Old page wikitext, before the edit (old_wikitext ) | 'The following is a list of [[Bad Education (TV series)|Bad Education ]] episodes.
===overview===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan="2" rowspan="2"| Series
! rowspan="2"| Episodes
! colspan="3"| Originally aired
|-
! scope="col"| Series premiere
! scope="col"| Series finale
! scope="col"| Viewers<br />(in millions)
|-
| style="background:#003366;"|
| '''[[#Series 1 (2012)|1]]''' || 6 || 14 August 2012 || 18 September 2012 || 1.195
|-
| style="background:#A12B00;"|
| '''[[#Series 2 (2013)|2]]''' || 7 || 3 September 2013 || 17 December 2013 || 0.970
|-
| style=" background:#085F00;"|
| '''[[#Series 3 (2014)|3]]''' || 6 || 16 September 2014 || 21 October 2014 || 0.854
|-
| style=" background:#E17956;"|
| [[User:Fanoflionking/sandbox#film|film]] || 1 || 21 August 2015 || 21 August 2015 || style="background-color:#D3D3D3;" |
|}
===List of episodes===
==== Series 1 (2012) ====
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%;"
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! style="white-space:nowrap; background:#003366; color:#fff;"| Title
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|-
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=1
|Title=Parents' Evening
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|8|14|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=It is parents' evening at Abbey Grove School and Alfie is under pressure from the deputy headmistress Miss Pickwell to mark his mock exam papers, otherwise she will fail his whole class. However, news that biology teacher Rosie Gulliver has split from her boyfriend only serves to distract him as he becomes fixated with securing a date with her. But with the unpredictable headmaster Mr Fraser also keen to make a move on Miss Gulliver, Alfie resorts to desperate measures both to mark the papers and beat Fraser to a date.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00vrlrk |title=Bad Education, Parents' Evening |publisher=BBC |date= |accessdate=3 July 2013}}</ref>
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=2
|Title=Sex Education
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|8|21|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=Abbey Grove School parents are worried about the impending arrival of the [[French people|French]] [[exchange student]]s, after Jean Claude and his French classmates ran riot leaving a wake of lovestruck teenagers behind them the previous year. This year, Fraser is determined to prove to the angry parents that he has got everything under control, especially with his right-hand man Alfie by his side. However, Alfie is not the right person to entrust with a [[sex education]] class. Things are relieved when it turns out that Fraser had screwed up and accidentally arranged an exchange with the town of [[Hoogeveen]] in the [[Netherlands]]. But keeping things with them is easier said than done, thanks to one exchange student who every woman in the school seems to want.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01m38br |title=Bad Education, Sex Education |publisher=BBC |date= |accessdate=3 July 2013}}</ref>
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=3
|Title=Self Defence
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|8|28|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=A new computer game craze hits Abbey Grove School that has got the children imitating a dangerous move called the 'blitz kick'. Fraser decides to buy a copy of the game to see what all the fuss is about but inadvertently turns his staff into addicts as well. Alfie decides to support his beloved Miss Gulliver in taking a stand against all this violence by organising a weapons amnesty. While Fraser hires a very inappropriate self-defence tutor, Preet, to help demonstrate the dangers of violence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mfj26 |title=Bad Education, Self Defence |publisher=BBC |date= |accessdate=3 July 2013}}</ref>
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=4
|Title=School Trip
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|9|04|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=Banned from organising his own trip after a disastrous previous outing, Alfie's class are sent on Miss Gulliver's field trip to a combined petting zoo and ink museum. Alfie's pretty upset to learn she has a blind date later that day, but things get even worse when the bus gets lost in the woods.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mgyty |title=Bad Education, School Trip |publisher=BBC |date= |accessdate=3 July 2013}}</ref>
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=5
|Title=Football Match
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|9|11|df=y}}
|ShortSummary= Alfie reveals a hidden 'talent' when the annual football match between Abbey Grove and the school he attended, Middleton House, approaches. Will the benefit scroungers pull it off, or will it be Middleton's snooty toff boys who clinch the win?<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mqvt3 |title=Bad Education, Football Match |publisher=BBC |date= |accessdate=3 July 2013}}</ref>
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=6
|Title=Politics
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|9|18|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=Fraser's on professional suspension after an unfortunate incident involving a projector. With the school elections due to take place, Pickwell's determined to show the governors that she can run something successfully, and Alfie's keen to show Miss Gulliver he can take politics seriously.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mtm15 |title=Bad Education, Politics |publisher=BBC |date= |accessdate=3 July 2013}}</ref>
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|}
==== Series 2 (2013) ====
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=1
|Title=Swimming Gala
