Bad Education (TV series)
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| Created by | Jack Whitehall |
| Written by | Jack Whitehall Freddy Syborn |
| Directed by | Christine Gernon |
| Starring | Kae Alexander Jack Bence Jack Binstead Harry Enfield Michelle Gomez Leila Hoffman Mathew Horne Ethan Lawrence Weruche Opia Nikki Runeckles Sarah Solemani Samantha Spiro Charlie Wernham Jack Whitehall Layton Williams |
| Composer(s) | Vince Pope |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 19 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Ben Cavey |
| Producer(s) | Pippa Brown |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Tiger Aspect Productions |
| Distributor | Endemol UK |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC Three |
| Picture format | 1080i 16:9 (HDTV) |
| Original release | 14 August 2012 – 21 October 2014 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Bad Education was a British sitcom produced by Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC Three.
It stars Jack Whitehall as young teacher Alfie Wickers – "the worst teacher ever to grace the British education system" – at the fictional Abbey Grove School, in Hertfordshire.
At the time of the series launch in August 2012 it broke BBC Three's record for the highest-rated first episode of a comedy, which was previously held by Horne & Corden, but is now held by Cuckoo. The second series premiered on BBC iPlayer on 27 August 2013, a week before the television air date of 3 September, as part of BBC Three's plans to premiere all its scripted comedy programmes online. This experiment proved successful, as the first episode of the second series received 1.5 million requests prior to its television airing. A Christmas special aired on 17 December 2013.
The third series of Bad Education began transmission on 16 September 2014. Due to its success, the show was later adapted into a movie, which was released on 21 August 2015. In late 2014, Whitehall confirmed that the show would not receive a fourth series.
The series focuses on Alfie Wickers (Whitehall), a posh, newly graduated secondary school history teacher at the fictional Abbey Grove School, in Watford or Tring,Hertfordshire. Ever determined to impress his crush, Rosie Gulliver (Solemani) Wickers makes repeated efforts to appear "cool", such as coaching the school football team, organising a weapons amnesty and fielding a candidate for the school elections. Usually, in these efforts, he turns to his mismatched class for help, despite them often disapproving of his actions. They are teacher's pet Joe (Lawrence), tough guy Mitchell (Wernham), wheelchair-user emo Rem Dog (Binstead), inappropriately flirtatious Chantelle (Runeckles), effeminate Stephen (Williams), the studious Jing (Alexander) and outwardly fiery Cleopatra (Opia).
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