Jamie's Dream School


Jamie's Dream School is a seven-part British television documentary series made by Fresh One Productions, first aired on Channel 4. In it, Jamie Oliver enrolls a group of teenagers with fewer than five GCSEs into his "Dream School" - a school in which lessons are taught by celebrities who are specialists in particular subjects. Both pupils and teachers gave evidence to the Education Select Committee in June 2011.
The lessons from the show are available through a dedicated YouTube channel, which features David Starkey's history course and Simon Callow's drama lessons.

The school

An empty building was converted into a school for two months. In the grounds a biosphere was constructed for lessons on the environment.

Teachers

A South African and an American adaptation were aired in late 2013. A Dutch version followed early 2017 on public broadcaster Omroep NTR hosted by kickboxing-champion Lucia Rijker; the first season included Maarten van Rossem, Karin Bloemen and Peter R. de Vries as celebrity-teachers. The second seasons started on 26 February 2018, the third series on 18 February 2019.