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2012 British TV series or programme

4 O'Clock Club
Genre	Children's-drama
Created by	CBBC In-House, Paul Rose and Ben 'Doc Brown' Smith
Starring	Doc Brown Eri Fernandes Jason Callender Stevie Huison Laura Aikman Alana Thornton Oscar Lloyd Owen Salthouse (2013–) Alex Starke (2013–) Hume Dawson Sade Malone Ruby Morgan Luc Skyz Tom Rolinson
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producer	Connal Orton
Running time	28 minutes
Original release
Network	CBBC BBC HD
Release	13 January 2012 (2012-01-13) – present

4 O'Clock Club is a BAFTA-nominated British children's television series, which premiered on 13 January 2012 on CBBC and BBC HD. A second series began airing on 4 January 2013. The show has been recommissioned for a third series in 2014. Music by Mikis Michaelides

Background

ScreenTerrier held auditions in March 2011 but was announced in April, and the first episode transmitted in January 2012, with the series finishing at the end of March that year. Doc Brown announced at the end of the series that a second series had been commissioned which began airing the following year. Khalil Madovi announced on Friday Download (which aired directly after the first episode of the second series) that a third series had been confirmed.

Cast and characters

Josh Carter (Khalil Madovi) - Josh is a pupil at Elmsbury where his brother was a teacher throughout the first series. He makes no secret of his desire to become a rapper. He uses the alias 'J- Carter)' as a stage name.
Nathan Carter (Doc Brown) - Nathan is Josh's brother and a former rapper. He worked at Elmsbury High as an English teacher as well as running the 4 O'Clock Club, the after-school detention class. At the end of his first year at Elmsbury, he was made Teacher of the Year by Byron. He had a crush on fellow teacher Miss Poppy throughout the first series, and finally builds up the courage to ask her out in the second series. However, while she accepts, she is unable to carry on due to her role as Head of Year requiring a heavy workload. Following this, Nathan took up a post in Scotland as part of a teacher exchange programme. He returns in the season finale of the second series to Elmsbury, in a battle to overcome Bell and to help stop his 'Project Zenith' to send half of Elmsbury's pupils to Fowlmere, and finally kisses Melanie.
Melanie Poppy (Laura Aikman - Melanie, usually referred to as Mel, is a music teacher at Elmsbury and the love interest of Nathan. She kisses Nathan in the second series finale.
Ryan Wood (Oscar Lloyd) - Ryan is one of Josh's best friends who is commonly referred to as a geek and nerd, causing him to be easily manipulated by others. He is consistently teased by Ash in particular. He is one of the students who constantly turns up in detention. He is seen to be quite unnerved around Molly, though the two are often seen as quite close, as shown in School Trip.
Ash Newman (Tom Rolinson) - Ash is another of Josh's friends who more frequently gets into trouble and lands into detention. He constantly teases Ryan and is displayed as vain and stupid. He is shown to have a low sense of personal hygiene which is shown in the first episode of the second series when he fishes a sticky blond wig out of a bin. He has a crush on Zoe-Marie which is only shown in a few episodes.
Molly Finnegan (Alana Thornton) - Molly is a pupil at Elmsbury High who also turns up in detention regularly. She is quite loud and can be rude. In the second series, she changes her personal appearance in the sense that she dresses up as a goth, which comes to the surprise of some of the other students, and also lands her in detention almost instantly.
Agness (Sade Malone) - Agness is a pupil at Elmsbury High who shows a lighter tone in behavior and is always willing to help others, though still turns up in detention. In one episode, she is shown to having to leave school during the day to look after her younger siblings.
Zoe-Marie (Ruby Morgan) - Zoe-Marie talks very fast and turns up in detention regularly. She is shown as in-academic throughout, but is shown to be a good singer in Sweets.
Darius Phillips (Adam Kavanagh) - Darius is the captain of the basketball team at Elmsbury. In Fight, he threatens to beat Josh up because Nathan puts him into detention for assuming he broke the mirror of Mr Byron's car (which was actually Ryan's doing). He becomes friends with Ryan and Ash however.
Mr Byron (Steve Huison) - Mr Byron was the headmaster of Elmsbury in the first series. He was usually hard to please and did not accept Nathan at first due to his behaviour at school but eventually did - making him Teacher of the Year in the series finale. He was referred by Josh, Nathan and his friends while he was at school as 'BOGOF' (when Byron asks Nathan about this name, Nathan pretends it means 'Buy One Get One Free', as 'Byron' sounds like this, however it probably really means 'bog off'). Ms Poppy mentioned in the second series that Byron had left but that nobody knows why, but she had heard from someone that he went to work with unprivileged kids in South America.
Dexter Harris (Jason Callender) - Dexter is a new teacher at Elmsbury who begins to appear as a main character from episode Head of Year onwards. He is Miss Poppy's music assistant. At first he was considered quite clumsy and becomes Josh and his mother's new lodger after Nathan leaves for Scotland which takes Josh a while to get used to.
Crispin Bell (Simon Lowe) - Mr Bell is the new stern headmaster at Elmsbury. He turns the school into an academy. He is far stricter with many of the teachers.
Anita Andress (Liz Hume-Dawson) - Miss Andress is a teacher at Elmsbury. She was made Assistant Head Teacher in the second series.
Jeff Thorne (Myles Keogh) - Mr Thorne is a sports coach at Elmsbury and is rather disliked by many of the teachers due to his rather strict and unfair way of teaching. He is considered an antagonist.
Mrs Carter (Dystin Johnson) - Mrs Carter is Josh and Nathan's mother.

