Leave Us Kids Alone

Leave Us Kids Alone was a TV series made by Twenty-Twenty Television and distributed by Outright Distribution. It involved 10 one-hour episodes (together with 7 half-hour "up close and personal" shows) and was originally shown on BBC Three in October 2007.[1]

Description

The series involved 12 opinionated teens who were required to prove that they could successfully run a school without adult teachers.[2] It was seen as a social experiment, as the group of twelve teenagers were expected to act as teachers. It was an aspiration of each member to undertake such a task, but the producers had created a challenge for each 'teacher', one which proved difficult from the start. The filming took place at Wispers School in Haslemere, Surrey and lasted for 3 weeks.

The show depicted the struggles the teenagers went through to keep their cool teaching a class, and featured clips of the teens living under the same roof. The experiment was structured in a way that forced the new teachers into cooperation with each other, creating a team out of a collection of strangers. Throughout the series, effects of the experiment were shown, and many social issues came into play. Throughout the course of schooling, a professional school inspector was asked to oversee the proceedings, taking note of the teen's progress and ability.

At the conclusion of the programme, the teachers had failed 2 inspections, but seemed to have improved greatly from their previous selves, completing the experiment and bringing the series to a close.

The Teachers:

  • Tom Aston
  • Hannah Couchman
  • Rosanna Eaton
  • Sam Smithson
  • Shana Dalley
  • Jordan Smith
  • Jenni Pass
  • Bilal Ayonoate
  • Frankie Bellingham
  • Liam Collwick-Jones
  • Leigh Ellwood
  • Natasha Brown

References
  1. Chaudhari, Saiqa (12 October 2007). "In a class of his own". The Bolton News. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  2. Wollaston, Sam (16 October 2007). "Last night's TV: Leave Us Kids Alone". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
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