Educating Yorkshire: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Twelve years ago the nation fell in love with the Bafta and Emmy award winning series, Educating Yorkshire.  Millions tuned in every week to watch the students and staff of Thornhill Community Academy in Dewsbury, revealing the unvarnished highs and lows of life in a 21st Century secondary school. Most famously watching Year 11 student Musharaf, with the help of his inspirational English teacher Mr Burton, triumph in miraculous fashion over his stammer. 

Building on the legacy of Educating Yorkshire, but in a wholly new reinvention of the brand, Thornhill is opening its doors to cameras once more to tell the stories of modern Britain through the eyes of one brilliant school. And there are a lot of new stories to tell. Things have changed in the past decade, for the school and for the country.

Series details

• Title: Educating Yorkshire
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2013-09-05
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: Channel 4
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 4785

Cast and credited roles

• David Clews — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2013-09-05; final listed air date 2014-08-21; episode order: 8.
• Season 2: premiered 2025-08-31; final listed air date 2025-10-19; episode order: 8.
• Season 3: episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from Educating Yorkshire 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.