American High School: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In this six-part series, BBC Three has unprecedented access to Orangeburg-Wilkinson, a majority African-American High School in South Carolina.

It follows a charismatic principal and his students over the course of one school year and through their eyes we witness life-changing moments.

With the odds are often stacked against them we follow the class of 2016 over this, their make-or-break year.

We experience their highs and their lows as they prepare for life after high school. We meet Ivy League hopefuls, male cheerleaders and young mothers on a tough journey into adulthood. This is school as you've never seen it before and a unique insight into how it really feels to be young and black in America today.

Series details

• Title: American High School
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2016-10-18
• Final broadcast date listed: 2016-11-22
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: BBC Three
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 45 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 21615
• IMDb ID: tt6150154
• TVDB ID: 318624

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-10-18; final listed air date 2016-11-22; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from American High School on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.