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|9|3|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=Abbey Grove's new term kicks off with the annual swimming gala and headmaster Mr Fraser decides to pay homage to the fact the UK recently hosted the greatest show on Earth, ''[[Splash! (TV series)|Splash!]]'', by ending it with their very own synchronised diving competition. Alfie and his class don't usually take part in the gala, but lured by a cash bet with deputy headmistress Miss Pickwell he decides to bribe them with a group trip to a restaurant and enter the event. The first day back is also a chance for Alfie to catch up with his girlfriend Rosie, but he's shocked to find out that he isn't in a relationship with her at all, and even more shocked to find out that she is in a lesbian relationship with a former pupil.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01djws9 |title=Bad Education, Swimming Gala |publisher=BBC |accessdate=1 September 2013}}</ref>
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=2
|Title=The American
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|9|10|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=Alfie is shocked by the arrival of new teacher Kevin Schwimer ([[Kyle Soller]]) at Abbey Grove and even more shocked to learn that he will be taking over Alfie's own class. Desperately upset that his class seem to be having a great time and actually learning proper, real-life GCSE history with their new teacher, Alfie is even more unhappy when he finds out which class Miss Pickwell has given him instead. With headmaster Fraser and Miss Gulliver both increasingly charmed by Mr Schwimer it is left to Alfie and Jing to uncover the truth behind this American imposter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01f9lkn |title=Bad Education, The American |publisher=BBC |accessdate=1 September 2013}}</ref>
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=3
|Title=The Funeral
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|9|17|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=Abbey Grove is rocked by the news that deputy headmistress Miss Pickwell is apparently dead and Alfie is left particularly on edge when her suicide note clearly lays the finger of blame on him after one of his class's pranks pushes her over the edge. Haunted by guilt, will Alfie be able to put her unquiet spirit at rest with the perfect memorial service? With Pickwell gone, headmaster Mr Fraser decides to advertise for her position with less-than-successful results, which may mean Rosie is offered the role full-time. But will the power change her?<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01fsjqg |title=Bad Education, The Funeral |publisher=BBC |accessdate=1 September 2013}}</ref>
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=4
|Title=Valentine's Day
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|9|24|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=It is Valentine's Day and headmaster Mr Fraser has planned a special Abbey Grove ''[[Take Me Out (UK game show)|Take Me Out]]'' to help the shy kids find love. New deputy headmistress Professor Celia Green is rubbing everyone up the wrong way, apart from Alfie's father Martin, who happened to go to teacher training college with her. Alfie is desperately trying to persuade Rosie to come to dinner with him, but is distracted by some shocking news from Chantelle. Will Rosie turn up to dinner and who is Martin Wickers's surprise dinner date?<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01fy0dj |title=Bad Education, Valentine's Day |publisher=BBC |accessdate=1 September 2013}}</ref>
'''Debut:''' [[Samantha Spiro]] as Celia Green, [[Harry Enfield]] as Martin Wickers.
'''Absent:''' [[Michelle Gomez]] as Isobel Pickwell.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=5
|Title=Drugs
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|10|1|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=Headmaster Mr Fraser has organised a special guest speaker India for Drugs Awareness Day, much to Rosie's annoyance. Alfie's class is alarmed by the news that Stephen's parents want him to leave Abbey Grove. Can Alfie persuade Stephen's parents to let him stay or will his attraction to drugs councillor India threaten to jeopardise everything?<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01fy1cx |title=Bad Education, Drugs |publisher=BBC |accessdate=1 September 2013}}</ref>
'''Absent:''' [[Michelle Gomez]] as Isobel Pickwell.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=6
|Title=Fundraiser
|RTitle=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01fy1jg |title=Bad Education, Fundraiser |publisher=BBC |accessdate=1 September 2013}}</ref>
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|10|8|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=Abbey Grove is plunged into financial ruin when headmaster Mr Fraser gives the "Nigerian Minister of Finance" all their money with the promise of huge returns on the investment. With Professor Green executing an austerity drive which sees the school pillaged of resources, Rosie thinks it's time to move on and applies for a job for a school in [[Soweto]]. Will Alfie come up with a plan to save the school and stop Rosie from leaving? And how will he react to the big announcement Professor Green is hiding from him about his father?
'''Final Appearances:''' [[Michelle Gomez]] as Isobel Pickwell, [[Samantha Spiro]] as Celia Green.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=7
|Title=Christmas Special
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|12|17|df=y}}
|ShortSummary= It's time for the Abbey Grove Christmas Play and with Miss Pickwell no longer around Fraser decides Alfie is the obvious replacement to direct this year's production. But with the class undecided about whether to put on the Nutcracker or Robocop, will Alfie's decision to write and direct a plot mash up of Robocracker and casting school bully Grayson as co-star prove successful?
'''Absent:''' [[Harry Enfield]] as Martin Wickers.
