Bad Education
- TV sitcom
- BBC Three
- 2012 - 2024
- 33 episodes (5 series)
School-based comedy about the worst teachers to ever be involved in the British education system. Stars Layton Williams, Charlie Wernham, Mathew Horne, Vicki Pepperdine, Asha Hassan and more.
- Series 5, Episode 1 repeated Tuesday at 1am on BBC3
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 2012 - 2024
- Channel
- BBC Three
- Episodes
- 33 (5 series)
- Creators
- Jack Whitehall and Ben Cavey
- Stars
- Layton Williams, Charlie Wernham, Mathew Horne, Vicki Pepperdine, Asha Hassan, Anthony J Abraham, Bobby Johnson, Laura Marcus and more
- Writers
- Jack Whitehall and Freddy Syborn
- Directors
- Ben Gosling Fuller, Elliot Hegarty, Al Campbell and Freddy Syborn
- Producers
- Pippa Brown, Ben Cavey, Arnold Widdowson, Hussain Casey-Ahmed, Chris Sussman, Sophie Clarke-Jervoise, Jack Whitehall, Richard Ackerman and more
- Companies
Bad Education initially follows Alfie, the worst teacher ever to grace the British education system. Alfie definitely has the best intentions for his class but the truth is he is a bigger kid than any of the kids he teaches so his good intentions always seem to end up out the window. He really does care though.
Despite his obvious shortcomings, Alfie's position at the school is stable thanks to Fraser, the school's headmaster, who tragically longs to be as cool as Alfie. He's the teacher who just wants to be everyone's 'best mate' and is prone to massive and very public mishaps.
The comedy ran for three series between 2012 and 2014, before being revived and rebooted nearly a decade later. A reunion special was broadcast in 2022, before Series 4 began in 2023. The latest series no longer features Alfie but instead focuses on Stephen and Mitchell, who have graduated from being students to becoming teachers themselves.
Catch-up
Additional details
- Also known as
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- Bad Education: Reunion
- Bad Teacher (Working title)
- Production
- Studio
- Picture
- Colour
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Tuesday 14th August 2012 at 10pm on BBC Three
- Next repeats
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- Series 5, Episode 1: Tuesday at 1am on BBC3
- Series 5, Episode 2: Tuesday at 1:30am on BBC3
- Series 5, Episode 3: Tuesday 19th November at 1:15am on BBC3
- Series 5, Episode 4: Tuesday 19th November at 1:45am on BBC3
- Most recent repeats
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- Tuesday 5th November 2024 at 3:25am on BBC3 - Series 4, Episode 5
- Tuesday 5th November 2024 at 12:45am on BBC3 - Series 4, Episode 6
- Tuesday 5th November 2024 at 12:15am on BBC3 - Series 4, Episode 5
Recording details
- Wimbledon Studios - Series 1 - 3