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Episode 8

Back in Time for School Series 1
Episode 8 of 8

Our class return for one final adventure. Reflecting on the past 100 years, they venture beyond, into a future filled with virtual classrooms and artificial intelligence.

Fifteen pupils and their teachers have embarked on an extraordinary time-travelling adventure through seven eras of British history. Starting out in the age of Empire in 1895, they have lived lessons, life and dinners all the way through to the end of the 1990s, with their school as their time machine. Now they are returning for one last adventure.

In this final episode of the series, the class and teachers return to school for their very own reunion party, where they are joined by presenter Sara Cox and social historian Polly Russell. As pupils, teachers and families celebrate together, they reflect on over 100 years of time travel and explore how the legacy of the past lives on in the schools of today.

But their journey isn鈥檛 over yet, as our intrepid class of pupils set off to explore what the future of the classroom might look like. They experience the cutting-edge possibilities of virtual classrooms and contend with the unsettling notion of lessons run by artificial intelligence.

As they relive some of their favourite memories, from school dinners to weird and wonderful lessons, they compare how their historical experiences measure up to the present and the future.

Will a modern school dinner ever match the joy they felt when helping themselves to chips, pizza, waffles and mash in the 1980s? Can a cross-country run ever be less traumatic, even when accompanied by pioneering tech? And can a simulation really make 21st-century teens fall in love with their history lessons?

Life-changing memories are shared, and before the end of the party, the class join together for one final school photo.

59 minutes

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Thu 15 Dec 2022 16:00
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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:02

    Peter, Bjorn and John, Victoria Bergsman

    Young Folks

  • 00:04

    Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey

    Together In Electric Dreams

  • 00:05

    Elastica

    Connection

  • 00:06

    Sg Lewis, Alunageorge

    Hurting

  • 00:15

    Peter Gabriel

    Sledgehammer

  • 00:15

    Peter Gabriel

    Sledgehammer

  • 00:16

    You Me at Six

    Back Again

  • 00:19

    Daft Punk

    Da Funk

  • 00:21

    Kelly Clarkson

    Stronger

  • 00:22

    Kenny Roberts

    Choo Choo Ch' Boogie

  • 00:23

    The Shadows

    Saturday Dance

  • 00:24

    W.G. Snuffy Walden

    Sails of Galway

  • 00:26

    Lily Allen

    Pushing Up Daisies (Explicit)

  • 00:32

    The Ames Brothers

    Rag Mop

  • 00:32

    The Who

    My Generation

  • 00:34

    Johnny Tillotson

    Poetry In Motion

  • 00:35

    Slade

    So Far So Good

  • 00:35

    Happy Mondays

    Step On

  • 00:36

    Happy Mondays

    Step On

  • 00:39

    Drones Club

    The Dirty Road

  • 00:45

    Toots & The Maytals

    54-46 Was My Number

  • 00:45

    Hello

    Another Schoolday

  • 00:47

    Deee-Lite, Charlie's Angels (Motion Picture Soundtrack)

    Groove Is In Up (Part 1) (Album Version)

  • 00:56

    Years & Years

    Lucky Escape

Credits

Presenter Sara Cox
Presenter Polly Russell
Associate Producer Elin Jones
Director Rebecca Whyte
Series Producer Morgana Pugh
Executive Producer Emily Shields
Editor Joe Pedder
Line Producer Emily Assael
Series Producer Christina Nutter

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