List of 4 O'Clock Club episodes
4 O'Clock Club is a BAFTA-nominated British children's television series, which premiered on 13 January 2012[1] on CBBC and BBC HD. A second series began airing on 4 January 2013 and the third series premiered on 20 December 2013.[2] Series 4 began airing on 28 January 2015. A fifth series has been commissioned and was filmed between June 2015 and August 2015 to premiere in 2016.[3] A sixth series has been commissioned and expected to air in 2017.[4]
Series overview
| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | Average UK viewers (in millions) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||||
| 1 | 13 | 13 January 2012 | 30 March 2012 | 0.42 | ||
| 2 | 13 | 4 January 2013 | 22 March 2013 | 0.33 | ||
| 3 | 13 | 20 December 2013 | 26 March 2014 | 0.36 | ||
| 4 | 13 | 28 January 2015 | 22 April 2015 | 0.21 | ||
| 5 | 13 | 25 February 2016 | 19 May 2016 | TBA | ||
Episodes
Series 1 (2012)
| No. in series |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original Air Date | Viewers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Back to School" | Matt Bloom | Paul Rose | 13 January 2012 [1] | 493,000 |
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13-year-old Josh Carter (Khalil Madovi) is shocked and annoyed to discover that his older brother Nathan (Doc Brown) is the new English teacher and detention monitor at his school, Elmsbury High. As Nathan takes charge of the euphemistically-named 4 o'Clock Club (the nickname for the detention club), Josh, being the regular attendee and king of the club, desires to see his idol, B-Mode, at an event with his friends, dimwitted Ash Newman (Tom Rowlinson) and geeky Ryan Wood (Oscar Lloyd), but he must escape Nathan and his new ideas for the way of detention. Note: first appearances: Josh Carter, Nathan Carter, Ryan Wood, Ash Newman, Mr. Byron, Melanie Poppy, Mrs. Carter, Molly Finegan, Zoe-Marie Ingham, Agness Addo and Anita Andress. | |||||
| 2 | "Assembly" | Dermot Boyd | Paul Rose | 20 January 2012 [5] | 445,000 |
| Having his brother Nathan as a teacher at his school is having a disastrous effect on Josh's ability to have fun, scheme schemes and scam scams. When Josh notices that Nathan is more than a little interested in music teacher Miss Poppy and her modern take on Cinderella, Josh tries to get him off his case by setting Nathan up as her Prince Charming.[5] | |||||
| 3 | "Maths" | Matt Bloom | Dan Berlinka | 27 January 2012 [6] | 488,000 |
| To get out of maths homework Josh claims he has number blindness, and persuades novice supply teacher Janucek to let him off.[6] | |||||
| 4 | "Disco" | Dermot Boyd | Mark Oswin | 3 February 2012 [7] | 481,000 |
| The school disco means just one thing for the Carter brothers – girl trouble. Josh accidentally invites Zoe-Marie to be his date, while Nathan tries desperately to impress the gorgeous Miss Poppy. Only Ash has any success with the girls – in fact, more success than he can handle.[7] | |||||
| 5 | "Laptop" | Matt Bloom | Paul Rose | 9 February 2012 [8] | 453,000 |
| When Nathan's laptop mysteriously breaks down in the middle of a project, Josh is the obvious suspect. Josh suggests Nathan borrows a replacement from the terrifying Miss Andress.[8] | |||||
| 6 | "Party" | Dermot Boyd | Gerard Foster | 16 February 2012 [9] | 399,000 |
| Nathan takes advantage of Mrs Carter's weekend trip away to invite Miss Poppy round for a romantic evening. Unfortunately, Josh has chosen the same evening to invite his entire class round for a party.[9] | |||||
| 7 | "Football" | Dermot Boyd | Mark Brotherhood | 24 February 2012 [10] | 499,000 |
| Josh, Ryan and Ash sign up for the school football team to get out of lessons, but discover that even studying is preferable to PE teacher Thorne's strict disciplinary regime.[10] | |||||
| 8 | "Quiz" | Julie Edwards | Mark Oswin | 2 March 2012 [11] | 394,000 |
| Nathan drags Josh onto the useless school quiz team to teach him how to stick at something. But Josh realizes to his delight that him not knowing any answers will only make Nathan look bad.[11] | |||||
| 9 | "Auction" | Dermot Boyd | Ben Smith | 9 March 2012 [12] | 460,000 |
