History Series / BadEducation

[[caption-width-right:350:the members of Class K in Series 1 and 2.[[note]]Back row, from left to right: [[LoveableRogue Mitchell]] and [[CampGay Stephen]]. Middle row, from left to right: [[ButtMonkey Joe]], [[EnthusiasticNewbieTeacher Alfie]], [[HotForTeacher Chantelle]] and [[WiseBeyondHerYears Jing]]. Front row: [[TheQuietOne Rem Dogg]].[[/note]] ]]

''Bad Education'' is a British sitcom produced by Tiger Aspect Productions for [[Creator/{{BBC}} BBC Three]], originally running from 2012 to 2014. It stars Creator/JackWhitehall as young teacher Alfie Wickers – "the worst teacher ever to grace the British education system" – at the fictional Abbey Grove School. Creator/MathewHorne plays Fraser, the eccentric headteacher of the fictional school alongside him, alongside Sarah Solemani as his fellow teacher and love interest Rosie Gulliver, and (for the first two seasons), Creator/MichelleGomez as his nemesis, deputy headteacher Miss Pickwell. It has been suggested that Whitehall's character is a continuation of his "posh twit" persona from ''Series/FreshMeat''.

''Bad Education'' is a British sitcom produced by Tiger Aspect Productions for ''Creator/{{BBC}}3'', originally running from 2012 to 2014. It stars Creator/JackWhitehall as young teacher Alfie Wickers – "the worst teacher ever to grace the British education system" – at the fictional Abbey Grove School. Creator/MathewHorne plays Fraser, the eccentric headmaster of the fictional school alongside him. It has been suggested that Whitehall's character is a continuation of his "posh twit" persona from ''Series/FreshMeat''.

''Film/TheBadEducationMovie'' was released in August 2015, which has nothing to do with Creator/PedroAlmodovar's film ''Film/BadEducation2004'' or the Creator/{{HBO}} biopic ''Film/BadEducation2019''. In 2022, it was announced that the series would return for a reunion special at the end of the year, to be followed by a revival, following two of Alfie's former students, Stephen and Mitchell, following in his footsteps and becoming teachers at Abbey Grove.

''Bad Education'' is a 2012–14 British sitcom produced by Tiger Aspect Productions for ''Creator/{{BBC}}3''. It stars Jack Whitehall as young teacher Alfie Wickers – "the worst teacher ever to grace the British education system" – at the fictional Abbey Grove School. Matthew Horne plays Fraser, the eccentric headmaster of the fictional school alongside him. It has been suggested that Whitehall's character is a continuation of his "posh twit" persona from ''Series/FreshMeat''.

The series launch broke Creator/{{BBC}}3's record for the highest-rated first episode of a comedy, which was previously held by ''Horne And Corden''.

''Film/TheBadEducationMovie'' was released in August 2015, which has nothing to do with Creator/PedroAlmodovar's film ''Film/BadEducation2004'' or the Creator/{{HBO}} biopic ''Film/BadEducation2019''.

'''Bad Education''' (2012-2014) is a British sitcom produced by Tiger Aspect Productions for ''Creator/{{BBC}}3''. It stars Jack Whitehall as young teacher Alfie Wickers – "the worst teacher ever to grace the British education system" – at the fictional Abbey Grove School. Matthew Horne plays Fraser, the eccentric headmaster of the fictional school alongside him. It has been suggested that Whitehall's character is a continuation of his "posh twit" persona from ''Series/FreshMeat''.

* OverlyLongName; Preet Cornelius Hennihenwig Hoitetoit Goosenhuissen Tabactablanche Vestavasen Voota van der Plessis. [[note]] He's from South Africa[[/note]]

* SadistTeacher: Pickwell. And Pe master Preet van der Plessis, a displaced South African.

* HotForTeacher: Chantelle for Alfie, much to his annoyance.
--> '''Alfie''': *Reading an anonymous question* "I'm fifteen, he's twenty-three. What will it feel like?" ''Illegal,'' Chantelle!

'''Bad Education''' (2012-2014) is a British sitcom produced by Tiger Aspect Productions for ''Creator/{{BBC}}3''. It stars Jack Whitehall as young teacher Alfie Wickers – "the worst teacher ever to grace the British education system" – at the fictional Abbey Grove School. Matthew Horne plays Fraser, the headmaster of the fictional school alongside him. It has been suggested that Whitehall's character is a continuation of his "posh twit" persona from ''Series/FreshMeat''.

A pilot is apparently being shot for a US version, still starring Jack Whitehall.

''Film/TheBadEducationMovie'' was released in August 2015, which has nothing to do with Creator/PedroAlmodovar's film ''Film/BadEducation2004''or ''Film/BadEducation2019''.

* BelligerentSexualTension: Alfie and Rosie, particularly throughout in the finale of series 1.

* DeadpanSnarker: Pickwell.

