Jamie's Dream School

Jamie's Dream School
Created by	Jamie Oliver
Starring	Jamie Oliver
Country of origin	United Kingdom
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

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 enrols 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. Participants, both pupils and teachers, gave evidence to the Education Select Committee in June 2011.^[1]

The lessons from Jamie’s Dream School are available on-line a dedicated YouTube channel,^[2] including David Starkey's history course and Simon Callow's drama lessons. Many are full-length videos as well as shorter clips and other interactive elements.

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. Mary Beard OBE
• 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

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International adaptations

A South African and an American adaptation were aired in late 2013. ^[4]

References