| When the school's last remaining keyboard blows a fuse, Josh decides to help raise funds for new musical instruments by staging a charity auction. But without any valuables to give to the cause, the teachers decide to sell themselves . Josh opts to donate Nathan's stuff instead.[12] | |||||
| 10 | "School Council" | Matt Bloom | Andrew Jones and Ciaran Murtagh | 16 March 2012 [13] | 389,000 |
| Nathan gets lumbered with running the School Council – and drags Josh in to teach him about responsibility. But instead, Josh uses his new powers to try to change the rules to his own advantage.[13] | |||||
| 11 | "Sweets" | Julie Edwards | Holly Phillips | 23 March 2012 [14] | 473,000 |
| Since Jamie Oliver's push for healthy school meals, sweets have been banned at Elmsbury High. But someone's running an unofficial tuck shop selling crisps and chocolate – and Nathan's given the job of finding out who.[14] | |||||
| 12 | "Fight" | Dan Berlinka | Julie Edwards | 30 March 2012 [15] | 277,000 |
| When Nathan decides to put Darius, the star of Elmsbury's basketball team, in detention, Darius decides to get his own back – on Josh.[15] | |||||
| 13 | "End of Term" | Julie Edwards | Paul Rose | 30 March 2012 [16] | 279,000 |
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It's the end of term and Nathan is due to be assessed by Head Master Mr Byron. His future hangs in the balance. So when Josh messes up, and it looks like Nathan's career as a teacher is over, it's down to the rest of the 4 o'Clock Club to save his skin.[16] Note: Series ended with a rap entitled 'Let's Enjoy this Moment, Right' Final Appearance: Mr Byron | |||||
Series 2 (2013)
| No. in show |
No. in series |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Viewers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | "New Term[17]" | Matt Bloom | Paul Rose | 4 January 2013 | 441,000 |
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After the end of summer holidays, school at Elmsbury resumes for the Carter brothers, but they discover that Byron has been replaced by Crispin Bell, the new headteacher, who has plans that could determine the fate of the 4 o'Clock Club and ultimately Elmsbury itself. First Appearance: Crispin Bell. | ||||||
| 15 | 2 | "Head Of Year[18]" | Matt Bloom | Gerard Foster | 11 January 2013 | 460,000 |
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Nathan finally decides to ask Miss Poppy out, but it's on the day that Mr Bell is to select a head of year and Josh is determined that Nathan gets the post instead of Thorne. But Nathan is too distracted by a misunderstanding about the date, so Josh concocts a plan to help Nathan's bid for the job. But without Nathan's help, Josh has to turn to new music assistant Dexter for a solution. First Appearance: Dexter Harris. | ||||||
| 16 | 3 | "Dexter's Big Week[19]" | Matt Bloom | Paul Rose | 18 January 2013 | 268,000 |
| When a heartbroken Nathan leaves Elmsbury to take up a post in Scotland, Mr Bell needs someone to run the 4 O'Clock Club. Dexter enthusiastically steps up, keen to prove himself to Mr Bell, but when Josh discovers that Dexter is also his mum's new lodger, he makes it his mission to take Dexter down. | ||||||
| 17 | 4 | "Ice Cream[20]" | Matt Bloom | Mark Oswin | 25 January 2013 | 410,000 |
| Bell initiates a big clamp-down on security and truancy in school, meaning there are no more visits to the ice cream van just outside the front gates. But worse for Josh, there's a game he wants to buy in a shop that is shut out of school hours. | ||||||
| 18 | 5 | "Dexter's Dad[21]" | Dermot Boyd | Paul Rose | 1 February 2013 | 401,000 |
| Bell has organised a tour of the school by visiting headteachers, including Dexter's dad. But Dexter has exaggerated his role at the school and has to get Josh's help to maintain his lie... with a few disastrous results | ||||||
| 19 | 6 | "Points[22]" | Dermot Boyd | Lee Walters | 8 February 2013 | 322,000 |
| Bell starts a scheme where good behaviour is rewarded with points that can be converted into prizes. Josh realises that with enough points he can 'buy' his dream tablet computer. | ||||||
| 20 | 7 | "Valentine's Day[23]" | Matt Bloom | Gerard Foster | 15 February 2013 | 314,000 |
| Josh needs Dexter's help to finish off some new tracks – but doesn't want to look uncool by hanging out with a teacher. But Dexter has other ideas and plans to take this beautiful new musical partnership public. | ||||||
