Pride of the Bay

A decentralised soap about a group of troubled teens who live, work, love and learn in a reclaimed hotel-restaurant in a sunny seaside town.

The Story

Pride of the Bay is public cafe/restaurant, and a live-in purpose-designed facility for NEETS (teenagers Not in Education, Employment or Training). It's run by certified caregivers. Sally Pride is a behavioural psychologist determined to help young people navigate the increasingly integrated and confusing blend of real and online worlds. Her wife Dale Pride is a master chef and star of a popular River Cottage- style cooking-cum-lifestyle show about Pride of the Bay.

Sally and Dale see the same brimming potential in the run-down town that they see in the foster kids that come to stay with them. Pride of the Bay begins at the beginning: with Sally and Dale taking charge of a dilapidated hotel restaurant and simultaneously welcoming their first cohort of NEETS. We follow everyone’s struggles with arrival, integration and renovation.

Each teenager who arrives at Pride of the Bay has special challenges that mask special talents. Sally & Dale know that the way to help their young wa…