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Lynne Truss
International bestselling author of Eats, Shoots and Leaves, Lynne Truss, tries to convince Year 11 pupils that punctuation will change their world.
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30 mins
Carole Caplin
In an emotional and inspiring exercise, lifestyle guru Carole Caplin teaches a class of Key Stage 3 food technology pupils at the King John School in Benfleet, Essex.
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Tony Robinson
Tony Robinson, presenter of Time Team, hated school, but has returned to take on a history class at Shireland Language College in Smethwick, Birmingham.
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30 mins
Steve Jones
Professor Steve Jones has built up a formidable reputation for his work on genetic diversity. He has written easy-to-read, bestselling books on complex subjects such as evolution and genes.
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Rick Stein
In the idyllic Cornish town of Padstow, chef and restaurateur Rick Stein shuts up shop. He is on his way to teach in a secondary school for the first time in his life. He faces a class of 15 year-olds who consider the subject of poetry to be, at best, ...
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Arthur Smith
This episode sees a seasoned performer take centre stage in front of a very different audience to his usual crowd.
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David Blunkett
In this programme David Blunkett, former Secretary of State for Education, attempts to teach an A-level poetry class for the first time in his life.
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20 mins
Simon Singh
Author of the best selling Fermat's Last Theorem and Big Bang, Simon Singh unravels the mystery of mathematics making it exciting and engaging.
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15 mins
The Car Restorer
Lance McCormack, a respected car restorer, works with GCSE Graphic design students to design a new logo for his company called the Romance of Rust.
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15 mins
The Nuclear Physicist
Nuclear physicist Paul Stevenson spends months examining the largest and smallest objects in the universe, but can he inspire a GCSE science class?
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The Architect
Gillian Horn is a celebrated architect, whose school and hospital designs break away from traditional ideas of form and function.
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15 mins
Rachel Johnson
Novelist and columnist Rachel Johnson, sister of London Mayor Boris Johnson, takes up the teaching challenge by leading a lesson in journalism at her local school.
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15 mins
John Hegley
Poet and stand up comedian John Hegley visits Eleanor Palmer Primary School in London for his Teaching Challenge and uses unconventional methods to get pupils thinking creatively.
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15 mins
Michaela Strachan
Wildlife presenter Michaela Strachan draws on personal experience as she teaches an RE lesson at an inner city school on the rights and wrongs of hunting.
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20 mins
Suggs
For this Teaching Challenge, Madness frontman Suggs returns to his old school with the hope of passing on the songwriting skills that helped make his band so successful.
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20 mins
Vanessa Feltz
Broadcaster and columnist Vanessa Feltz takes up the challenge to teach a Year 6 class from St. Edwards RC Primary School, London.
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30 mins
Comedy Dave
Dave Vitty, better known as Comedy Dave from the Chris Moyles Show, has been given a teaching challenge to help lead a group of 80 inner city students on an adventure holiday in the New Forest.
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30 mins
The Best Of
A compilation of the most illuminating and engaging moments of the Teaching Challenge series, as famous faces attempt to teach a lesson for the first time in their lives.
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15 mins
Shappi Korsandi
Comedian Shappi Khorsandi returns to her primary school to give a lesson on refugees, as she tries her hand at teaching for the first time.
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15 mins
Christian Jessen
Presenter Dr Christian Jessen, takes a lesson teaching teenagers about their own embarrassing health concerns.
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Allegra McEvedy
Founder of the Leon healthy fast-food-chain and author of Economy Gastronomy; Allegra McEvedy MBE, introduces a wary group of primary school children to the joys of bran.
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Kelly Holmes
Double Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes takes on the role of teacher as she leads a Key Stage 3 class from Hampshire in an inspirational lesson of basketball.
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