| 21 | 8 | "School Trip[24]" | Matt Bloom | Mark Oswin | 22 February 2013 | 288,000 |
| Dexter takes the 4 O'Clock regulars on a half-term camping trip. But due to a mix-up they have to turn back and head home. To salvage something from the trip, Josh comes up with a bold idea for where they can camp instead. | ||||||
| 22 | 9 | "Suspension[25]" | Matt Bloom | Ben Smith | 1 March 2013 | 286,000 |
| Josh is suspended for a day. Unfortunately it is on school careers day, and a record label guy Josh is keen to impress will be there. | ||||||
| 23 | 10 | "Rights and Responsibilities[26]" | Matt Bloom | Holly Phillips | 8 March 2013 | 252,000 |
| Dexter wants the pupils, learning, rights and responsibilities. He encourages them to make a video about the new scheme. Josh seeks this opportunity to shoot his own rap video, but when the whole thing collapses, Dexter is removed from the running of the club. | ||||||
| 24 | 11 | "Music Thief[27]" | Dermot Boyd | Ben Smith | 15 March 2013 | 290,000 |
| Josh has written his best track ever and decides he's going to sell CDs of it in school. But when he realises he's sampled a famous track without permission he has to get all the CDs back before he's caught. | ||||||
| 25 | 12 | "Lockdown[28]" | Dermot Boyd | Paul Rose | 22 March 2013 | 354,000 |
| When Dexter enforces the no-phones rule in the 4 O'Clock Club, Josh rebels and decides to test once and for all just who is in charge in detentions – the teachers or the pupils. | ||||||
| 26 | 13 | "Project Zenith[29]" | Matt Bloom | Paul Rose | 22 March 2013 | 354,000 |
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Dexter finds himself fronting Bell's new plan for Elmsbury – Project Zenith. But the plan has big, bad implications for the 4 o'Clock Club. Josh sets out to defeat the scheme, with a little help from his friends and family. Nathan and Melanie then share a kiss. Note: Series ended with a rap entitled 'Never Been a Year Like this Before' | ||||||
Series 3 (2013–14)
| No. in series |
Title | Directed by | Written by | CBBC Air Date
(Not BBC iPlayer Premiere) |
Viewers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Christmas Special" | John Howlett | Paul Rose | 20 December 2013 | 461,000 |
| Josh helps Agness and her siblings with their Christmas problems, meanwhile the gang rebel against a Scrooge-like Bell's orders by spreading Christmas cheer around the school, and Nathan returns to surprise everyone by proposing to Mel. | |||||
| 2 | "Wedding" | John Howlett | Paul Rose | 8 January 2014 | 317,000 |
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Trouble arises on the day of Nathan and Mel's wedding as Josh squabbles with his younger cousin Nero, Zoe-Marie, Molly, and Agness are bridesmaids, and Dexter, Ash, and Ryan are in charge of organizing the school auditorium for the reception. Though after the wedding, Josh and the gang are given a huge surprise by Elmsbury. When the school burns to the ground... First appearances: Bebe Johnson, Nero Johnson | |||||
| 3 | "Merger" | John Howlett | Gerard Foster | 15 January 2014 | 351,000 |
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After Elmsbury burns down after the wedding, the gang (save for Ryan and Molly) arrive at their new school, where they meet new faces. Meanwhile, Nero wreaks havoc – at Josh's expense, while Dexter tries to impress his new colleagues with a first aid demonstration and nearly scares his new pupils to death. First appearances: Mr Nunn, Miss Parkwood, Mrs O'Brien, Fleur Murphy, Eleesha Rahad, Eli Grant, Owen Garland | |||||
| 4 | "Cross Country" | John Howlett | Paul Rose | 22 January 2014 | 361,000 |
| After pretending to have run laps in P.E. class, Josh and the gang find themselves as members for Mr. Nunn's cross-country team. Meanwhile, suspicion is raised in the school when the new statue is destroyed, and Nero tries his hand at writing a new school anthem. | |||||
| 5 | "Bench" | John Howlett | Mark Oswin | 29 January 2014 | 393,000 |
| Nero accidentally loses £60 of Josh's money which Mr Bell spends on a bench. Nero and Josh have to work together to get the money back – or get revenge. | |||||
| 6 | "Choir" | Tim Hopewell | Matt Bloom | 5 February 2014 | 436,000 |
