special edition of The Mainstream podcast Live from Boxpoark Croydon with special guests Model / TV / Radio Presenter Annaliese Dayes, TV/ Radio Presenter and founder of How to Kill an Hour Marcus Bronzy, Voice Over Artist & Founder of 4C Voices Sefa Nyki and TV / Radio Presenter Will Njobju. In this live discussion, the special guests discuss their journey into #TheMainstr...

Join Remel London as she chats with stand-up comedian, actor and radio presenter Travis Jay! Ahead of his one man / Headline Show at the Bloomsbury Theatre, Travis discusses his journey into the mainstream following in the footsteps of his mum UK comedy queen Angie Lemar, learning how to be a fearless Comedian after receiving advice and touring with one of the world’s comedy Goat’s Dave Chappelle,...