Tern re-teams with Darren McGarvey for BBC factual series ‘Mind The Gap’

Darren McGarvey Mind The Gap

BBC Scotland and BBC Factual have co-commissioned Darren McGarvey – Mind The Gap (working title), a docuseries from UK-based factual producer Tern for BBC Two and VOD service BBC iPlayer.

The 3 x 60-minute series explores how Britain’s biggest public services – health, justice and education – face major challenges affecting millions of people. He explores whether there is an increasing gap between the and poor, the public and private and what might be fuelling that.

In each instalment, author, rapper and social commentator McGarvey will travel the length and breadth of Britain, as well as visiting Denmark, Norway and Finland, to attempt to find out why these once-great public institutions of Health, Justice and Education face so many challenges.

Tern, which is part of Zinc Media Group, has previously worked with McGarvey on Darren McGarvey’s Addictions and Darren McGarvey’s Class Wars for BBC Scotland.

“Tern’s strength is in marrying top talent with their passions, and Darren is the perfect fit to front this pivotal series. We feel this will be an important series, an important addition to the debate on our institutions, taking a fresh and fascinating perspective on some of the biggest issues of our times,” said Harry Bell, MD at Tern.