Will's working class background ends up clashing in various humorous ways with the upper class world of the Banks and frequently got him or other members of the family into trouble as well. Other members of the Banks family include Carlton Banks (played by Alfonso Ribeiro), Will's preppy and arrogant cousin, Hilary Banks (played by Karyn Parsons), Will's attractive but dull-witted, eldest cousin, Ashley Banks (played by Tatyana Ali), Will's youngest cousin who often looks u to Will, and Geoffrey, the family's cynical Butler. A basic Sky TV subscription will cost you £25 per month for 18. All customers of Sky TV have free access to Sky Go.
His relatives include Philip Banks (played by James Avery), Will's strict and gruff uncle, who is a successful lawyer (later Judge) and Vivian Banks (played by Janet Hubert and later by Daphne Reid), Will's no-nonsense, forthright, and career-minded aunt who is a University Professor. Another place to find all the seasons of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is Sky.
"The Fresh Prince" made it cool to be fly, normalizing a celebration of Black wealth - from head to toe - embraced with materialistic glee in rap songs but rarely in mainstream culture.In this popular African-American sitcom, Will Smith (played by Will Smith in his first acting gig) is a street-smart teenager from West Philadelphia, who is sent to live with his wealthy relatives at their Bel-Air mansion in Los Angeles, California by his mother after getting into a fight with some thugs whilst playing basketball. Instead, it became a vehicle to explore important issues facing the Black community that resonated within and outside the group. And thus, a story about a Black kid from West Philadelphia sent to live with his wealthy uncle and aunt in Bel-Air became more than just another TV comedy. But marrying hip-hop culture, fashion, humor, attitude and even rhymes was. The show's fish-out-of-water concept, as several critics of the time noted, wasn't new. Hip-hop was also far from the mainstream pop culture force it would eventually become. In the preceding decades, Black-cast classics like "Good Times," "Sanford and Son" and "The Jeffersons" existed, but TV was still largely for white people. In fact, NBC had something of a monopoly on premier Black sitcoms, with "The Cosby Show," "A Different World" and "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" all on its roster at the same time. The 1990s have since become known as a high point for Black sitcoms, but when "The Fresh Prince" premiered, there were few if any comparable shows on CBS or ABC the Peacock stood alone. TV at the time was dominated by the three big networks - CBS, ABC and NBC. While we now look back and can't imagine a world without "The Fresh Prince," the truth is it's kind of surprising the show was made at all.
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