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|}
==== Series 3 (2014) ====
On 11 June 2014, [[Jack Whitehall]] announced that the third series of ''Bad Education'' had gone into production and the first episode would be broadcast on 16 September 2014.<ref name="twitter.com">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/jackwhitehall/status/476710165669249025|title=Jack Whitehall on Twitter|work=Twitter}}</ref>
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=1
|Title=Strike
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|9|16|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=It's summer term and Alfie Wickers is back to get his class through their exams. His father Martin Wickers married Pro Green, but she left him, taking his money. He now lives in his car, so Alfie allows him to move in with him and Miss Gulliver, who are now [[cohabit]]ing. There is a shock for Alfie with the revelation that Martin has been appointed as the new deputy head. Martin's first jobs are to increase class sizes and fire a member of staff after Fraser has badly invested the school's money in his own clothing range, Dolce and GaBanter. For Alfie this means a new class member, Cleopatra, and a tough decision to make – stand by Miss Gulliver when she leads the teachers on strike, or sacrifice himself to save his class from failing their exams.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p025hd4m |title=Bad Education, Strike |publisher=BBC |accessdate=15 September 2014}}</ref>
'''Debut:''' Weruche Opia as Cleopatra Ofoedo.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=2
|Title=After School Clubs
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|9|23|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=Mitchell announces he is leaving Abbey Grove, but there is the perfect opportunity for a farewell party when Fraser decides to rent out rooms in the school to after-school clubs for extra cash. However, things get complicated for Alfie when he promises to attend Gulliver's book group, Fraser's [[LARP]]ing club and Mitchell's leaving party. Alfie wants to use the book group as an opportunity to impress Gulliver, but when he gets his class to write the chapter summaries things quickly go from bad to worse. Simultaneously, he has to help Fraser win a fantasy battle against two very self-important LARPers and survive Mitchell's leaving pranks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04j93jt |title=Bad Education, After School Clubs |publisher=BBC |accessdate=15 September 2014}}</ref>
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=3
|Title=Sports Day
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|9|30|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=It's Abbey Grove's sports day and Fraser has hired the most inappropriate new sports teacher to oversee events – Preet. Alfie sees this as the perfect opportunity to challenge Miss Gulliver's ex-boyfriend Richard ([[James Fleet]]) to an endurance event, which Preet offers to design. But with a steroid scandal rocking the school and Alfie desperate to win by any means possible, will he make it over the finish line with his dignity intact?
'''Absent:''' [[Charlie Wernham]] as Mitchell Harper.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=4
|Title=Fundraising
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|10|07|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=Martin Wickers's attempts to teach Alfie to drive end in disaster when they run over Pod, the school caretaker. Alfie and his class start fundraising for Pod's urgent surgery. However, when the school bully Grayson is transferred to Alfie's class it soon becomes clear that their noble intentions might be difficult with him around. Soon Alfie and his class find themselves no longer leading a charitable enterprise, but being taken on a joyride in a stolen ambulance. While Alfie is giving a tracheotomy after being mistaken for a paramedic, his class spot Pod walking around instead of being in a wheelchair. Fraser has taken up pole dancing and sees the fundraiser as the perfect opportunity to demonstrate his skills. Meanwhile Alfie ends up sexting his dad by mistake after Miss Guilliver's phone is swapped with his, and Alfie tries to find out if she is sleeping with Richard.
'''Absent:''' [[Charlie Wernham]] as Mitchell Harper.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=5
|Title=The Exam
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|10|14|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=Fraser discovers that Alfie never passed his Biology GCSE, so Alfie must go back to school himself to be taught by Gulliver and sit the exam with his own class. It should be the perfect opportunity to prove to Gulliver that he can motivate his class and lead by example, but Alfie decides there is only one real option: cheating. But, with the revelation that the notorious ball-breaking invigilator Mr Hewston will be overseeing the exam, it becomes clear that this is going to be a battle of wits. Meanwhile Martin Wickers is babysitting his girlfriend's dog and Fraser is organising the end-of-exam skip party.
'''Final Appearance:''' [[Charlie Wernham]] as Mitchell Harper.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=6
|Title=Prom
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|10|21|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=With exams over it's careers advice day for Form K, but it is Alfie who makes the biggest decision of all when he realises he can't go on teaching without his beloved class and quits Abbey Grove. Fraser is devastated to lose his best friend and takes the news badly. Alfie reveals he has landed himself a job at the Playstation factory, even though in reality it is at DIY Home Stores, and cannot be tempted back despite Gulliver and his class begging him to return. Miss Gulliver tries unsuccessfully to cheer up the class by being a cooler teacher. Meanwhile the school Prom takes place and the Prom king and queen are crowned. Alfie gives a final emotional goodbye to his class.
