Summerhill (TV series)

Summerhill
The opening title of Summerhill.
GenreChildren's drama
Written byAlison Hume
Directed byJon East
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes4
Production
Running time30 minutes
Production companyTiger Aspect Productions
Original release
NetworkCBBC
Release21 January (2008-01-21) –
29 January 2008 (2008-01-29)
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Summerhill is a British children's television drama about the famously radical Summerhill School in Leiston in Suffolk, [1] written by Alison Hume and directed by Jon East. It was first broadcast on the CBBC Channel in January 2008 and was subsequently nominated for three children's BAFTA awards: Best Drama, Best Writer (for Alison Hume) and Breakthrough Talent (for Eliot Otis Brown Walters). It won the awards for writer & breakthrough nominations.[2] The show launched the careers of a number of young actors, most notably Jessie Cave who went on to star as 'Lavender Brown' in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and also Olly Alexander, Eliot Otis Brown Walters, and Holly Bodimeade.

The series was also shown on BBC One,[3] and as a feature-length film on BBC Four.[4]

  1. ^ "Summerhill School". Retrieved 18 April 2009.
  2. ^ "Alison Hume".
  3. ^ Walton, James (24 January 2008). "Telegraph preview". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
  4. ^ Moran, Caitlin (19 January 2008). "Times review". The Times. London. Retrieved 18 April 2009.[dead link]