Badman (web series)

Badman is a British comedy drama web series that premiered on YouTube in October 2015. It has since had 11 episodes, Ten with the first series, and as of 30 November 2019 season 2 with 1 episode so farThe series is created by Humza Arshad and consists of continuous episodes uploaded on his YouTube channel Humza Productions, following the next chapter in the Diary of a Badman world. Humza is now maturing from boy to man, and this is a much darker and more serious saga with implications along the way.[1]

Badman
Created by	Humza Arshad
Based on	Diary of a Bad Man
Written by	Humza Arshad
Directed by	Mazzi Cuzzi
Starring	Humza Arshad Char Avell DJ Limelight
Narrated by	Humza Arshad
Opening theme	"Badman Theme"
Composers	Lyan Roze, DJ Limelight, DDark
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	12
Production
Producer	Humza Arshad
Production locations	Streatham, London, United Kingdom
Editor	Humza Arshad
Running time	30–60 minutes
Production company	Humza Productions
Release
Original network	YouTube
Picture format	16:9 720p (HDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	19 October 2015
Chronology
Related shows	DOABM Shorts Badman's Britain Bubblegum Black and Brown Badman Blogs Badman's World "Diary of a Bad Man"

Development

The original music is provided by DJ Limelight, Lyan Roze and DDark.

Characters

• Humza Arshad as Humza (Badman): The main character of the series and also narrates the story in each episode
• Sayfuz Ali as Avell: Humza's friend from prison who betrays him by stabbing him then he later joins him to get his revenge on TJ

• Mohammed Umar Baig as Umar: Humza's best friend, often ridiculed by Humza and the group for being overweight
• Fayaaz Kassam: Fayaaz, Humza's friend
• Humza Arshad also as Mr Arshad (Mr Bubblegum): Humza's father, who owns a shop called Bubblegum
• Noor: Humza's sister who was later shot in the end of series 1 which leaves humza and his family in shock

• Anusha Sareen: Anisa, Humza's friend from school and yasmins friend
• Zak Snoke: TJ, Humza's Enemy main antagonist of the series ruins humzas life by killing his girlfriend Yasmin and by stabbing humzas cousin and runs over humzas dad and is arrested.

• Theo Johnson: Ace, Smokey's right-hand man TJ cousin who betrays smokey and promises TJ that he will bring him humza and later realises his mistakes and later helps humza find his sisters killers.

• Voltaire Taiwo-de-Campos: V, A businessman and Smokey's rival TJ and Ace boss is greedy and owns every traphouse later gets killed by Ace on TJ command

• David Whitely: Rebeka, Ace's informant and snitch from Birmingham
• Nobuse Junior: Tyrone, TJ's closest friend already knows about yasmins death TJ stabs him and is presumed dead

• Sammy T: Sammy, A friend of Humza who is dumb and foils nearly every plan

• Jay Ahmed: Jay, Humza's cousin Yasmin's boss works in a office gets beaten, blackmailed and threatened by TJ not to disclose his mouth into telling the police about TJ abused Yasmin dosent appear after season 1

• Jazzie Zonzolo: Jazzie, Humza's friend (cameo appearance)
• DJ Limelight: Smokey, A notorious Drug Dealer and Avell and Humza's boss after his traphouse gets robbed he wants revenge on Avell who was behind the robbing he loses everything when hes captured by v and Ace

• Adil Malik: Prince v's right-hand man

References

1. Humza Productions (19 October 2015). "BADMAN" – via YouTube.