| When Dexter starts a choir, Josh rejects it as a "lame" pursuit, but reconsiders when Rachel joins. But when Josh discovers the true boring nature of the choir, he quits, leading to the other members to quit. Meanwhile, Fleur and Eleesha accidentally manage to become the first girls on Mr. Nunn's boys' boxing team, which they try to get exiled from. | |||||
| 7 | "Mugs" | Tim Hopewell | Julia Kent | 12 February 2014 | 423,000 |
| Josh skips school to go to an all-day music conference, but he discovers that Parkwood has also attended the event. Meanwhile, Nero, Eli and Owen attempt to create a new online viral, "mugs", to rival "planking", but it manages to cause them problems. | |||||
| 8 | "Work Experience" | Spencer Campbell | Gerard Foster | 19 February 2014 | 399,000 |
| When the 4 o'Clock Club gang fail to set up work experience placements, they are given jobs in the school. But If this lot are lousy pupils they are absolutely terrible teachers. | |||||
| 9 | "Radio" | Tim Hopewell | Ben Smith | 26 February 2014 | 315,000 |
| When Josh discovers some old radio equipment at school, he persuades Dexter to run a pupil run radio station. Josh is planning to run a radio station to make himself a star and get a date with Rachel – but he hasn't bargained for the other 4 O'Clockers getting involved... | |||||
| 10 | "Gold" | Spencer Campbell | Madeleine Brettingham | 5 March 2014 | 303,000 |
| Dexter gets the 4 o'Clock Club digging the school allotment. But boredom with broccoli turns to delight when Josh strikes gold. Meanwhile, Nero joins Owen at scouts and discovers that under the uniforms those guys may not be as silly as they look. | |||||
| 11 | "Quiche" | Spencer Campbell | Mark Oswin | 12 March 2014 | 352,000 |
| Josh's plans to invite Rachel to a music festival are threatened, when his one hope, Natalie, has promised his ticket to Nero, so the cousins compete against each other in culinary activity to raise enough money to purchase the ticket. | |||||
| 12 | "Prefects" | John Howlett | Gerard Foster | 19 March 2014 | 320,000 |
| Josh wants to put a gig on at a village hall. But when Mum refuses to sign the booking form, Josh takes matters into his own hands. Meanwhile, Mr Bell's scheme to create school prefects doesn't go as smoothly as he hoped. | |||||
| 13 | "Audition" | Spencer Campbell | Paul Rose | 26 March 2014 | 369,000 |
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When Josh plans to audition for a spot at Hillview Institute, a music academy, his dream is thwarted when he discovers that he needs a perfect academic record. Meanwhile, Nero, Ash and the gang are chosen to review Bell and O'Brien, which leads to a disastrous surprise that gets Bell demoted, O'Brien fired, and Miss Andress promoted as Elmsmere's new headteacher. Note: The series ended with a rap entitled Forever | |||||
Series 4 (2015)
| No. in series |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Viewers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Ghost" | Tim Hopewell | Paul Rose | 28 January 2015 | 217,000 |
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After Josh has left for his new school and Bebe has left the country with her husband, school resumes at Elmsmere, and Nero tries to impress Clem, the new girl, by sneaking into the school to search for ghosts. First Appearance: Jade Alleyne as Clem Burton | |||||
| 2 | "Toads" | Alex Jacob | Paul Rose | 4 February 2015 | 200,000 |
| When Nero accidentally loses the school's pet toads, he manages to set of a chain of events that lead Dexter to quit his job as the detention monitor, so he and the gang stage a protest to get Dexter back and save the toads from ending up in a laboratory. | |||||
| 3 | "Theatre" | Tim Hopewell | Paul Rose | 11 February 2015 | 200,000 |
| Dexter organizes a school theatre trip (mixed with music and science) to impress Lizzie, but nobody joins, so Nero, in order to see a rap star at the event, manages to convince Eli, Owen, Fleur, Eleesha, Clem, and others to join, but disaster strikes when Nero and the gang are given detention. Meanwhile, an anonymous student is spray-painting bad rumours about Miss Andress, who is on the search. | |||||
| 4 | "Bike" | Alex Jacob | Mark Oswin | 18 February 2015 | 217,000 |
