Bad Education (TV series)
Bad Education is a British television sitcom set in a dysfunctional secondary school broadcast on BBC Three. Running from August 2012 to October 2014, the first three series were written by Jack Whitehall, who starred as Alfie Wickers, "the worst teacher ever to grace the British education system". Set at the fictional Abbey Grove School in Hertfordshire, the series follows Wickers' class of misfits, Class K, headed by eccentric headteacher Shaquille "Simon" Fraser (Mathew Horne), and Wickers' ploys to win the affection of crush Rosie Gulliver (Sarah Solemani).
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Jack Whitehall |
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| Composer | Vince Pope |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 33 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer | Ben Cavey |
| Producer | Pippa Brown |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | Tiger Aspect Productions |
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| Network | BBC Three |
| Release | 14 August 2012 – present |
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| The Bad Education Movie (2015) | |
Despite a mixed reception from critics, the show remained "a hit with the target audience", and was adapted to a 2015 film starring the original cast. In January 2023, a fourth series aired, though no longer starring Whitehall. In the revived show, former pupils Stephen Carmichael (Layton Williams) and Mitchell Harper (Charlie Wernham) return to teach Class K at Abbey Grove, now headed by Bernadette Hoburn (Vicki Pepperdine), with their pupils caught amid their schemes and rivalries. Mathew Horne also returned now as the school cook.
In May 2023, it was confirmed that Bad Education would return for a fifth series, which will comprise six episodes.