'''Final Appearance:''' [[Jack Whitehall]] as Alfie Wickers, [[Mathew Horne]] as Shaquille Fra$er, [[Sarah Solemani]] as Rosie Gulliver, [[Harry Enfield]] as Martin Wickers, Layton Williams as Stephen Carmichael, Nikki Runeckles as Chantelle Parsons, Kae Alexander as Jing Hua, Ethan Lawrence as Joe Poulter, Weruche Opia as Cleopatra Ofoedo, Jack Binstead as Leslie Remmington, Jack Bence as Frank Grayson.
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==film==
{{Episode table|background=#E17956|title=28|airdate=17|airdateT=Original release date|episodes={{Episode list
| Title=[[The Bad Education Movie]]
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|08|21}}
| ShortSummary=Alfie Wickers and class K goes to [[Cornwall]], but accidentally gets involved with Cornish Liberation Army, a terrorist organisation fighting for Cornish independence.
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}}}}
== Ratings ==
Episode ratings from [[BARB]].<ref>https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-top-10/?_s=4</ref><ref>https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-top-30/</ref>
===Series 1===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Episode No. !! Airdate !! Viewers !! BBC Three Weekly Ranking !! Multichannel rank !! [[BBC iPlayer]] requests !! Source
|-
| 1 || 14 August 2012 || 986,000 || 5 || 10 || 779,000 ||<ref>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-jun-aug-12.pdf</ref>
|-
| 2 || 21 August 2012 || 1,119,000 || 2 || 9 || 884,000||<ref>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-jun-aug-12.pdf</ref>
|-
| 3 || 28 August 2012 || 1,048,000 || 2 || 6|| {{n/a}} || {{n/a}}
|-
| 4 || 4 September 2012 || 993,000 || 3 || 6|| 882,000 || <ref>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-sep12.pdf</ref>
|-
| 5 || 11 September 2012 || 931,000 || 2 || 8|| 924,000 || <ref>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-sep12.pdf</ref>
|-
| 6 || 18 September 2012 || 745,000 || 5 || 22|| 880,000||<ref>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-sep12.pdf</ref>
|}
===Series 2===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Episode No. !! Airdate !! Viewers !! BBC Three Weekly Ranking !! Multichannel rank !! [[BBC iPlayer]] requests !! Source
|-
| 1 || 3 September 2013 || 975,000 || 3 || 4 || 1,532,000||<ref>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-sep13.pdf</ref>
|-
| 2 ||10 September 2013 || 1,096,000 || 2 || 5|| 2,133,000||<ref>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-sep13.pdf</ref>
|-
| 3 ||17 September 2013 || 953,000 || 2||6||1,822,000 ||<ref>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-sep13.pdf</ref>
|-
| 4 ||24 September 2013 || 927,000 || 3||7|| 1,709,000||<ref>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-sep13.pdf</ref>
|-
| 5 ||1 October 2013 || 1,076,000 || 2||7|| 1,528,000||<ref>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-sep13.pdf</ref>
|-
| 6 ||8 October 2013|| 961,000 || 3||9||1,926,000||<ref>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-oct13.pdf</ref>
|-
|7 ||17 December 2013||800,000 ||11||28||1,201,000||<ref>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-dec13.pdf</ref>
|}
===Series 1===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Episode No. !! Airdate !! Viewers !! BBC Three Weekly Ranking !! Multichannel rank !! [[BBC iPlayer]] requests!!Source
|-
| 1 || 16 September 2014 || 1,004,000 || 2||10||1,245,000||<ref>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-oct14.pdf</ref>
|-
| 2 || 23 September 2014|| 886,000||2||12||1,019,000||<ref>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-oct14.pdf</ref>
|-
| 3 || 30 September 2014 || 826,000||3||16||1,293,000||<ref>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-oct14.pdf</ref>
|-
| 4 || 7 October 2014 ||754,000||2||17||1,237,000||<ref>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-oct14.pdf</ref>
|-
| 5 || 14 October 2014 || 847,000||2||17||1,254,000||<ref>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-oct14.pdf</ref>
|-
| 6 || 21 October 2014 || 806,000||3||12||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}
|}' |
New page wikitext, after the edit (new_wikitext ) | 'The following is a list of [[Bad Education (TV series)|Bad Education ]] episodes.
