This documentary following the drill musician as he negotiated the law’s interference in his
music was a sympathetic one – though it resisted easy answers
The title Defending Digga D (BBC Three/BBC One) has a double meaning. While this intimate documentary tells the story of the labyrinthine legal tangle that the
UK drill
Rapper is in, and follows his lawyer’s attempts to free him in more ways than you might expect, it also makes it plain from the outset where it places its loyalties. This is not a critical or particularly balanced take on Digga’s story, but it is revelatory, particularly for people who may not be familiar with the still relatively underground music genre drill.
It was on
BBC iPlayer for a few days before it aired, but it does feel a shame that it was buried so late in the schedules – airing at 11.55pm – as unfamiliar audiences may stand to learn the most from it.