by Reggie Yates
Extreme UK see Reggie Yates: Extreme UK
Facebook 34, 35, 134
Family Affairs xiii
Famous, Rich and in the Slums xviii–xix, 85–6
Far Right and Proud 25–57
Ferguson riots, Missouri, U.S. (2014) 267, 269–97, 304
Francis, Al 315–16
François (Knife Crime ER) 155, 157–8, 159, 168, 169
Fuller, Pastor Andrew 238–40
Garner, Eric 266–7
Gay and Under Attack (Extreme Russia) 119–47
Gay and Under Attack (Extreme UK) 229–59
George, Uncle vii, 78, 122
Gerry (The White Slums) 94–5, 97, 102–5, 114
Ghana xiv, xx, 2, 3, 91, 231–2, 239
G.O.O.D. music 301
Grange Hill xiii
Green, Ja’mal 308, 325–6
Grey, Freddie 284
Hardis (The White Slums) 108–9, 112, 114
Henry, Dr (Knife Crime ER) 160–1
Henry, Lenny 26
HIV/AIDS 7, 122
homosexuality 119–47, 229–59
Hudson, Antoine 308–9
Hudson, Pierre 308, 309
Hudson, Tambrasha 308, 309
Ibrahim (Extreme UK: Gay and Under Attack) 237–8
immigration xx, 37, 38, 39, 46, 48, 50, 52, 56, 107, 236, 246
Incredible Happenings church, South Africa 8–23
Irene (The White Slums) 90, 94, 97, 102, 116–17
Irina (Extreme Russia: Teen Model Factory) 196–7
Is Mum Enough? (radio documentary) xi
Islam 4–5, 237, 245–50, 252, 256
ITV xi, 28, 120, 263
Jackson, Scoop 299
JD (The White Slums) 91–2, 96, 104–6, 110, 111, 112, 117
J Dilla 301
Johannesburg, South Africa 6, 18, 88–106
Johnson, Dorian 271
Johnson, Ron 274–5
Jordan, Michael 299–300
Josh (Extreme UK: Men at War) 216, 218–21
Jowas, Peckham 235, 291
Junior National Front 150
Kaiser, Dorothy 282–3
Kate (Extreme Russia: Teen Model Factory) 182
Kenya xviii–xix, xx, 85–7
Khachatrian, Tigran 184–5, 186, 187–8, 189, 190, 192, 195, 198, 199, 201, 202, 203
Khayelitsha township, Cape Flats, South Africa 152–76
Kibera slum, Kenya xviii–xix, xx, 85–6
Kids Modelling School, Global Russian Models, The 193
Kinnie, Clifton 270–3, 274, 275, 291, 295–6, 297
Kiril (Extreme Russia: Gay and Under Attack) 137, 139–41
knife crime 149–76
Knife Crime ER 151–76
Krasnoyarsk, Russia 183
Kyle (Dying for a Six Pack) 62–5, 75–8, 82–3
Lauren (Knife Crime ER) 154–5
Lawrence, Stephen 263
Leak, Reverend A R 322
Lee (Dying for a Six Pack) 69–71
Lee, Sara 25
Leila (Extreme Russia: Gay and Under Attack) 136
Leszkiewicz, Anna 85
Life and Death in Chicago 299–336
Linda, Aunty 3–4
Lionel (Extreme Russia: Teen Model Factory) 199, 200
Lukanio (Knife Crime ER) 159, 162, 163
Macha (Extreme Russia: Far Right and Proud) 35–7, 38
Maciver, Mark 208, 234
Macqueen, Billy xi, xii, xiii, xiv
Malema, Julius 115
Mandela, Nelson 87, 92, 100
Mandela, Winnie 92
Manosphere 217, 218, 222, 223, 227
Mark (Knife Crime ER) 174–5
Martin, Trayvon 266, 269
Max (Extreme UK: Gay and Under Attack) 235–7, 250, 251, 291
Mboro, Prophet 8, 9–10, 11–23
McCall, Davina xiv
McCullum Jr, Lee 327, 328–9, 330–3, 334–5
McCullum Sr, Lee 327–8, 330–3
McDonald, Trevor 26
Mcpherson, Kevin 324
Mellow Yellow vans 100
Men at War 205–27
Men Going Their Own Way (MGTOW) 217, 218, 221–2
Metropolitan Police 264, 266
Michael (Life and Death in Chicago) 327, 328, 330, 331, 332
Mickey Mouse Club, The xi–xii
Mikhail (Extreme Russia: Gay and Under Attack) 132–3, 141–2, 143–4, 148
Mila (Extreme Russia: Gay and Under Attack) 134, 135
Millionaire Preacher, The 5–23
Milonov, Vitaly 128–32, 140–1
Moot, Guy 324
MTV European Music Awards 97
MTV Africa 97
Naidra (Life and Death in Chicago) 323–4
