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 enrolls 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. Both pupils and teachers gave evidence to the Education Select Committee in June 2011.[1]
| Jamie's Dream School | |
|---|---|
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| Created by | Jamie Oliver |
| Starring | Jamie Oliver |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Fresh One Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | Channel 4 |
| Original release | 2 March – 13 April 2011 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The lessons from the show are available through a dedicated YouTube channel,[2] which features David Starkey's history course and Simon Callow's drama lessons.
The school
An empty building was converted into a school for two months. In the grounds a biosphere was constructed for lessons on the environment.
Teachers
- Head Teacher: John D'Abbro, OBE
- Art: Rolf Harris
- Cooking: Jamie Oliver OBE
- Cricket: Michael Vaughan OBE
- Diving: Daley Thompson CBE
- English: Simon Callow CBE
- History: Dr David Starkey CBE
- Latin: Prof. Dame Mary Beard DBE
- Law (Human Rights): Cherie Blair, CBE
- Maths: Alvin Hall
- Music: Jazzie B, OBE
- Photography: Rankin
- Poetry: Sir Andrew Motion
- Politics: Alastair Campbell
- Sailing: Dame Ellen MacArthur DBE
- Science (Biology): Prof. Lord Winston
- Science (Environment): Jane Poynter
Pupils
- Angelique — 17 Age
- Aysha — 17Age
- Carl — Age 18 cc
- Charlotte — Age 17
- Chloe — Age 17
- Conor — Age 17
- Danielle Harold - Age 18
- Emily Brown — Age 16
- Georgia — Age 18
- Harlem-Iaren — Age 18
- Henry — Age 17
- Jake — Age 16
- Jamal — Age 18
- Jenny — Age 16
- Jourdelle - Age 18
- Latoya — Age 19
- Michael — Age 18
- Nana Kwame — Age 18
- Ricki — Age 16
- Ronnie — Age 18
International adaptations
A South African and an American adaptation were aired in late 2013.[5] A Dutch version followed early 2017 on public broadcaster Omroep NTR hosted by kickboxing-champion Lucia Rijker; the first season included Maarten van Rossem, Karin Bloemen and Peter R. de Vries as celebrity-teachers. The second seasons started on 26 February 2018, the third series on 18 February 2019.[6]
References
- http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/education-committee/news/jamies-dream-school/
- https://www.youtube.com/user/DreamSchool
- http://www.channel4.com/programmes/jamies-dream-school/articles/category/expert-profiles
- http://www.channel4.com/programmes/jamies-dream-school/articles/category/people/
- http://www.sundancechannel.com/series/dream-school/blog/2013/06/sundance-channel-greenlights-original-series-dream-school
- "Karin Bloemen en Peter R. gaan lesgeven" (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 5 January 2017.