===overview===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan="2" rowspan="2"| Series
! rowspan="2"| Episodes
! colspan="3"| Originally aired
|-
! scope="col"| Series premiere
! scope="col"| Series finale
! scope="col"| Viewers<br />(in millions)
|-
| style="background:#003366;"|
| '''[[#Series 1 (2012)|1]]''' || 6 || 14 August 2012 || 18 September 2012 || 1.195
|-
| style="background:#A12B00;"|
| '''[[#Series 2 (2013)|2]]''' || 7 || 3 September 2013 || 17 December 2013 || 0.970
|-
| style=" background:#085F00;"|
| '''[[#Series 3 (2014)|3]]''' || 6 || 16 September 2014 || 21 October 2014 || 0.854
|-
| style=" background:#E17956;"|
| [[User:Fanoflionking/sandbox#film|film]] || 1 || 21 August 2015 || 21 August 2015 || style="background-color:#D3D3D3;" |
|}
===List of episodes===
==== Series 1 (2012) ====
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%;"
! style="white-space:nowrap; background:#003366; color:#fff;"| #
! style="white-space:nowrap; background:#003366; color:#fff;"| Title
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=1
|Title=Parents' Evening
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|8|14|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=It is parents' evening at Abbey Grove School and Alfie is under pressure from the deputy headmistress Miss Pickwell to mark his mock exam papers, otherwise she will fail his whole class. However, news that biology teacher Rosie Gulliver has split from her boyfriend only serves to distract him as he becomes fixated with securing a date with her. But with the unpredictable headmaster Mr Fraser also keen to make a move on Miss Gulliver, Alfie resorts to desperate measures both to mark the papers and beat Fraser to a date.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00vrlrk |title=Bad Education, Parents' Evening |publisher=BBC |date= |accessdate=3 July 2013}}</ref>
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=2
|Title=Sex Education
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|8|21|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=Abbey Grove School parents are worried about the impending arrival of the [[French people|French]] [[exchange student]]s, after Jean Claude and his French classmates ran riot leaving a wake of lovestruck teenagers behind them the previous year. This year, Fraser is determined to prove to the angry parents that he has got everything under control, especially with his right-hand man Alfie by his side. However, Alfie is not the right person to entrust with a [[sex education]] class. Things are relieved when it turns out that Fraser had screwed up and accidentally arranged an exchange with the town of [[Hoogeveen]] in the [[Netherlands]]. But keeping things with them is easier said than done, thanks to one exchange student who every woman in the school seems to want.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01m38br |title=Bad Education, Sex Education |publisher=BBC |date= |accessdate=3 July 2013}}</ref>
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}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=3
|Title=Self Defence
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|8|28|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=A new computer game craze hits Abbey Grove School that has got the children imitating a dangerous move called the 'blitz kick'. Fraser decides to buy a copy of the game to see what all the fuss is about but inadvertently turns his staff into addicts as well. Alfie decides to support his beloved Miss Gulliver in taking a stand against all this violence by organising a weapons amnesty. While Fraser hires a very inappropriate self-defence tutor, Preet, to help demonstrate the dangers of violence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mfj26 |title=Bad Education, Self Defence |publisher=BBC |date= |accessdate=3 July 2013}}</ref>
|LineColor=003366
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=4
|Title=School Trip
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|9|04|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=Banned from organising his own trip after a disastrous previous outing, Alfie's class are sent on Miss Gulliver's field trip to a combined petting zoo and ink museum. Alfie's pretty upset to learn she has a blind date later that day, but things get even worse when the bus gets lost in the woods.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mgyty |title=Bad Education, School Trip |publisher=BBC |date= |accessdate=3 July 2013}}</ref>
|LineColor=003366
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=5
|Title=Football Match
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|9|11|df=y}}
|ShortSummary= Alfie reveals a hidden 'talent' when the annual football match between Abbey Grove and the school he attended, Middleton House, approaches. Will the benefit scroungers pull it off, or will it be Middleton's snooty toff boys who clinch the win?<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mqvt3 |title=Bad Education, Football Match |publisher=BBC |date= |accessdate=3 July 2013}}</ref>
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|EpisodeNumber=6
|Title=Politics
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|9|18|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=Fraser's on professional suspension after an unfortunate incident involving a projector. With the school elections due to take place, Pickwell's determined to show the governors that she can run something successfully, and Alfie's keen to show Miss Gulliver he can take politics seriously.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mtm15 |title=Bad Education, Politics |publisher=BBC |date= |accessdate=3 July 2013}}</ref>
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==== Series 2 (2013) ====
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|EpisodeNumber=1
|Title=Swimming Gala
