TROUBLED TEENS

Phoenix Rise, 7pm, BBC3 ‘ONE man’s unteachable is this man’s work in progress.’ The BBC’s edgy and layered new ten-part drama follows six such ‘work-inprogress’ pupils (played by Alex Draper, Imogen Baker, Lauren Corah, Tara Webb, Jayden Hanley

and Krish Bassi, pictured) who get a clean slate at a new school in Coventry. They’re an intriguing mix of swagger and vulnerability.