A GCSE student has won the opportunity to ditch his modern day studies for those of the 1950s in a new Channel 4 series.
Joe McCready, 16, from Tinklers Avenue, Basildon, will be taking part in the TV programme That'll Teach 'Em along with 29 other 16-year-olds from across the country.
They have each won their ticket to stardom out of 2,000 other teenagers including Southend High School for Girls' pupil Nadia Freemen, of Westcliff.
The series will see them enter a boarding school for a 1950s-style of education and tuition. Pupils will be placed under the strict supervision of a headmaster, housemasters and subject teachers.
Published Tuesday, August 5, 2003
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