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 12th November at 1am on BBC3
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Bad Education star Layton Williams on why you have to visit his hometown
The actor takes us on a guided tour of Bury, a small market town just outside of Manchester.
Grace Dawes, Time Out, 18th January 2023Charlie Wernham reveals how humour has changed in Bad Education
"Things we did ten years ago not the right thing now."
Nicky Morris, Hello Magazine, 16th January 2023Bad Education Series 4 review
At least this lazy sitcom got rid of Jack Whitehall.
Jack Seale, The Guardian, 15th January 2023Review: Does Bad Education still work without Jack Whitehall?
Thankfully, the answer is yes. This new season of Bad Education is a joyful, quick-witted and comforting reminder of the old show, while still marking out its own territory with some smart casting decisions and structural shake-ups.
James Hibbs, Radio Times, 15th January 2023Layton Williams interview
'As a queer kid, I was living a double life. That's why I'm so out of the box now.' As BBC Three sitcom Bad Education returns ten years after it first started, the actor talks his West End success, overcoming his ego and how a turn as Captain Hook changed his life.
Emily Baker, i Newspaper, 14th January 2023I talk to Layton Williams
"I would be lying if I said I wasn't a little bit nervous. I didn't want to tarnish what has already been done."
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 12th January 2023Layton Williams says Bad Education reunion was "bittersweet"
Williams's character Stephen is set to take the lead alongside Charlie Wernham's Mitchell in next year's new season of the school comedy.
James Hibbs, Radio Times, 12th December 2022Jack Whitehall: 'Two stars from the Guardian, that's the aim'
The comedian and actor on doing his own stunts, trying to mature as a comedian, and his return as Alfie Wickers in a Bad Education Christmas special.
Tim Lewis, The Guardian, 11th December 2022Bad Education Series 4 first look and cast announced
A first look teaser image for the upcoming, revived fourth series of BBC Three sitcom Bad Education has been released, along with more details about the series' return and its new cast.
British Comedy Guide, 8th August 2022Ciaran Bartlett 'chuffed' to write for Bad Education
A Belfast comedian has said he is "really chuffed" after he was selected to write a script for the sequel-reboot series of BBC Three's comedy Bad Education.
Kurtis Reid, Belfast Telegraph, 23rd May 2022