''Educating the East End'' is the third series of the British documentary television programme ''

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'' broadcast on

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. The eight-episode first series was first broadcast from 4 September 2014. Its format is based on the

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-winning 2011 series ''

Educating Essex ''Educating Essex'' is the first series of the British documentary television program '' Educating'' produced by Twofour for Channel 4 that ran for seven episodes from September to November 2011. It uses a fly on the wall format to show the ever ...

'' and the

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-winning 2013 series, ''

Educating Yorkshire ''Educating Yorkshire'' is the second series of the British documentary television programme ''Educating'' broadcast on Channel 4. The eight-episode first series was first broadcast on 5 September 2013. Its format is based on the BAFTA Award-win ...

''. It follows the everyday lives of the staff and students of

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in East London which is a comprehensive secondary school.

Episodes

Production

''Educating the East End'' was commissioned by

after the success of ''

'' in 2013 and ''

'' in 2011. Ten sixty-minute episodes were commissioned; the first eight were shown from September to October 2014 with the other two episodes acting as ''specials''. The original title for the series was ''Educating Walthamstow'' but shortly before transmission the title was changed to ''Educating the East End''. Before filming began

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advised Smith to get into contact with the headteachers of ''Educating Essex'' and ''Educating Yorkshire''. They both reportly gave advice on handling the attention and stayed in contact throughout the filming process.

Reception

After the first episode was broadcast, ''

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'' gave a favourable review, calling the show "funny, moving and inspirational". ''

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'' also gave the show a good review rating it 4 out of 5 stars and saying "it was charming and found the power of stories".

References

External links

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