Jamie's Dream School
Jamie's Dream School is a seven-part British television documentary series made by Fresh One Productions, first aired on Channel 4. In it, Jamie Oliver enrols a group of teenagers with fewer than five GCSEs into his "Dream School" - a school in which lessons are taught by celebrities who are specialists in particular subjects. Participants, both pupils and teachers, gave evidence to the Education Select Committee in June 2011. The lessons from Jamie’s Dream School are available on-line a dedicated YouTube channel, including David Starkey's history course and Simon Callow's drama lessons. Many are full-length videos as well as shorter clips and other interactive elements.
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- Ep 1
1.Episode 1
02-03-201160mDavid Starkey hopes to inspire the class with some seventh-century 'bling' from the Staffordshire Hoard. A traditionalist, he plans to take a firm hand with bad behaviour, but he g...
- Ep 2
2.Episode 2
09-03-201160mJamie tries to address the issue of discipline head-on with the kids, which includes banning mobile phones in lessons. New teacher Alastair Campbell thinks he can get 20 apathetic...
- Ep 3
3.Episode 3
16-03-201160mJamie worries if the good work in the school is being undermined by indiscipline. And two new teachers join the staff: maths and finance guru Alvin Hall and environmentalist Jane P...
- Ep 4
4.Episode 4
23-03-201160mJamie wants to see if a classical education, taught by some of the most brilliant people, can reach today's disillusioned children, so he enlists the help of a Latin scholar from C...
- Ep 5
5.Episode 5
30-03-201160mThe end of term is looming. Some of the kids have been inspired by the star teachers, but the pressure is on to reach the rest.
- Ep 6
6.Episode 6
06-04-201160mAs school term draws to a close the pressure is on to get the teenagers back into education and attention turns to the hardest-to-reach kids. In a last-ditch effort, Jamie tries t...
- Ep 7
7.Episode 7
13-04-201160mIt's the last few days of the school term and Alastair Campbell has managed to get the Dream School kids invited to Downing Street to put their points about education to the Prime...
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