Reggie Yates, he's a critically acclaimed filmmaker, a writer, a director and an entrepreneur.

The first time I saw a machine gun was in my estate at like nine years old when the police were raiding

a flat on my floor because there was all kinds of craziness there

and you're just playing on the balcony.

As a teenager presenting kids TV with Air Force Ones and the Mecca Tracks, it says something.

I'm on the BBC and I'm dressed like the boys

that you cross the street from subsequently you know I've had kids come up to me bro I loved

watching you because we dressed the same we taught the same and you were doing that And when people say things like that to strangers, it's so powerful.

For me, empowering others is a huge part of my drive right now. Working with young, talented people,

and I love that I have that relationship with people

because I never had it growing up. There was always a distance between me and the person that was helping guide me.

Shortening that distance for me in the lives of others is what success feels like.

Reggie Oates, he's a critically acclaimed filmmaker, a writer, a director and an entrepreneur.

And over the last three decades, he's been on our screens and through that time the world has changed

the platforms have changed and he has certainly changed he's been involved in

scandals wild success and unfortunate failure.

Reggie's work as a filmmaker is extraordinarily diverse and he's

traveled across the world meeting those that have oppressed and

those that have been oppressed.

And this conversation is the same, incredibly diverse.

We'll touch on everything from love, relationships, struggles, family,

mental health, ambition, cancel culture, and everything in between.

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