harrow-a very British school?

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is anyone watching or is there a thread?

I'm watching it, I've been looking forward to it all day!
The boys come across excellently in my opinion, not stuck up like I expected them to be. The names are so stereotypically 'posh' though - I did smile when Tarquin came on.

Which channel is it on?

Sky1

Love 'big d's' wonky bow tie :)

Me too. Can't believe he's not university age yet! So mature.

Now we have a Fabian. Love it.

Good reminder thanks, I'm setting this to record now.

All so confident, shame about the singing

I'm dying to know if any MNers have sons there.

The fees are £33,000 a year!! Love the program.

I really enjoyed it last week and am currently recording it. I think the boys come across really well, bright, articulate and generally self assured but not cocky.

Yes, absolutely. They're posh without being arrogant. I've worked out it would only take us a billion years to save uo to send DS there.

Oh I can't believe I've missed it

I was meaning to watch it

you can watch it on sky+1

It goes on on demand too. I watched the first episode today. I have really enjoyed it. Just shows teenagers are best kept very busy! Not sure I fully understand this doubles business though. £33000 a year too. How many pupils did it say they have?

800 pupils . That's a ridiculous amount of money! Doubles are just a fancy form of doing lines, I think.

It's repeated on Saturday lunchtime i missed it last week and tracked it down. DH's best friend's son went there, he's 20 now and he's really delightful, so kind, friendly to 10 year old DD when they visit.

No DCs there, but my DH went. He had a great time, learned to love learning for its own sake and not to be afraid of trying new things. Very cosmopolitan place, in his day they celebrated diversity before it became the cliched bollocks it is today. (His words).

I love watching it. we sat there looking at similar girls schools boarding or not and couldn't think of many like the boys schools you could name. Eton harrow rugby Winchester St Paul's city etc. name the same girls school's?

It is a lot of money but it does seem to be the going rate for such schools. I think Oundle is just over 31k and greshams just under 30k

We don't get sky1!

That's over £25 million in fees! I'm sure it's a wonderful place to send your son but, not that I could ever afford it, I just couldn't imagine sending my child to board. I really sympathised with the crying sisters in the first episode.

Roedean, Cheltenham,

but without having to think no girls schools are the same. I'm already paying £15k + for prep. so not thinking money wise £30k+ for boarding seems fine.

I'm really enjoying it too - though I agree the fees are bonkers and I don't really get boarding for most people (can see some cases where it is logistically necessary).
I'm impressed with the housemaster - up and dressed before he wakes them, at every heat of every competition, dealing with injuries...must be damn near 18 hour days. And he seems so nice, and they really respect him. I'm a teacher and I'm a little bit in awe.