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| Bromwell High | |
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 The main cast of Bromwell High. From left to right: Latrina, Keisha and Natella. | |
| Created by | Anil Gupta Richard Osman Richard Pinto |
| Directed by | Pete Bishop |
| Starring | Jo Wyatt Nina Conti Gina Yashere Simon Greenall Graeme Garden Doon Mackichan Stephen Mangan Stephen Merchant Tracy-Ann Oberman |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom Canada |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
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| Running time | 22 minutes approx. |
| Production companies | Hat Trick Productions Decode Entertainment |
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| Network | Channel 4 (United Kingdom) The Detour On Teletoon (Canada) |
| Release | February 1 – April 26, 2005 |
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Bromwell High is an adult animated series about a British high school in South London. It first aired on Teletoon in Canada and Channel 4 in the United Kingdom (incomplete run). It is a co-production between Hat Trick Productions in the UK and Decode Entertainment in Canada.[1] It was originally to be entitled Streatham Hill, but was renamed Bromwell High in January 2005. Streatham Hill is a real London suburb, while Bromwell is fictional.[2]
Subsequent international purchases have seen the show screened in the United States on BBC America, on The Box in the Netherlands, dubbed to Spanish and Portuguese on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim in Latin America, on the ABC in Australia, on TVNZ's TV2 in New Zealand, and also dubbed in French for the Canadian Télétoon network.
It stars three troublemaking girls: Keisha, Latrina, and Natella, as they wreak havoc on their impoverished school and its teachers.
The show was designed by David Whittle, who is also responsible for illustrating the popjustice icons series of books.
The show represents a caricatured view of contemporary British society, while "delivering a surreal and outlandish viewing experience."[3] For example, the majority of students at Bromwell High School are immigrant children from the Caribbean and Asia, and some of the male teachers are aging 'chavs'. Many of the characters on the show speak a very poor form of English, including the headmaster, Iqbal. Most of the teachers have an affinity for biscuits.
Because the show was intended for both British and Canadian audiences, the characters sometimes use Canadian terms which are different from those heard in Britain. This can sometimes confuse viewers, especially on the occasions when Bromwell is referred to as a "public school"; in Canada, this means a provincial school, open to non-fee paying students, but in the UK, the term refers to a fee-paying, private school which attends the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. In fact, Bromwell would be correctly termed as a state school in Britain.
There are some other differences between the UK and Canadian versions of the show, notably that the UK version has a longer and slightly different version of the opening credits and theme, and the UK broadcasts were in the 16:9 (widescreen) aspect ratio, while the Canadian versions are cropped to a 4:3 picture.
The show is directed by Pete Bishop (who also directed and co-created with Steven Appleby and Frank Cottrell-Boyce the Captain Star TV series) and was created by Anil Gupta, Richard Osman, Richard Pinto, and Sharat Sardana (with Osman, Pinto and Sardana also contributing as writers to the show).
- ^ "DECODE Does Hat Trick's Bromwell High for Channel 4 | Animation World Network". Archived from the original on 15 December 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ^ "Toonhound - Bromwell High (2005)".
- ^ Mendelsohn, Jon (2 August 2020). "Short-Lived Adult Animated Shows You May Have Missed". CBR. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.