Tough Young Teachers

British TV series or programme
  • David DeHaney
  • Fiona Campbell
  • Maxine Watson
Producers
  • Ross Anderson
  • Sandi Scott
CinematographyNick PlowrightEditors
  • Stephen Devlin
  • Peter Hein
Running time60 minutesProduction companyVictory TelevisionOriginal releaseNetwork
  • BBC Three
  • BBC Three HD
Release9 January (2014-01-09) –
13 February 2014 (2014-02-13)

Tough Young Teachers is a British documentary television series that was first broadcast on BBC Three on 9 January 2014. The six graduate teachers featured in the series are Charles Wallendahl (University of Oxford), Chloe Shaw (Royal Holloway, University of London), Claudenia Williams (University of Birmingham), Meryl Noronha (King's College London), Nicholas Church (Imperial College London) and Oliver Beach (University of Birmingham & Cornell University). The six graduates are assigned to challenging schools within London by the educational charity Teach First. The programme tracks the difficulties that they face and the progress that they make in their first year of teaching.

Episode list

# Title Original air date UK viewers[1]
1"Episode 1"9 January 2014 (2014-01-09)796,000
2"Episode 2"16 January 2014 (2014-01-16)538,000 (overnight)
3"Episode 3"23 January 2014 (2014-01-23)N/A
4"Episode 4"30 January 2014 (2014-01-30)712,000
5"Episode 5"6 February 2014 (2014-02-06)N/A
6"Episode 6"13 February 2014 (2014-02-13)643,000

Schools

  • Archbishop Lanfranc School, Croydon
  • Crown Woods College, Southeast London
  • The Harefield Academy, Uxbridge

Reception

Ratings

According to overnight figures, the first two episodes had audience shares of 3.0% and 2.2% respectively.[2][3] The fourth episode was watched by 683,000 (3.0%).[4]

References

  1. ^ "BARB Top 30s".
  2. ^ Eames, Tom (10 January 2014). "Birds of a Feather's second episode stays strong for ITV on Thursday". Digital Spy. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  3. ^ Eames, Tom (17 January 2014). "Birds of a Feather edges Silent Witness on Thursday evening". Digital Spy. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  4. ^ Eames, Tom (31 January 2014). "Birds of a Feather down but still top on Thursday". Digital Spy. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

External links

  • Tough Young Teachers at BBC Online Edit this at Wikidata
  • Tough Young Teachers, Radio Times