ABSTRACT

For a grumpy hater of ‘reality TV’, I have been strangely hooked on That’ll Teach ’Em!. The parody of a 1950s school was set up to embarrass modern curriculum planners by proving that even the smartest modern 16-year-old could not do O-level, and to cheer up grumpy parents by showing hip modern kids being put through the pointless discipline we all remember with loathing.