Summer Heights High

2008 • HBO

4.8

38 reviews

TV-MA

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Season 1 episodes (8)

1 01

11/9/08

Season-only

As Summer Heights High School begins a new term, we meet the primary subjects of this 'documentary' series: disruptive Tongan student Jonah; deluded drama teacher Mr. G; and self-absorbed exchange student Ja'mie.

2 02

11/16/08

Season-only

Ja'mie scales the social ladder on her first full day at school; Mr. G makes the most of an unexpected promotion; Jonah joins an ethnic-acceptance program to curb his behavior and improve his academics, with mixed results.

3 03

11/23/08

Season-only

Mr. G finds musical fodder in a school tragedy; Ja'mie dates a younger boy from Year 7; Jonah is toppled from his break-dancing throne.

4 04

11/30/08

Season-only

Ja'mie undermines her relationship with her new friends; Mr. G holds auditions for his new musical; a suggestive drawing puts Jonah's irate father on the defensive.

5 05

12/7/08

Season-only

Mr. G is forced to make concessions in the school play; Jonah and his pals agree to mentor a group of Year 7 students in exchange for a break-dance performance; Ja'mie lobbies for a first-ever Year 11 formal.

6 06

12/14/08

Season-only

Parental objections force Mr. G to overhaul his musical 10 days before the premiere; Ja'mie makes a surprising date choice for the Year 11 formal; Jonah's ongoing turf war with Year 7 hecklers lands him a suspension.

7 07

12/21/08

Season-only

With ticket sales nil, Ja'mie decides to fund the Year 11 formal by staging an AIDS fashion show; Mr. G is faced with a hard career choice as the premiere of his musical approaches; Jonah resists breaking a break-dancing ban, but irks Ms. Wheatley.

8 08

12/28/08

Season-only

In the Season One finale, Mr. G revels in the premiere of his musical; Ja'mie is forced to find a new date on the day of the Year 11 formal; Jonah returns to Gamnut Cottage for Story Day, then gives a farewell gift to everyone at Summer Heights High.

About this show

What's it like to be an insider at a typical high school? Find out as HBO presents this hilarious, but brutally honest look at three diverse characters--each played by writer/creator Chris Lilley--over the course of one semester at Summer Heights High.

Ratings and reviews

4.8

38 reviews

Severin Miller

April 9, 2014

for "Ja'mie Private School Girl" on HBO. This never gets boring!

2 people found this review helpful

Curtis Covington

October 18, 2021

Please let me buy this. =[ I do not want to resort to piracy.

Mary Williams

January 18, 2014

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