* IBangedYourMom: In the Valentine's Day episode, Mitchell and Rem Dogg both have Valentine's cards, claiming they came from the other's mother. Rem Dogg's card apparently reads "Dear Rem Dogg. Here's your £20 back. I can't charge you because you were so good. P.S. You banged me so hard, now ''I'm'' in a wheelchair.", while Mitchell's card contains a packet of Wotsits that he apparently payed Rem Dogg's mum with.

* InterchangeableAsianCultures: When Alfie makes his class do a reenactment of the Battle of Pearl Harbour, he gives Asian student Jing Chow the role of a Japanese soldier, even putting a Rising Sun headband on her. He is soon reminded that "She's Chinese, you muppet!"

* RunForTheBorder: [[spoiler: Pickwell at the end of ''The Funeral'']].

* ShoutOut: The school bully is called Frank Grayson. In Creator/MichaelPalin's ''Series/RippingYarns'', the school bully in "Tomkinson's Schooldays" was called Grayson.
* SnapBack / StatusQuoIsGod: The Series 2 finale focuses on the school's ultimately successful attempts to raise enough money to keep the school open after Fraser bankrupts it by falling for a FourOneNineScam. At the start of Series 3, the school is bordering on bankruptcy again thanks to Fraser investing the money raised in Series 2 in his new Dolce & Gabanter clothing range.

** [[spoiler: This goes nowhere as of Series 2, as Rosie reveals she's now [[BiTheWay dating a]] [[LipstickLesbian woman]]]].

* LipstickLesbian / BiTheWay: [[spoiler: Rosie]], much to Alfie's distress and misery. [[spoiler: However, it's implied the reason they later broke up was because her partner believed she wasn't [[ExperimentedInCollege actually comfortable]] with her new sexuality]].

''Film/TheBadEducationMovie'' was released in August 2015, which has nothing to do with Creator/PedroAlmodovar's film ''Film/BadEducation2004''.

* ShoutOut: the school bully is called Frank Grayson. In Creator/MichaelPalin's ''Series/RippingYarns'', the school bully in "Tomkinson's Schooldays" was also called Frank Grayson.

''Film/TheBadEducationMovie'' was released in August 2015.

* HaveIMentionedIAmSexuallyActiveToday?: Alfie keeps up this act for a bit, before admitting he's a virgin in the Sex Ed episode.

--> '''Alfie''': *Reading anonymous question* I'm fifteen, he's twenty-three. What will it feel like? 'Illegal'' Chantelle!

--> '''Alfie''': *''Before leaving the classroom''* "Rem Dogg, by the way, if you have been sleeping with Mitchell's mum I suggest you go and give your cock a through clean."

* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Fraser's attempts to be hip.
** Which, according to one episode from a NoodleIncident, got him into trouble with a Racial Insensitivity Panel, implied to be because he mistakenly believed he had NWordPrivileges.
** Alfie is also sometimes this (in one episode he raps part of "Gangsta's Paradise" by Music/{{Coolio}}. So is ''Pickwell'' of all people, who responds to Alfie's rap by quoting Music/TupacShakur.

** Alfie is also sometimes this (in one episode he raps part of "Gangsta's Paradise" by {{Coolio}}. So is ''Pickwell'' of all people, who responds to Alfie's rap by quoting TupacShakur.

* TheApartheidEra: Preet van der Plessis, the psychotic south African PE teacher, lets his sentiments show frequently. In a school with lots of black and coloured pupils.

* ShoutOut: the school bully is called Frank Grayson. In MichaelPalin's ''RippingYarns'', the school bully in "Tomkinson's Schooldays" was also called Frank Grayson.

* AmbiguouslyGay: [[spoiler: Grayson]] kisses Stephen full on the lips during the Christmas musical, even though it wasn't in the script.

* ScoolSwimsuit: Pickwell insists on this in the school swimming competition episode, much to the discomfort of the girls; the deputy headmistress even wears one herself, causing Alfie to speculate that his heterosexuality is making its final successful escape.

'''Bad Education''' (2012-) is a British sitcom produced by Tiger Aspect Productions for ''Creator/{{BBC}}3''. It stars Jack Whitehall as young teacher Alfie Wickers – "the worst teacher ever to grace the British education system" – at the fictional Abbey Grove School. Matthew Horne plays Fraser, the headmaster of the fictional school alongside him. It has been suggested that Whitehall's character is a continuation of his "posh twit" persona from ''Series/FreshMeat''.

* ShoutOut: the school bully is called Frank Grayson. In MichaelPalin's ''RippingYarns'', the school bully in "TomkinsonsSchooldays" was also called Frank Grayson.

* BilingualBonus: Preet, the hypermacho PE teacher from South Africa, calls Alfie a "moffie". This is a non-PC Afrikaans word for an CampGay. His PE class is dismissively referred to as a "kinderbok".

* ShoutOut: the school bully is called Frank Grayson. In MichaelPalin's ''RippingYarns'', the school bully in ''TomkinsonsSchooldays'' was also called Frank Grayson.

* TeachersPet: Joe has shades of this, generally Alfie's favorite and teased by the others. Overall averted because Alfie tries so hard to be matey with his class as a whole.

* TooSoon: -->If Pistorius taught me one thing, it's to shit with the door open!