Jamie's Dream School, Weds @ 9pm Channel 4

Lady Chatterton

Jamie's Dream School is starting at 9pm this evening on Channel 4.

Jamie Oliver has assembled a team of inspirational individuals (successful celebrity types) in an effort to persuade 20 young people, who have left school without any qualifications to return to education again.

The Teaching Line-up

Alastair Campbell is a writer, communicator and strategist best known for his role as former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s spokesman, press secretary and director of communications and strategy.

Alvin Hall is an internationally renowned financial educator and a television and radio broadcaster

Andrew Motion was the Poet Laureate for 10 years, from 1999 to 2009.

Cherie Blair (Cherie Booth QC) has a successful career in employment, public and human rights law.

Daley Thompson is best known for being the first person ever to hold the World, Olympic, Commonwealth and European decathlon titles at the same time, as well as the World Record.

Dame Ellen MacArthur is famous for becoming the fastest person to circumnavigate the globe single-handedly in 2004

David Hempleman-Adams is one of the world’s most famous explorers. He was the first person to complete the Explorers' Grand Slam, a challenge which has seen him conquer the North and South Magnetic Poles

Dominic West is a distinguished classical actor, famous for his portrayal of Detective Jimmy McNulty in the cult American TV series, The Wire.

David Starkey has become one of Britain’s leading presenters of history on TV.

Jane Poynter is a Biosphere 2 crew member, a sustainability consultant, author, TV host, speaker, and environmental non-profit and technology company president.

Jazzie B is in the band Soul II Soul, who have sold over 6.8 million albums worldwide.

John d’Abbro is Head of the New Rush Hall Group, an organization that works with children experiencing behavioural, emotional and/or social difficulties

Mary Beard is one of Britain’s best-known Classicists. She is a distinguished Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge where she has taught for the last 25 years.

Nora Sands is a cook from Killeen in Co. Kilkenny who shot to fame as Jamie Oliver’s right-hand woman on the TV series Jamie’s School Dinners, which was shown in the UK on Channel 4 and in over 30 other countries around the world.

Rankin is a world famous photographer synonymous with dynamic and intimate portraiture and has shot everyone from royalty to refugees.

Robert Winston is Professor of Science and Society and Emeritus Professor of Fertility Studies at Imperial College London.

Rolf Harris is a successful artist, singer, musician and television presenter.

Simon Callow is a famous actor and writer and has had an extensive career in theatre and film.

Tinchy Stryder or the Prince of Grime has had great success in the music industry.

FreudianSlippers

Excited for this. Set it to record on UPC.... hopefully it doesn't fúck up like usual recently :mad:

Basq

Anyone else think Jamie Oliver should just stick to cooking? I like him, but this was unnecessary!

Lady Chatterton

I watched it and I thought that David Starkey behaved very badly towards Conor. We all know who would have been blamed if there was no cameras present to record the interaction between the pair.