Nasrullah (Extreme Russia: Gay and Under Attack) 127–8, 133–4, 136
National Day of Unity, Russia 40–9
NBA Live 299
Nelly 273, 274
New Statesman 223; ‘Does Reggie Yates have the weirdest career in television?’ 85
Nicole (Extreme UK: Gay and Under Attack) 252–3
Nicole (Knife Crime ER) 159–60, 166, 167–8
Nikki (RY’s teacher) 261–2
Noah Models 184–5, 187, 188, 190–1
Novosibirsk, Siberia 190–1, 193, 195
Paul (Race Riots USA) 293–5
Parks, Mike 334–5
Parks, Tiara 335
Penny, Laura 222
Pentecostal Christians 3, 4, 239
Peter (Life and Death in Chicago) 318–22
Pretoria, South Africa 106–10
Putin, Vladimir 29, 30, 31, 32, 33–4, 35, 40, 41, 57, 126, 137
Queer Fest, St Petersburg 123–47
race 6, 18, 30, 53, 54, 86, 87, 89, 90, 92, 95, 99–100, 102, 104, 108, 110, 113–14, 116, 117–18, 150, 158, 162, 178, 261–97
race riots:
Brixton (1981) 265–6
Broadwater Farm (1985) 266
Ferguson (2014) 267, 269–97, 304
Tottenham (2011) 264–5, 266
Race Riots USA 269–97
Reem 65–6
Reggie Yates: Extreme Russia:
Far Right and Proud 25–57
Gay and Under Attack 119–47
Teen Model Factory 177–204
Reggie Yates: Extreme South Africa xxvi, 27, 179
Knife Crime ER 151–76
The Millionaire Preacher 5–23
The White Slums 86–118
Reggie Yates: Extreme UK:
Dying for a Six Pack 61–84
Gay and Under Attack 229–59
Men at War 205–27
Reggie Yates: Race Riots USA 269–97
Reid, Becky 313–14, 315, 316, 318, 322, 329, 330
Restruct 52–3
Ricardo (Knife Crime ER) 164, 166
Rocky II 28
Rodrigo (Dying for a Six Pack) 71–3
Roediger, Brendon 287–9, 290
Roosh V 209–10, 211–14, 216–17, 223–6
Ross, Jonathan xiv
Royal Television Society xxii
Russian Orthodox Church 134
Scher, Anna 262–3
Sergei (Extreme Russia: Gay and Under Attack) 124, 125, 126
SET 32–4
Seventh Day Adventist Church 238
Siberia, Russia 180–204
Siberia’s Next Top Model 201–3
Sizwe 96–9
Slavic Union 40, 50
Smile xii
Sofia (Extreme Russia: Teen Model Factory) 194
Sosnovskaya, Anya 187, 188–90
Source, The 300–1
South Africa xxvi, 5–23, 27, 85–118, 151–76, 289
Soviet Union 37, 40, 141, 146, 193, 194
Soweto, South Africa 111–12
Spitting Image 28
St Petersburg, Russia 123–47
Strauss, Neil: The Game 210–11
Street Mate xiv
Tako (Extreme Russia: Teen Model Factory) 182, 184
Tallulah (Extreme UK
: Gay and Under Attack) 241–5, 253–5
Teen Model Factory 177–204
Theroux, Louis xv–xvi
Top of the Pops xvii, 273
Tourettes: Let Me Entertain You xxii–xxv, xxvi
Trackman, Toby 303–4, 305, 313, 314, 316, 318, 319, 322–3, 325, 329, 330
transgender people 241–5, 253–5
Turning Point 78–9
Tutu, Archbishop Desmond 263
Twitter 39, 44, 222, 258–9, 266, 319
United Russia 140
Urban World pride 250–2
Vadim (Extreme Russia: Far Right and Proud) 42, 43, 46, 48, 49, 50, 54–5
Vanya (Extreme Russia: Gay and Under Attack) 127–8, 133–4
Vatos Locos (gang) 171–5
Victor (Extreme Russia: Gay and Under Attack) 142, 143–5
Vika (Extreme Russia: Teen Model Factory) 197, 198, 200, 201, 204
Vivian (The White Slums) 109–10
VK (Russian social media site) 34–5, 44
Vodianova, Natalia 183
Vuras (gang) 172, 173, 174
Webster, Mark 299
Weird Weekends xvi
West, Kanye 301
Watch the Throne 301–2
White Cross boys 150
White Slums, The 86–118
Whittington Hospital, Archway 153
Wild Pig 315
Wilkinson, Sam xviii–xix, xxii, xxiii, xxiv, xxv, 6, 10, 92–3, 96, 125, 127, 130, 144–5
Wilson, Darren 276, 277
Winfrey, Oprah 300
Winston (The White Slums) 93, 94, 96
Word, The xiv, 28
World Cup (2010) 88
