''Educating Greater Manchester'' is the 5th series of the BAFTA award-winning British documentary television programme ''

Educating Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Vari ...

'' broadcast on

Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...

. The eight-episode fifth series began broadcast from 31 August 2017. The documentary follows previous installments in the ''Educating...'' series including the

BAFTA Award The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTA Film Awards is an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best British and international contributions to film. The cere ...

-winning ''

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 ...

'' (2011), ''

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 ...

'' (2013), ''

Educating the East End ''Educating the East End'' is the third series of the British Television documentary, documentary television programme ''Educating (TV series), Educating'' broadcast on Channel 4. The eight-episode first series was first broadcast from 4 Septembe ...

'' (2014) and ''

Educating Cardiff ''Educating Cardiff'' is the fourth series of the British documentary television programme '' Educating'' broadcast on Channel 4. The eight-episode series was broadcast from 25 August 2015 to 13 October 2015. The documentary follows previous ins ...

'' (2015). The fifth series was filmed at

Harrop Fold School The Lowry Academy (formerly Harrop Fold School) is a Mixed-sex education, coeducational secondary school located in City of Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester, England, which serves pupils from Little Hulton and Walkden. The school is named a ...

Little Hulton Little Hulton is an area in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England, south of Bolton, northwest of Salford, and northwest of Manchester. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, Little Hulton is bordered by Far ...

, Salford.

Episodes

Production

After the fourth series of the ''Educating...'' series ended, it was announced that the series would be shelved till 2017 to give the show a break and a rest. It was announced on 18 May 2016 by

that the Educating series would be returning in 2017 with a fifth series after a 2-year break. The series will again be filmed using fly on the wall cameras and will film the lives of teachers and students. The fifth series will be filmed in

Salford Salford () is a city and the largest settlement in the City of Salford metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. In 2011, Salford had a population of 103,886. It is also the second and only other city in the metropolitan county afte ...

, Greater Manchester. Filming for the fifth series began in September 2016 and finished in August 2017 at the end of the school year, the series premiered on Channel 4 from 31 August 2017.

References

External links

* {{imdb title, 7323686 2017 British television seasons 2010s British documentary television series Channel 4 documentary series English-language television shows British high school television series Television shows set in Greater Manchester Television series about educators Television series about teenagers