‘Bad Education’: First Image Of New Cast For Season 4, Coming To BBC Three
The BBC has released the first image of the new class/cast for the upcoming 4th Season of ‘Bad Education‘, which returns to BBC Three.
The new series will see former Class K students, fabulous diva Stephen (Layton Williams), and lovable geezer Mitchell (Charlie Wernham) return as Drama and PE teachers, to “educate” a new gaggle of rebellious misfits. Stephen and Mitchell get to grips with their new career and wayward students, all whilst new headteacher and control freak Ms Hoburn (Vicki Pepperdine) looms large.
Meanwhile, recently departed head Mr Fraser (Mathew Horne) and his questionable ‘bants’ continues to hang around the school kitchen, as HR struggle to fire him. We welcome new classmates to the school; glamorous gossip Usma (Asha Hassan), wannabe roadman Inchez (Anthony J Abraham), himbo Harrison (Bobby Johnson), clueless slacktivist Jinx (Laura Marcus), eccentric Warren (Ali Hadji-Heshmati) and energetic hustler, Blessing (Francesca Amewudah-Rivers).
“Stephen’s quest for stardom didn’t quite go as planned, and he’s back at Abbey Grove ‘teaching’ drama!” commented Williams. “I’m so excited for audiences to experience the madness of Mr Carmichael, the new Class K! We’re having so much fun on set, I think you’re all in for a treat!”
If you’re wondering about the previous lead, Jack Whitehall, he will return for one final outing in a special this Christmas, which will see the familiar faces of Abbey Grove return for a careers day, led by hopeless teacher Alfie Wickers (Whitehall). This will mark the end of Alfie’s teaching career at Abbey Grove as audiences bid farewell to him.
“It feels amazing to be back on set and having so many talented new individuals alongside to work with,” adds Wernham. “A lot has changed for Mitchell since we last checked in on him. He’s grown up, found a missus and has a kid on the way, but in some ways he’s still a loveable big kid himself. The script this series is laugh-out-loud funny, and I can’t wait for audiences to return to Abbey Grove to laugh along with us.”
The new series will be directed by Freddy Syborn and executive produced by Jack Whitehall, with a new team of breakthrough writers led by Nathan Bryon, and including Laura Smyth, Leila Navabi, Priya Hall, Ciaran Bartlett, Rhys Taylor and Layton Williams. The Christmas special is co-written and co-exec produced by Syborn and Whitehall, with Syborn also directing.
The six-episode series is a co-production between Tiger Aspect (part of Banijay UK) and Jackpot Productions for the BBC, commissioned by Jon Petrie, Director of Comedy Commissioning at the BBC. The Commissioning Editor for the BBC is Tanya Qureshi.
‘Bad Education‘ returns for a Christmas special in December 2022 on BBC Three and iPlayer. That will be followed in 2023 by Season 4 with the new cast. If you want to keep track of this or any other show, you can add them via our Never Miss system, and you’ll be notified when it gets a UK premiere date.
