Summerhill is a British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 children's television drama about the famously radical Summerhill School

Summerhill School

Summerhill School is an independent British boarding school that was founded in 1921 by Alexander Sutherland Neill with the belief that the school should be made to fit the child, rather than the other way around...

. Written by Alison Hume and directed by Jon East, it was first broadcast on the CBBC Channel

CBBC Channel

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 in January 2008 and was subsequently nominated for three children's BAFTA awards

British Academy Television Awards

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 - Best Drama, Best Writer (for Alison Hume) and Breakthrough Talent (for Eliot Otis Brown Walters

Eliot Otis Brown Walters

Eliot Otis Brown Walters , is a British child actor best known for his role as Ryan in the BBC television drama Summerhill about the school by the same name.-Career:...

). It won the awards for writer & breakthrough nominations.
The show launched the careers of a number of young actors, most notably Jessie Cave

Jessie Cave

Jessica "Jessie" Cave is an English actress who is best known for her role as Lavender Brown in the film version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.-Personal life:...

 who went on to star as 'Lavender Brown' in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the sixth and penultimate novel in the Harry Potter series by British author J. K. Rowling...

, and also Olly Alexander

Olly Alexander

Olly Alexander is an English actor and script writer. Alexander acting career began in theatre plays and films with such as Summerhill and Bright Star which was nominated for an Oscar, four individual wins and another eighteen nominations...

, Eliot Otis Brown Walters

Eliot Otis Brown Walters

Eliot Otis Brown Walters , is a British child actor best known for his role as Ryan in the BBC television drama Summerhill about the school by the same name.-Career:...

 and Holly Bodimeade

Holly Bodimeade

Holly Bodimeade is a British actress. She starred in her first lead role as "Maddy" in the BAFTA-nominated BBC TV drama Summerhillabout the radical school of the same name....

.

The series was also shown on BBC One

BBC One

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, and as a feature length film on BBC Four

BBC Four

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.

Cast

Character	Actor
Maddy	Holly Bodimeade Holly Bodimeade Holly Bodimeade is a British actress. She starred in her first lead role as "Maddy" in the BAFTA-nominated BBC TV drama Summerhillabout the radical school of the same name....
Ryan	Eliot Otis Brown Walters Eliot Otis Brown Walters Eliot Otis Brown Walters , is a British child actor best known for his role as Ryan in the BBC television drama Summerhill about the school by the same name.-Career:...
Stella	Jessie Cave Jessie Cave Jessica "Jessie" Cave is an English actress who is best known for her role as Lavender Brown in the film version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.-Personal life:...
Ned	Olly Alexander Olly Alexander Olly Alexander is an English actor and script writer. Alexander acting career began in theatre plays and films with such as Summerhill and Bright Star which was nominated for an Oscar, four individual wins and another eighteen nominations...

Episodes

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