I am basing this post on British Social Realism and i have chosen to write about Educating Yorkshire which is a reality programme about the school life of teenagers of this day and age and what its like inside the school during the school day. A quote taken from 4od in the programme description:
‘Filmed at Thornhill Community Academy near Dewsbury, Educating Yorkshire captures every detail of life in the school, from playground hijinks and inspirational lessons to life-changing events. It follows the work of headteacher Jonny Mitchell to better the chances for all his students and build on successive years of improving exam results.
Located at the heart of a diverse northern community and with a student population that is almost exactly half white-British and half British-Asian, the school offers a fascinating insight into modern school life in the UK. Told with warmth and humour, Educating Yorkshire explores the universally recognisable themes of teenage life and those all-important pupil-teacher relationships that lie at the heart of everyone’s formative years.’
This entertaining programme grips and entices its audience as the teenagers you get to know on the programme grow on you and you want to know about them and why they do the things that they have done, for example one girl shaves off her eyebrows and draws them back on, she is extremely proud of her achievement and announces it to the whole class.
The programme is filmed by cameras set up around the school capturing the fights, disputes and general humour that these teenagers generate. Its very eye opening if you have left school and want to remember what it was like, however if you yourself are still in school you feel as though you can relate to these teenagers because they are usually going through the same as you.
If you are interested in watching it here is the link to episode 2 on 4od, and it is on TV on Thursday nights at 9:00 :
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