Wright, Sandy 316–17
Yates, Cerisse (sister) 4, 5, 178, 249
Yates, Reggie:
appearance ix–x, 208, 234–5
barbers and 208, 234–5
basketball, love of 299–300
character xvi
child actor vii–x, xiii–xv, 26, 262–3
childhood vii–xv, 2–3, 119–22, 149–51, 17, 229–32, 261–6, 299–301
Comic Relief and xviii–xix, 85–116
crying on camera, first time xix
death of friend, Richard Antwi and 324–5
desire to succeed 283–4
directors and see under individual director name
documentaries see under individual documentary name
documentary making, move into xvii–xxvi
drama classes 262–3
finances xvii
future and 336
hip-hop and x, xi, 300–3
homosexuality and 121–2, 229–33
London and viii, 149–50, 264–6
Louis Theroux, influence of xv–xvi
masculinity and 206–7, 227
models dating of 178–9
music career, turns down possibility of 324
New York, first trip to 268
parents viii, ix–x, xxvi, 4, 122, 153, 204, 208, 232, 249, 261
presenting career xi–xiii, xiv–xvii, xviii, 129–30, 179–80 see also under individual programme name
properties xvii
race, childhood and 261–4
race, TV career and xviii, 25–6
religion and 1–5, 249
riots, London, 2011 and 264–5, 266
schooldays viii, 2, 39, 122, 149–51, 164, 205, 261–2
self-doubt xvii, xx, xxi
sisters and 4–5, 177–8, 183, 249
sneakers, love of 300
television watching xiv–xv, 28
training/fitness 59–61
West African heritage xiv, xx, 2, 3, 91, 231–2, 235, 261
Yiannopoulos, Milo 217–18, 223
Young Chop 302–3
Yuzhakova, Anna 190–2, 195, 197, 200, 202, 203, 204
Zimmerman, George 266
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
As things have progressed over the past few years, I couldn’t be more proud of the way in which my career and outlook have developed. This growth hasn’t been achieved alone – my support systems and collaborators continue to push and challenge me to do better. Finding a sweet spot between trusting my gut and accepting guidance, is the only way I can describe navigating the successes and failures of a life in TV.
With that in mind, I’m beyond grateful for my incredible management team at James Grant, who put my ideas in front of the perfect partners in BBC Books and Penguin Random House. I learned so much during this process from my genius editor Ian Gittins. (Ian, I know this project is just the beginning of an exciting new chapter!)
Without the support of the BBC and their development of me as a credible, factual face, these amazing experiences might not have happened in the first place. Danny Cohen, Charlotte Moore, Patrick Holland, Damian Kavanagh and Jamie Balment, thank you.
To the production companies Love and Sundog and every director, producer, fixer, researcher and runner I worked with – these films wouldn’t have made it to air without your belief and hard work.
Lastly, to my family. I’ve always seen friends as the family you choose; so to separate the two groups wouldn’t be right. My mother, brothers and sisters (blood and otherwise), I hope you know exactly how much you mean to me. Your cooking, endless cups of mint tea, lend of an ear and advice, played a huge part in the book being written. Your help in managing everything I faced, both on and off camera, professional and personal, during the making of these films kept me present and focused and for that, I’ll forever be thankful.
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