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|9|3|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=Abbey Grove's new term kicks off with the annual swimming gala and headmaster Mr Fraser decides to pay homage to the fact the UK recently hosted the greatest show on Earth, ''[[Splash! (TV series)|Splash!]]'', by ending it with their very own synchronised diving competition. Alfie and his class don't usually take part in the gala, but lured by a cash bet with deputy headmistress Miss Pickwell he decides to bribe them with a group trip to a restaurant and enter the event. The first day back is also a chance for Alfie to catch up with his girlfriend Rosie, but he's shocked to find out that he isn't in a relationship with her at all, and even more shocked to find out that she is in a lesbian relationship with a former pupil.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01djws9 |title=Bad Education, Swimming Gala |publisher=BBC |accessdate=1 September 2013}}</ref>
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|EpisodeNumber=2
|Title=The American
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|9|10|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=Alfie is shocked by the arrival of new teacher Kevin Schwimer ([[Kyle Soller]]) at Abbey Grove and even more shocked to learn that he will be taking over Alfie's own class. Desperately upset that his class seem to be having a great time and actually learning proper, real-life GCSE history with their new teacher, Alfie is even more unhappy when he finds out which class Miss Pickwell has given him instead. With headmaster Fraser and Miss Gulliver both increasingly charmed by Mr Schwimer it is left to Alfie and Jing to uncover the truth behind this American imposter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01f9lkn |title=Bad Education, The American |publisher=BBC |accessdate=1 September 2013}}</ref>
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=3
|Title=The Funeral
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|9|17|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=Abbey Grove is rocked by the news that deputy headmistress Miss Pickwell is apparently dead and Alfie is left particularly on edge when her suicide note clearly lays the finger of blame on him after one of his class's pranks pushes her over the edge. Haunted by guilt, will Alfie be able to put her unquiet spirit at rest with the perfect memorial service? With Pickwell gone, headmaster Mr Fraser decides to advertise for her position with less-than-successful results, which may mean Rosie is offered the role full-time. But will the power change her?<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01fsjqg |title=Bad Education, The Funeral |publisher=BBC |accessdate=1 September 2013}}</ref>
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=4
|Title=Valentine's Day
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|9|24|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=It is Valentine's Day and headmaster Mr Fraser has planned a special Abbey Grove ''[[Take Me Out (UK game show)|Take Me Out]]'' to help the shy kids find love. New deputy headmistress Professor Celia Green is rubbing everyone up the wrong way, apart from Alfie's father Martin, who happened to go to teacher training college with her. Alfie is desperately trying to persuade Rosie to come to dinner with him, but is distracted by some shocking news from Chantelle. Will Rosie turn up to dinner and who is Martin Wickers's surprise dinner date?<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01fy0dj |title=Bad Education, Valentine's Day |publisher=BBC |accessdate=1 September 2013}}</ref>
'''Debut:''' [[Samantha Spiro]] as Celia Green, [[Harry Enfield]] as Martin Wickers.
'''Absent:''' [[Michelle Gomez]] as Isobel Pickwell.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=5
|Title=Drugs
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|10|1|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=Headmaster Mr Fraser has organised a special guest speaker India for Drugs Awareness Day, much to Rosie's annoyance. Alfie's class is alarmed by the news that Stephen's parents want him to leave Abbey Grove. Can Alfie persuade Stephen's parents to let him stay or will his attraction to drugs councillor India threaten to jeopardise everything?<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01fy1cx |title=Bad Education, Drugs |publisher=BBC |accessdate=1 September 2013}}</ref>
'''Absent:''' [[Michelle Gomez]] as Isobel Pickwell.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=6
|Title=Fundraiser
|RTitle=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01fy1jg |title=Bad Education, Fundraiser |publisher=BBC |accessdate=1 September 2013}}</ref>
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|10|8|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=Abbey Grove is plunged into financial ruin when headmaster Mr Fraser gives the "Nigerian Minister of Finance" all their money with the promise of huge returns on the investment. With Professor Green executing an austerity drive which sees the school pillaged of resources, Rosie thinks it's time to move on and applies for a job for a school in [[Soweto]]. Will Alfie come up with a plan to save the school and stop Rosie from leaving? And how will he react to the big announcement Professor Green is hiding from him about his father?
'''Final Appearances:''' [[Michelle Gomez]] as Isobel Pickwell, [[Samantha Spiro]] as Celia Green.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=7
|Title=Christmas Special
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|12|17|df=y}}
|ShortSummary= It's time for the Abbey Grove Christmas Play and with Miss Pickwell no longer around Fraser decides Alfie is the obvious replacement to direct this year's production. But with the class undecided about whether to put on the Nutcracker or Robocop, will Alfie's decision to write and direct a plot mash up of Robocracker and casting school bully Grayson as co-star prove successful?
'''Absent:''' [[Harry Enfield]] as Martin Wickers.
