Indian Summer School

Indian Summer School
Title card of the programme showing British boys at The Doon School
Genre	Documentary
Directed by	Andrew Parkin
Presented by	Eddie Marsan
Theme music composer	Indian Summer by Jai Wolf
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	3
Production
Executive producers	Tom O'Brien, Simon Andreae
Running time	138 minutes
Production company	Naked
Original release
Network	Channel 4
Release	29 March (2018-03-29) – 12 April 2018 (2018-04-12)

Indian Summer School is a 2018 Channel 4 docuseries in which five British boys, who have failed their GCSEs, are invited to attend the Indian all-boys boarding school The Doon School, described in the show as the "Eton of India" [1][2] (though the school eschews the label). The three-part miniseries was produced by Naked Entertainment, and originally aired in March–April 2018 on Channel 4.[3]

Episodes

In the show, five working class boys, Jack, Alfie, Jake, Ethan and Harry, are given a chance to reform their academic performance, based on the premise that an all-round education in an ethnically-diverse environment at one of the world's best schools will prove beneficial.[4] Matthew Raggett, the school's headmaster, believes the boys' lives can be turned around in six months at the school, which has the exam pass rate of 100%.[5]

No.	Title	Original release date
1	"Arrival"	29 March 2018 (2018-03-29)
As the boys arrive at the Eton of India, Jack and Alfie adapt best, while Harry slips into old habits. Having not been in school for two years, Jake and Ethan find it hard to adjust to the new regime.[6]
2	"A Fight and a Punishment"	5 April 2018 (2018-04-05)
The five boys are six weeks into their studies at India's Doon School and progress is patchy. While Harry gets into a fight, Jake locks horns with the headmaster, with drastic results.[7]
3	"Exams and Newspapers"	12 April 2018 (2018-04-12)
After three months in India, all the boys are missing home. Ethan ruffles a few feathers when he writes an article for the school newspaper The Doon School Weekly on being the first `out' gay boy at Doon.[8] Jack goes on a trek into the Himalayas - a trip designed to build his confidence. As the end of term approaches, the boys retake their GCSEs.[9]

References

1. "Indian Summer School - Episode Guide - All 4". www.channel4.com. Archived from the original on 1 April 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
2. Ferguson, Euan (1 April 2018). "The week in TV: Come Home; A Series of Unfortunate Events; The Dangerous Book for Boys; Mum; In the Long Run; Indian Summer School". The Guardian.
3. "Indian Summer School review – five terrible teens are sent to India's equivalent of Eton | Television & radio". The Guardian. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
4. "Indian Summer School viewers dismayed as no student passes their final exams". Daily Mirror. 12 April 2018.
5. Benji Wilson (29 March 2018). "Indian Summer School review –a contrived and meaningless social experiment". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
6. "'Channel 4 sent me to India for 5 months to re-sit my GCSEs'". 2 April 2018.
7. "Brighton teenager given second chance at India's 'Eton' for TV experiment". Brighton and Hove News. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
8. http://www.doonschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2481-Final.pdf ^[bare URL PDF]
9. "Indian Summer School Series and Episode Guides | TV from". RadioTimes. Archived from the original on 4 June 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2020.

External links

• Homepage Archived 1 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine
• The Guardian review
• The Telegraph review
• Ethan's article (pg.3) in The Doon School Weekly
• Indian Summer School at IMDb