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{{Infobox television
| name = Indian Summer School
| image = Channel4-TheDoonSchool-IndianSummerSchool.jpg
| caption = Title card of the programme showing British boys at [[The Doon School]]
| genre = [[Documentary]]
| creator =
| developer =
| writer =
| director = Andrew Parkin
| presenter = [[Eddie Marsan]]
| theme_music_composer = ''Indian Summer'' by [[Jai Wolf]]
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 3
| executive_producer = Tom O'Brien, Simon Andreae
| camera =
| runtime = 138 minutes
| company = [[Channel 4]]
| channel = Channel 4
| first_aired = {{Start date|df=yes|2018|03|29}}
| last_aired = {{End date|df=yes|2018|04|12}}
| website = http://www.channel4.com/programmes/indian-summer-school
}}
'''''Indian Summer School''''' is a 2018 [[Channel 4]] [[docuseries]] in which five British boys, who have failed their [[GCSE]]s, are invited to attend the Indian all-boys boarding school [[The Doon School]], described in the show as the "[[Eton College|Eton]] of India" <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/indian-summer-school/episode-guide|title=Indian Summer School - Episode Guide - All 4|website=www.channel4.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/apr/01/come-home-series-unfortunate-events-in-long-run-indian-summer-school|title=The week in TV: Come Home; A Series of Unfortunate Events; The Dangerous Book for Boys; Mum; In the Long Run; Indian Summer School|first=Euan|last=Ferguson|date=1 April 2018|website=The Guardian}}</ref> (though the school eschews the label). The three-part series was produced by Naked Entertainment, and originally aired in March–April 2018 on [[Channel 4]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/mar/29/indian-summer-school-review-five-terrible-teens-are-sent-to-indias-equivalent-of-eton |title=Indian Summer School review – five terrible teens are sent to India's equivalent of Eton | Television & radio |work=The Guardian |date= |access-date=2020-04-17}}</ref>

==Episodes==
In the show, five [[working class]] boys, Jack, Alfie, Jake, Ethan and Harry, are given a chance to reform their academic performance, based on the premise that an all-round education in an ethnically-diverse environment at one of the world's best schools will prove beneficial.<ref>https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/indian-summer-school-viewers-dismayed-12354187</ref> [[Matthew Raggett]], the school's [[headmaster]], believes the boys' lives can be turned around in six months at the school, which has the exam pass rate of 100%.<ref>{{cite web|author=Benji Wilson |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2018/03/29/indian-summer-school-review-a-contrived-meaningless-social-experiment/ |title=Indian Summer School review –a contrived and meaningless social experiment |publisher=Telegraph.co.uk |date=2018-03-29 |access-date=2020-04-17}}</ref>

{{Episode table |overall= |title= |airdate= |episodes=
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| Title = Arrival
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2018|03|29|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = As the boys arrive at the Eton of India, Jack and Alfie adapt best, while Harry slips into old habits. Having not been in school for two years, Jake and Ethan find it hard to adjust to the new regime.<ref>https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/channel-4-indian-summer-school-1408194</ref>
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| Title = A Fight and a Punishment
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2018|04|05|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = The five boys are six weeks into their studies at India's Doon School and progress is patchy. While Harry gets into a fight, Jake locks horns with the headmaster, with drastic results.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2018/03/29/brighton-teenager-given-second-chance-at-indias-eton-for-tv-experiment/ |title=Brighton teenager given second chance at India's 'Eton' for TV experiment |publisher=Brighton and Hove News |date= |access-date=2020-04-17}}</ref>
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| Title = Exams and Newspapers
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2018|04|12|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = After three months in India, all the boys are missing home. Ethan ruffles a few feathers when he writes an article for the school newspaper ''[[The Doon School Weekly]]'' on being the first `out' gay boy at Doon.<ref>http://www.doonschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2481-Final.pdf</ref> Jack goes on a trek into the Himalayas - a trip designed to build his confidence. As the end of term approaches, the boys retake their GCSEs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/gc4dss/indian-summer-school-episode-guide/ |title=Indian Summer School Series and Episode Guides | TV from |publisher=RadioTimes |date= |access-date=2020-04-17}}</ref>
}}
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.channel4.com/programmes/indian-summer-school Homepage]
*[https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/mar/29/indian-summer-school-review-five-terrible-teens-are-sent-to-indias-equivalent-of-eton The Guardian review]
*[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2018/03/29/indian-summer-school-review-a-contrived-meaningless-social-experiment/ The Telegraph review]
*[http://www.doonschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2481-Final.pdf Ethan's article (pg.3) in The Doon School Weekly]
* {{IMDb title|8212796}}

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