One-time characters

Elliott Harris (Delroy Brown) - Elliot is Dexter's father who assesses Dexter's role at Elmsbury when he appears in Dexter's Dad. Dexter had previously lied to him that he was assistant head teacher, but Elliott claims when he reveals the truth, that he had his suspicions all along.
Rachel (Lauren McQueen) - Rachel appears in Valentine's Day as Josh's crush.
Josie (Eleanor O'Brien)- Josie appears as Rachel (Josh's crush)'s best friend in Valentine's Day.
Natalie (Beth Chaplow)- Natalie appears in Valentine's Day and Ryan receives a love letter he thinks she wrote, when it was actually a friend of Ash's, she was also in the School Council episode in Series One.
Mia (Eleni Foskett) - Mia is a pupil at Elmsbury who ties on to the camping trip in School Trip.

International broadcast

4 O'Clock Club began to be broadcast on BBC Kids in Canada in early 2013.

Production

The show is filmed on location in and around Stockport, Manchester. Raps are featured in every episode, usually relating to the current situation.

List of Episodes

Series 1 (2012)

#	Title	Original Air Date
1	"Back to School"	13 January 2012
Rookie teacher Nathan Carter takes charge of the euphemistically-named 4 O'Clock Club. It's really the detention class, and to his surprise he discovers that the king of the club is his 13-year-old brother, Josh. Josh is in denial that this uncool, elbow-patched, fresh-faced teacher is his brother.
2	"Assembly"	20 January 2012
Having his brother Nathan as a teacher at his school is having a disastrous effect on Josh's ability to have fun, scheme schemes and scam scams. When Josh notices that Nathan is more than a little interested in music teacher Miss Poppy and her modern take on Cinderella, Josh tries to get him off his case by setting Nathan up as her Prince Charming.
3	"Maths"	27 January 2012
To get out of maths homework Josh claims he has number blindness, and persuades novice supply teacher Janucek to let him off.
4	"Disco"	3 February 2012
The school disco means just one thing for the Carter brothers - girl trouble. Josh accidentally invites Zoe-Marie to be his date, while Nathan tries desperately to impress the gorgeous Miss Poppy. Only Ash has any success with the girls - in fact, more success than he can handle.
5	"Laptop"	10 February 2012
When Nathan's laptop mysteriously breaks down in the middle of a project, Josh is the obvious suspect. Josh suggests Nathan borrows a replacement from the terrifying Miss Andress. But when that laptop goes missing, who gets the blame?
6	"Party"	17 February 2012
Nathan takes advantage of Mrs Carter's weekend trip away to invite Miss Poppy round for a romantic evening. Unfortunately, Josh has chosen the same evening to invite his entire class round for a party. But what happens when Mum returns unexpectedly early?
7	"Football"	24 February 2012
Josh, Ryan and Ash sign up for the school footie team to get out of lessons, but discover that even studying is preferable to PE teacher Thorne's strict disciplinary regime.
8	"Quiz"	2 March 2012
Nathan drags Josh onto the useless school quiz team to teach him how to stick at something. But Josh realizes to his delight that him not knowing any answers will only make Nathan look bad.
9	"Auction"	9 March 2012
When the school's last remaining keyboard blows a fuse, Josh decides to help raise funds for new musical instruments by staging a charity auction. But without any valuables to give to the cause, the teachers decide to sell themselves . Josh opts to donate Nathan's stuff instead.
10	"School Council"	16 March 2012
Nathan gets lumbered with running the School Council - and drags Josh in to teach him about responsibility. But instead, Josh uses his new powers to try to change the rules to his own advantage.
11	"Sweets"	23 March 2012
Since Jamie Oliver's push for healthy school meals, sweets have been banned at Elmsbury High. But someone's running an unofficial tuck shop selling crisps and chocolate - and Nathan's given the job of finding out who.
12	"Fight"	30 March 2012
When Nathan decides to put Darius, the star of Elmsbury's basketball team, in detention, Darius decides to get his own back - on Josh.
13	"End of Term"	30 March 2012
It's the end of term and Nathan is due to be assessed by Head Master Mr Byron. His future hangs in the balance. So when Josh messes up, and it looks like Nathan's career as a teacher is over, it's down to the rest of the 4 O'Clock Club to save his skin. It is the final appearance for headmaster Byron.

