Far From Home (TV series)

Far From Home is a drama television series and the first Nigerian series on Netflix. The series, written by Dami Elebe and produced by Inkblot productions premiered on Netflix on December 16, 2022. The five-part series stars Mike Afolarin, Richard Mofe-Damijo, Bimbo Akintola, Carol King, Adesua Etomi, Funke Akindele, Bolanle Ninalowo, Genoveva Umeh, Natse Jemide and a host of others.

Synopsis
Ishaya Bello (Mike Afolarin) is a talented but poor teenager struggling to pursue his dream of becoming an artist. Luck shines on him when he stumbles on the rare opportunity to win a scholarship to the elite Wilmer Academy, although he is only interested in using the scholarship grant to fund his trip to London where he has been offered an apprenticeship with established artist Essien (Deyemi Okanlawon). After his mother Patricia (Funke Akindele) spends his hard-earned savings on her ailing husband, Ishaya Senior (Paul Adams) without their son's consent, thus putting paid to his ambition, Ishaya steals from the nightclub where he works as a waiter. To avoid being murdered by cartel boss Oga Rambo (Bolanle Ninalowo), he offers to peddle MDMA to the Wilmer students, although once again he is nearly killed for using Rambo's second-in-command Government's (Bucci Franklin) supply. While masquerading as a student, Ishaya's illicit manoeuvring leads to further chaos in Wilmer, at home, and within the cartel hierarchy. After his sister is kidnapped by Rambo's gang, they carry out a similar move with Ishaya's school friend, Frank (Emeka Nwagbaraocha), which leaves him traumatised. Rambo then attacks Wilmer Academy, which leads to more trouble for Ishaya and his family.

Selected cast

 * Mike Afolarin as Ishaya Bello
 * Elma Mbadiwe as Carmen Wilmer-Willoughby
 * Genoveva Umeh as Zina
 * Bolanle Ninalowo as Oga Rambo
 * Bucci Franklin as Government
 * Natse Jemide as Reggie
 * Richard Mofe-Damijo as Feyi Wilmer-Willoughby
 * Bimbo Akintola as Mabel Wilmer-Willoughby
 * Funke Akindele as Patricia Bello
 * Paul Adams as Ishaya Bello Snr
 * Olumide Oworu as Atlas
 * Adesua Etomi as Mrs Irurhe
 * Tomi Ojo as Rahila
 * Linda Ejiofor as Mrs Abubakar
 * Carol King as Principal Gemade
 * Gbubemi Ejeye as Adufe
 * Richard Tanksley as Mr. Boyle
 * Deyemi Okanlawon as Essien
 * Ruby Okezie as Nnenna

Production and release
Far From Home produced by Inkblot Productions is the First Nigerian Young Adult (YA) Netflix Original series also doubles as the first young adult genre coming out of West Africa. The premiere of the movie held in Lagos on 14 December 2022 and it featured host of celebrities in attendance.