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The sixth formers of Coal Hill Academy all have their own secrets and desires. They have to deal with the stresses of everyday life including friends, parents, school work, sex, and sorrow, but also the horrors that come from time travel.

Stars:

Katherine Kelly, Greg Austin, Jordan Renzo

Cast

Series cast summary:
Katherine Kelly	...	Miss Andrea Quill 8 episodes, 2016
Greg Austin	...	Charlie Smith 8 episodes, 2016
Jordan Renzo	...	Matteusz Andrzejewski 8 episodes, 2016
Fady Elsayed	...	Ram Singh 8 episodes, 2016
Sophie Hopkins	...	April MacLean 8 episodes, 2016
Vivian Oparah	...	Tanya Adeola 8 episodes, 2016
Aaron Neil	...	Varun Singh 5 episodes, 2016
Pooky Quesnel	...	Dorothea Ames 4 episodes, 2016
Paul Marc Davis	...	Corakinus 4 episodes, 2016
Shannon Murray	...	Jackie MacLean 4 episodes, 2016
Natasha Gordon	...	Vivian Adeola 3 episodes, 2016
Moses Adejimi	...	M. B. Okonjo 3 episodes, 2016
Ellie James	...	Female Student / ... 3 episodes, 2016
Steven Lathwell	...	Shadowkin 3 episodes, 2016
Ben Peel	...	Coach Tom Dawson 2 episodes, 2016
Anna Shaffer	...	Rachel Chapman 2 episodes, 2016
Con O'Neill	...	Huw MacLean 2 episodes, 2016
Nigel Betts	...	Mr. Frank Armitage 2 episodes, 2016
Pooja Shah	...	Miss Shah 2 episodes, 2016
Samuel Rush	...	Shadowkin 2 episodes, 2016

Storyline

The sixth formers of Coal Hill Academy all have their own secrets and desires. They have to deal with the stresses of everyday life including friends, parents, school work, sex, and sorrow, but also the horrors that come from time travel.

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Plot Keywords:

coal hill school | doctor who | young adult | school | doctor who spin off | 

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Genres:

Drama | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

BBC

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 April 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Класс

Filming Locations:

South Wales, Wales, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

BBC Cymru Wales, BBC America, BBC Worldwide

Technical Specs

Runtime:

45 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

The series premiered on October 22, 2016, the tenth anniversary of Torchwood (2006).

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Connections

Spun-off from Doctor Who (1963)

User Reviews

Likable teenage fantasy - bad pacing

The main influence of this series isn't Doctor Who but Buffy the Vampire Slayer. There is a long list of similarities, from the high-school grounds being the center of adventures, to the teen angst, and to easy parallels between the two monster-fighting gangs (prime example: the reluctant ally who would hurt the main characters if it wasn't for a brain implant). The show does well to openly acknowledge this influence (mentioning the similarity to Buffy's "Hellmouth" in the very first episode), which is actually part of a very good start: at first, the show doesn't seem to take itself too seriously, throwing in lots of jokes and pop-culture references.

This good start is later spoiled by the very wrong pacing, which makes the show run out of steam and out of ideas remarkably quickly. It's as if the creators decided to condense 22 episodes into 8. The development of the characters and of the dynamics among them skips several steps, there's hardly any bonding, team-building and character-developing episodes, since almost every single episode past episode 3 addresses the main story arc and feels like a finale. The rushed nature of the whole season is so obvious that I can't help but thinking it was for external reasons (budget cuts leading to a much shorter season than originally planned maybe?). In any case, a good opportunity has been missed in this show. It *could* recover if a second season returns to a normal pace, but there are a lot of rushed plot lines that need to be fixed for this to work.