Series 2 (2013)

No. in show	No. in series	Title	Original air date	Production code
14	1	"New Term"	4 January 2013 (2013-01-04)	2.1
It's the start of a new school term at Elmsbury High for both Josh and Nathan, who returns to job of teaching English and managing the newly refurbished 'Four O'Clock Club'. Note: Mr. Byron leaves Elmsbury to take a place teaching unprivileged kids in South America, no one knowing who the new head is, a man named Mr. Bell was revealed as the new head and Nathan has been told that misbehaving kids will be removed from the school. Debut: Mr. Bell
15	2	"Head Of Year"	11 January 2013 (2013-01-11)	2.2
Nathan finally decides to ask Miss Poppy out, but it's on the day that Mr Bell is to select a head of year and Josh is determined that Nathan gets the post instead of Thorne. But Nathan is too distracted by a misunderstanding about the date, so Josh concocts a plan to help Nathan's bid for the job. But without Nathan's help, Josh has to turn to new music assistant Dexter for a solution. Debut: Dexter Harris
16	3	"Dexter's Big Week"	18 January 2013 (2013-01-18)	2.3
When a heartbroken Nathan leaves Elmsbury to take up a post in Scotland, Mr Bell needs someone to run the 4 O'Clock Club. Dexter enthusiastically steps up, keen to prove himself to Mr Bell, but when Josh discovers that Dexter is also his mum's new lodger, he makes it his mission to take Dexter down. Note: Nathan has not left the show.
17	4	"Ice Cream"	25 January 2013 (2013-01-25)	2.4
Draper initiates a big clamp-down on security and truancy in school, meaning there are no more visits to the ice cream van just outside the front gates. But worse for Josh, there's a game he wants to buy in a shop that is shut out of school hours. How will everyone beat the security lockdown?
18	5	"Dexter's Dad"	1 February 2013 (2013-02-01)	2.5
Bell has organised a tour of the school by visiting headteachers, including Dexter's dad. But Dexter has exaggerated his role at the school and has to get Josh's help to maintain his lie.
19	6	"Points"	8 February 2013 (2013-02-08)	2.6
Bell starts a scheme where good behaviour is rewarded with points that can be converted into prizes. Josh realises that with enough points he can 'buy' his dream tablet computer. But can he behave well enough to earn the points he needs?
20	7	"Valentine's Day"	15 February 2013 (2013-02-15)	2.7
Josh needs Dexter's help to finish off some new tracks - but doesn't want to look uncool by hanging out with a teacher. But Dexter has other ideas and plans to take this beautiful new musical partnership public.
21	8	"School Trip"	22 February 2013 (2013-02-22)	2.8
Dexter takes the 4 O'Clock regulars on a half-term camping trip. But due to a mix-up they have to turn back and head home. To salvage something from the trip, Josh comes up with a bold idea for where they can camp instead.
22	9	"Suspension"	1 March 2013 (2013-03-01)	2.9
Josh is suspended for a day. Unfortunately it's on school careers day, and a record label guy Josh is keen to impress will be there. Can Josh get in to meet him without getting caught out by the teachers or his mum?
23	10	"Rights and Responsibilities"	8 March 2013 (2013-03-08)	2.10
Dexter wants the pupils, learning, rights and responsibilities. He encourages them to make a video about the new scheme. Josh seeks this opportunity to shoot his own rap video, but when the whole thing collapses, Dexter is removed from the running of the club, but do the kids have the rights and responsibilities to get him to run the club again?
24	11	"Music Thief"	15 March 2013 (2013-03-15)	2.11
Josh has written his best track ever and decides he's going to sell CDs of it in school. But when he realises he's sampled a famous track without permission he has to get all the CDs back before he's caught.
25	12	"Lockdown"	22 March 2013 (2013-03-22)	2.12
When Dexter enforces the no-phones rule in the 4 O'Clock Club, Josh rebels and decides to test once and for all just who is in charge in detentions - the teachers or the pupils. Note: Nathan also appears in this episode
26	13	"Project Zenith"	22 March 2013 (2013-03-22)	2.13
Dexter finds himself fronting Bell's new plan for Elmsbury - Project Zenith. But the plan has big, bad implications for the 4 0'Clock Club. Josh sets out defeat the scheme, with a little help from his friends and family. And Nathan and Melanie kiss Note: Nathan returns to Elmsbury

Television ratings

Episode viewing figures from BARB. The number of viewers does not include repeats.

Series 1

Episode no.	Viewers	CBBC weekly ranking
1	493,000	2
3	488,000	3
4	481,000	4
5	453,000	2
6	399,000	2
7	499,000	2
8	394,000	6
9	460,000	2
10	389,000	2
11	473,000	2
12	277,000	2
13	279,000	1

Series 2

Episode no.	Viewers	CBBC weekly ranking
1	441,000	2
2	460,000	2
3	268,000	—
4	410,000	6
5	401,000	3
6	322,000	7
7	314,000	10
8	288,000	8
9	286,000	—
10	—	—
11	—	—
12	354,000	4
13	354,000	5

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Result
2012	Children's BAFTA	Best Comedy	Won
2012	Children's BAFTA	Best Children's Programme	Won

References

External links

4 O'Clock Club at BBC Online
4 O'Clock Club at IMDb

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