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==== Series 3 (2014) ====
On 11 June 2014, [[Jack Whitehall]] announced that the third series of ''Bad Education'' had gone into production and the first episode would be broadcast on 16 September 2014.<ref name="twitter.com">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/jackwhitehall/status/476710165669249025|title=Jack Whitehall on Twitter|work=Twitter}}</ref>
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|EpisodeNumber=1
|Title=Strike
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|9|16|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=It's summer term and Alfie Wickers is back to get his class through their exams. His father Martin Wickers married Pro Green, but she left him, taking his money. He now lives in his car, so Alfie allows him to move in with him and Miss Gulliver, who are now [[cohabit]]ing. There is a shock for Alfie with the revelation that Martin has been appointed as the new deputy head. Martin's first jobs are to increase class sizes and fire a member of staff after Fraser has badly invested the school's money in his own clothing range, Dolce and GaBanter. For Alfie this means a new class member, Cleopatra, and a tough decision to make – stand by Miss Gulliver when she leads the teachers on strike, or sacrifice himself to save his class from failing their exams.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p025hd4m |title=Bad Education, Strike |publisher=BBC |accessdate=15 September 2014}}</ref>
'''Debut:''' Weruche Opia as Cleopatra Ofoedo.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=2
|Title=After School Clubs
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|9|23|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=Mitchell announces he is leaving Abbey Grove, but there is the perfect opportunity for a farewell party when Fraser decides to rent out rooms in the school to after-school clubs for extra cash. However, things get complicated for Alfie when he promises to attend Gulliver's book group, Fraser's [[LARP]]ing club and Mitchell's leaving party. Alfie wants to use the book group as an opportunity to impress Gulliver, but when he gets his class to write the chapter summaries things quickly go from bad to worse. Simultaneously, he has to help Fraser win a fantasy battle against two very self-important LARPers and survive Mitchell's leaving pranks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04j93jt |title=Bad Education, After School Clubs |publisher=BBC |accessdate=15 September 2014}}</ref>
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|EpisodeNumber=3
|Title=Sports Day
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|9|30|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=It's Abbey Grove's sports day and Fraser has hired the most inappropriate new sports teacher to oversee events – Preet. Alfie sees this as the perfect opportunity to challenge Miss Gulliver's ex-boyfriend Richard ([[James Fleet]]) to an endurance event, which Preet offers to design. But with a steroid scandal rocking the school and Alfie desperate to win by any means possible, will he make it over the finish line with his dignity intact?
'''Absent:''' [[Charlie Wernham]] as Mitchell Harper.
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|EpisodeNumber=4
|Title=Fundraising
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|10|07|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=Martin Wickers's attempts to teach Alfie to drive end in disaster when they run over Pod, the school caretaker. Alfie and his class start fundraising for Pod's urgent surgery. However, when the school bully Grayson is transferred to Alfie's class it soon becomes clear that their noble intentions might be difficult with him around. Soon Alfie and his class find themselves no longer leading a charitable enterprise, but being taken on a joyride in a stolen ambulance. While Alfie is giving a tracheotomy after being mistaken for a paramedic, his class spot Pod walking around instead of being in a wheelchair. Fraser has taken up pole dancing and sees the fundraiser as the perfect opportunity to demonstrate his skills. Meanwhile Alfie ends up sexting his dad by mistake after Miss Guilliver's phone is swapped with his, and Alfie tries to find out if she is sleeping with Richard.
'''Absent:''' [[Charlie Wernham]] as Mitchell Harper.
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|EpisodeNumber=5
|Title=The Exam
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|10|14|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=Fraser discovers that Alfie never passed his Biology GCSE, so Alfie must go back to school himself to be taught by Gulliver and sit the exam with his own class. It should be the perfect opportunity to prove to Gulliver that he can motivate his class and lead by example, but Alfie decides there is only one real option: cheating. But, with the revelation that the notorious ball-breaking invigilator Mr Hewston will be overseeing the exam, it becomes clear that this is going to be a battle of wits. Meanwhile Martin Wickers is babysitting his girlfriend's dog and Fraser is organising the end-of-exam skip party.
'''Final Appearance:''' [[Charlie Wernham]] as Mitchell Harper.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=6
|Title=Prom
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|10|21|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=With exams over it's careers advice day for Form K, but it is Alfie who makes the biggest decision of all when he realises he can't go on teaching without his beloved class and quits Abbey Grove. Fraser is devastated to lose his best friend and takes the news badly. Alfie reveals he has landed himself a job at the Playstation factory, even though in reality it is at DIY Home Stores, and cannot be tempted back despite Gulliver and his class begging him to return. Miss Gulliver tries unsuccessfully to cheer up the class by being a cooler teacher. Meanwhile the school Prom takes place and the Prom king and queen are crowned. Alfie gives a final emotional goodbye to his class.
'''Final Appearance:''' [[Jack Whitehall]] as Alfie Wickers, [[Mathew Horne]] as Shaquille Fra$er, [[Sarah Solemani]] as Rosie Gulliver, [[Harry Enfield]] as Martin Wickers, Layton Williams as Stephen Carmichael, Nikki Runeckles as Chantelle Parsons, Kae Alexander as Jing Hua, Ethan Lawrence as Joe Poulter, Weruche Opia as Cleopatra Ofoedo, Jack Binstead as Leslie Remmington, Jack Bence as Frank Grayson.
