Episode 2 | The Grammar School: A Secret History

2: Education | Darren McGarvey: The State We're In

Darren McGarvey sets out to understand why the privately educated dominate Britain's top jobs and uncovers the amazing sta...

2: The Best Years Of My Life | Almost Grown

The teens are often years of extreme emotion. Daily life at school and home can be boring, but the teens can also be great. Do we...

4: Children | The British Family

Kirsty Young looks at how children have come to dominate family life in the last decade and reveals just how far we have come from the 'seen...

Class Action

Class action investigates the current crisis in the classroom, from pre-school through to continuing education, and examines controversial claims that standards...

Episode 1 | Back in Time for School

Fifteen pupils and three teachers embark on a time-travelling adventure to discover how much life at school has changed. The class start ...

Episode 1 | School

Documentary series following pupils, teachers, parents and school leaders across an academic year. Budget cuts and student anxiety are amongst the challen...

Episode 2 | Back in Time for School

Pupils and teachers embark on a time-travelling adventure. The class enters the interwar years. They learn bizarre new languages, test th...

Episode 2 | Class Action

Class action investigates the current crisis in the classroom, from pre-school through to continuing education, and examines controversial claims th...

Episode 3 | Back in Time for School

Pupils and teachers embark on a time-travelling adventure. The class enters the 40s and 50s - deportment, debate and even dancing are on ...

Episode 3 | Class Action

Class action investigates the current crisis in the classroom, from pre-school through to continuing education, and examines controversial claims th...

Episode 4 | Back in Time for School

Pupils and teachers embark on a time-travelling adventure. In the swinging 60s, the class experience bricklaying, typing, cooking and eve...

Episode 4 | Class Action

Class action investigates the current crisis in the classroom, from pre-school through to continuing education, and examines controversial claims th...

Episode 5 | Back in Time for School

The class enters the experimental 1970s. They rewrite the rule book and learn weird and wonderful lessons as the free spirit of the era c...

Episode 5 | Class Action

Class action investigates the current crisis in the classroom, from pre-school through to continuing education, and examines controversial claims th...

Episode 6 | Back in Time for School

The class embrace the new world of the 1980s. With robots, early computers and synths, the kids get to grips with Britain's new high-tech...

Episode 6 | Class Action

Class action investigates the current crisis in the classroom, from pre-school through to continuing education, and examines controversial claims th...

Episode 7 | Back in Time for School

The pupils and teachers arrive in their final time-travelling decade, the 1990s, ready to embrace girl power, Brit pop, Oasis and Blur, M...

Episode 8 | Back in Time for School

Our class return for one final adventure. Reflecting on the past 100 years, they venture beyond, into a future filled with virtual classr...

Learning to survive: The School Fighting the Cost of Living Crisis | File on 4

The story of one primary school doing more than most to make sure children are fed, warm and h...

The Grammar School: A Secret History

This part looks at the golden age of the grammar schools in the 1950s and 60s and their sudden demise. With contributions from Michael W...