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From The BBC Watch Summer Heights High
Sometimes a “mockumentary” does a better job than a documentary in showing the reality of some situations. The Australian “Summer Heights High” does just that. For a show that has it base as a podcast, it has reached international acclaim for it’s spot on content about three individuals whose real life counterparts are identifiable not only in Australian high schools, but those in the UK and US as well.
In fact in little over six months after it’s debut in Australia, it sold for international distribution to BBC Three in the United Kingdom, HBO in the United States, and Comedy Network in Canada. It was not intended renewed although creator and star of the show, Chris Lilley, has gone on to another project with producers, HBO, BBC and ABC called Angry Boys, an upcoming television series that will revive the character of Ja’mie King whom you’ll remember if you regularly watch Summer Heights High.
The show, which hilariously lampoons Australian high school life, uses the real Brighton Secondary College staff and students, (where it was filmed in Melbourne) as the non-actors who play supporting characters in the 8 episode series. Watch Summer Heights High, where the three main characters are all played by the series’ writer, Chris Lilley; Ja’mie King, a mean girl-type prefect exchanged from a private school; Mr G, a self-absorbed drama teacher; and Jonah Takalua, a stereotypical Tongan delinquent.