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==film==
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| Title=[[The Bad Education Movie]]
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|08|21}}
| ShortSummary=Alfie Wickers and class K goes to [[Cornwall]], but accidentally gets involved with Cornish Liberation Army, a terrorist organisation fighting for Cornish independence.
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== Ratings ==
Episode ratings from [[BARB]].<ref>https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-top-10/?_s=4</ref><ref>https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-top-30/</ref>
===Series 1===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Episode No. !! Airdate !! Viewers !! BBC Three Weekly Ranking !! Multichannel rank !! [[BBC iPlayer]] requests !! Source
|-
| 1 || 14 August 2012 || 986,000 || 5 || 10 || 779,000 ||<ref>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-jun-aug-12.pdf</ref>
|-
| 2 || 21 August 2012 || 1,119,000 || 2 || 9 || 884,000||<ref>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-jun-aug-12.pdf</ref>
|-
| 3 || 28 August 2012 || 1,048,000 || 2 || 6|| {{n/a}} || {{n/a}}
|-
| 4 || 4 September 2012 || 993,000 || 3 || 6|| 882,000 || <ref>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-sep12.pdf</ref>
|-
| 5 || 11 September 2012 || 931,000 || 2 || 8|| 924,000 || <ref>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-sep12.pdf</ref>
|-
| 6 || 18 September 2012 || 745,000 || 5 || 22|| 880,000||<ref>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-sep12.pdf</ref>
|}
===Series 2===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Episode No. !! Airdate !! Viewers !! BBC Three Weekly Ranking !! Multichannel rank !! [[BBC iPlayer]] requests !! Source
|-
| 1 || 3 September 2013 || 975,000 || 3 || 4 || 1,532,000||<ref>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-sep13.pdf</ref>
|-
| 2 ||10 September 2013 || 1,096,000 || 2 || 5|| 2,133,000||<ref>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-sep13.pdf</ref>
|-
| 3 ||17 September 2013 || 953,000 || 2||6||1,822,000 ||<ref>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-sep13.pdf</ref>
|-
| 4 ||24 September 2013 || 927,000 || 3||7|| 1,709,000||<ref>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-sep13.pdf</ref>
|-
| 5 ||1 October 2013 || 1,076,000 || 2||7|| 1,528,000||<ref>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-sep13.pdf</ref>
|-
| 6 ||8 October 2013|| 961,000 || 3||9||1,926,000||<ref>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-oct13.pdf</ref>
|-
|7 ||17 December 2013||800,000 ||11||28||1,201,000||<ref>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-dec13.pdf</ref>
|}
===Series 1===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Episode No. !! Airdate !! Viewers !! BBC Three Weekly Ranking !! Multichannel rank !! [[BBC iPlayer]] requests!!Source
|-
| 1 || 16 September 2014 || 1,004,000 || 2||10||1,245,000||<ref>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-oct14.pdf</ref>
|-
| 2 || 23 September 2014|| 886,000||2||12||1,019,000||<ref>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-oct14.pdf</ref>
|-
| 3 || 30 September 2014 || 826,000||3||16||1,293,000||<ref>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-oct14.pdf</ref>
|-
| 4 || 7 October 2014 ||754,000||2||17||1,237,000||<ref>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-oct14.pdf</ref>
|-
| 5 || 14 October 2014 || 847,000||2||17||1,254,000||<ref>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-oct14.pdf</ref>
|-
| 6 || 21 October 2014 || 806,000||3||12||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}
|}
== DVD release ==
Individual box sets for series one, two, and three were released on 9 September 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bad-Education-DVD-Jack-Whitehall/dp/B0089KSLUY/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=1EJZQ2SZLIMZR&coliid=I17TJL0P8977M7 |title=<nowiki>Bad Education [DVD</nowiki>] |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |accessdate=30 July 2013}}</ref>, 29 September 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bad-Education-Series-Two-DVD/dp/B00M94YQS2/ref=sr_1_12?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1407410090&sr=1-12&keywords=bad+education|title=Bad Education – Series 2 [DVD]|publisher=}}</ref>, and 31 August 2015<ref>{{cite web|title=Bad Education - Series 3 [DVD]|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bad-Education-DVD-Jack-Whitehall/dp/B011VCLPY0/ref=sr_1_5?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1508829286&sr=1-5&keywords=bad+education|website=Amazon.co.uk|accessdate=24 October 2017}}</ref> respectively.
A box set containing both the first and second series of ''Bad Education'' was released on DVD on 29 September 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bad-Education-Series-And-DVD/dp/B00M94YQNM/ref=pd_sim_sbs_d_h__3?ie=UTF8&refRID=06KHT398JKV2PFCXPKWK|title=Bad Education – Series 1-2 [DVD] [2012]|publisher=}}</ref>
A box set containing all three series was made available on 31 August 2015.' |