Educating Essex

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Educating Essex is the first series of the British documentary television programme Educating produced by Twofour for Channel 4 that ran for seven episodes from September to November 2011 (which were produced within the 2010-2011 academic year). The series was originally titled "The School" and uses a fly on the wall format to show the everyday lives of the staff and pupils of Passmores Academy, a secondary school in Harlow, Essex, interspersed with interviews of those involved and featuring narration from the director and interviewer, David Clews. The series received mixed media coverage: it was largely praised for its insight into the lives and behaviour of teenagers and the education system, but was also criticised for its depiction of pupils and teachers using profanity, as well as bullying and teenage pregnancy. The show received numerous awards, including director David Clews's British Academy Television Craft Award for his work on the programme in 2012; in the same year, the show...

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