Summerhill (TV series)
{{short description|British children's television drama}}
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| genre = Children's drama
| writer = Alison Hume
| director = Jon East
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| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
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| num_episodes = 4
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| runtime = 30 minutes
| company = Tiger Aspect Productions
| channel = CBBC
| first_aired = {{start date|2008|1|21|df=yes}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2008|1|29|df=yes}}
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Summerhill is a British children's television drama about the famously radical Summerhill School in Leiston in Suffolk, {{cite web|url=http://www.summerhillschool.co.uk/bbc-drama.html|title=Summerhill School|accessdate=18 April 2009}} written by Alison Hume and directed by Jon East. It was first broadcast on the CBBC Channel in January 2008 and was subsequently nominated for three children's BAFTA awards: Best Drama, Best Writer (for Alison Hume) and Breakthrough Talent (for Eliot Otis Brown Walters). It won the awards for writer & breakthrough nominations.{{cite web|url=http://www.screenyorkshire.co.uk/news/news-archive/yorkshire-writer-scoops-children-s-bafta|title=Alison Hume}} The show launched the careers of a number of young actors, most notably Jessie Cave who went on to star as 'Lavender Brown' in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and also Olly Alexander, Eliot Otis Brown Walters, and Holly Bodimeade.
The series was also shown on BBC One,{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3674564/Telegraph-TV-pick-Summerhill-BBC1.html|title=Telegraph preview|accessdate=18 April 2009 | work=The Daily Telegraph | location=London | first=James | last=Walton | date=24 January 2008}} and as a feature-length film on BBC Four.{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article3191799.ece|title=Times review|accessdate=18 April 2009 | work=The Times | location=London | first=Caitlin | last=Moran | date=19 January 2008}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
Cast
- Eliot Otis Brown Walters as Ryan
- Holly Bodimeade as Maddy
- Jessie Cave as Stella
- Olly Alexander as Ned
- Sam Hoare as Phil
Episodes
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|EpisodeNumber=1 |Title= Episode 1 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|01|21|df=yes}} |ShortSummary= Welcome to Summerhill, a school where pupils make the rules and are encouraged to play. 11-year-old Maddie is sent to Summerhill after collapsing from exam stress. When she arrives, she can't believe it is true – a school where you don't have to go to lessons, where you're encouraged to play, where you make all the rules yourself and where climbing trees and building boats are definitely part of the curriculum. When 14-year-old Ryan is sent there after no other school can contain his disruptive behaviour, he thinks he has gone to Heaven. |LineColor=bfe0bf }} {{ Episode list |EpisodeNumber=2 |Title= Episode 2 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|01|22|df=yes}} |ShortSummary=New pupils Maddy and Ryan switch roles as Maddy becomes a rebel and Ryan submits. |LineColor=bfe0bf }} {{ Episode list |EpisodeNumber=3 |Title= Episode 3 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|01|28|df=yes}} |ShortSummary=Maddy admits that she, not Ryan, caused the fire at the school. |LineColor=bfe0bf }} {{ Episode list |EpisodeNumber=4 |Title= Episode 4 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|01|29|df=yes}} |ShortSummary=The pupils of Summerhill take the government to court to fight the closure of the school. |LineColor=bfe0bf }} |
Awards and nominations
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| scope=row rowspan=4 style="text-align:center;"|2008
|scope=row rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;"|British Academy Children's Awards{{cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2008/childrens|title=Children's in 2008}} |Children's: Drama |Alison Hume, Stephen Smallwood, and Jon East |{{nom}} |
| Children's: Writer
|rowspan=2|Alison Hume |{{won}} |
| Royal Television Society Awards{{cite web|url=http://www.rts.org.uk/nominations-winners-2008-programme-awards|title=Nominations & Winners 2008 Programme Awards|date=31 January 2011}}
|Writer of the Year |{{won}} |
References
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External links
- {{BBC programme}}
- {{IMDb title|id=1042913|title=Summerhill}}
Category:2008 British television series debuts
Category:2008 British television series endings
Category:BBC children's television shows
Category:British high school television series
Category:Television series about children
Category:British television series about teenagers