Peckham Finishing School for Girls

Peckham Finishing School for Girls is a British TV documentary series, broadcast in 2010 on BBC Three.[1][2]

Peckham Finishing School for Girls
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of episodes3
Production
Running time60 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC Three
Release16 June (2010-06-16) –
6 July 2010 (2010-07-06)

The series followed four young women from privileged families[3] aged between 22 and 26,[4] featuring Stephanie, Serena, Claire and Cat, as they travelled to Peckham[5][6] to live with and experience the lifestyle of their new 'Peckham Sisters' Lashan, Kerri, Aleisha and Sarah, who come from much less affluent backgrounds.[7][8] In the series, the Peckham neighbourhood is portrayed as rough and dangerous.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Peckham Finishing School for Girls (BBC Three) and Three in a Bed (Channel 4), review". The Telegraph.
  2. ^ "Peckham Finishing School For Girls, BBC3, 9pm". Mirror, 16 June 2010.
  3. ^ "Rosamund Urwin: Brutal control can never be called ‘honour’". London Evening Standard.
  4. ^ "Peckham Finishing School For Girls". Archived from the original on 28 June 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
  5. ^ "Last Night's TV: Lennon Naked, BBC4 Peckham Finishing School for Girls, BBC3". The Independent. Reviewed by Tom Sutcliffe 24 June 2010
  6. ^ "LEARNING TO ROUGH IT IN PECKHAM". Southwark News.
  7. ^ "Glee; Imagine; Storyville; Peckham Finishing School for Girls". The Guardian.
  8. ^ Anita Biressi; Heather Nunn (23 April 2013). Class and Contemporary British Culture. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 130–. ISBN 978-1-137-32835-9.
  9. ^ "Peckham Finishing School For Girls, BBC Three". The Arts Desk.
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