| Nero receives a new bike as a present from his parents, but when he and Dexter are involved in the destruction of Clem's BMX, Clem retaliates by stealing Nero's bike. Meanwhile, Dexter's lottery ticket manages to cause him a mishap, while Eleesha learns how to ride a bike, with the help of Fleur and Elmsmere's new program of bike safety. | |||||
| 5 | "Poem" | Alex Jacob | Mark Oswin | 25 February 2015 | 204,000 |
| When Nero discovers Clem's secret book of angry poems, his attempts to return it to its usual location make matters worse when he is forced to read it at Elmsmere's school fair. | |||||
| 6 | "Sick" | Tim Hopewell | Julia Kent | 4 March 2015 | N/A |
| When Nero accidentally sleeps in at the last hour before the day his ICT project is due, he attempts to avoid detention by feigning illness, with help from Eli, Owen and Clem. Meanwhile, an actually ill Bell needs to mark his pupils' History exercise books, and Dexter fears that Lizzie may actually like Nunn romantically, so tries to manipulate Nunn into taking Lizzie on another date. | |||||
| 7 | "Time Capsule" | Tim Hopewell | Paul Rose | 11 March 2015 | 209,000 |
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After Dexter agrees to chaperone Nero at Elmsmere's parents' evening and assigns the gang more homework, Nero and the gang devise a plan to retaliate on Dexter by sabotaging parents' evening. Meanwhile, Nathan returns with his newborn son Moses to let Mel relax at home, but he reveals a secret about the missing and unknown Mr. Carter that leads to Josh, with Issac's help, attempting to find the crucial element that was handed to Nathan by their father. Guest stars: Khalil Madovi as Josh Carter and Doc Brown as Nathan Carter | |||||
| 8 | "Netball" | Tim Hopewell | Madeleine Brettingham | 18 March 2015 | 233,000 |
| After Bell assigns litter-pick duty as after-school detention, Nero persuades Andress to let netball club as detention, knowing little that Nunn is the coach, who manages to get Elmsmere playing against a Catholic school called St. Millicent's Convent. Meanwhile, Dexter, trying to impress Lizzie, agrees to replace Nunn as coach, and Fleur and Eleesha attempt to write a story for the school newspaper, with disastrous consequences. | |||||
| 9 | "Mobile" | Alex Jacob | Mark Blakewill and James Harris | 25 March 2015 | N/A |
| When Nero discovers he is about to get an upcoming call from his overseas father, he accidentally manages to get his phone confiscated by Andress, and he and Dexter attempt to retrieve it, with disastrous results. Meanwhile, Dexter competes with Nunn in a contest to find Lizzie's missing green pen, and Eleesha believes she has psychic powers. | |||||
| 10 | "Party" | Tim Hopewell | Julia Kent | 1 April 2015 | 249,000 |
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When Nero is invited to popular Martin Thompson's party to act as DJ, he borrows Elmsmere's decks and accidentally destroys them, landing Martin in trouble. Meanwhile, Owen, Clem and Isobel Harlow (a recurring character who has appeared in Theatre, Poem and Netball) all run for the role of class president. Owen wins, although he finds that the job is completely futile. Fleur and Eleesha accidentally eat Nunn's doughnut holes, and must replace them in order to save themselves. Note: This episode has the same name as the sixth episode of the first series. | |||||
| 11 | "Science" | Alex Jacob | Gerard Foster | 8 April 2015 | TBA |
| When Nero tries to practice for his audition for a dance club, he inadvertently manages to get himself, Clem, Fleur and Eleesha into Dexter's recorder club while trying to acquire the music room for practice. Meanwhile, Eli causes chaos when he and Owen join Lizzie's lunchtime science club, and Clem attempts to rebel against Andress. | |||||
| 12 | "Health and Safety" | Tim Hopewell | Paul Rose | 15 April 2015 | TBA |
| After Nero and Eli manipulate Dexter to avoid cross-country for P.E. by helping clean the store room, Nero accidentally damages his leg, and retaliates to Dexter (who angrily berated him at the hospital for scattering the store room) by convincing him that the injury was major and he was the cause of it, leading to Elmsmere put on a health-and-safety background. Meanwhile, Owen becomes the assistant to the librarian and discovers a scouting book, and Clem, Fleur and Eleesha manipulate Eli into believing he was once a baby model. | |||||
| 13 | "Runaway" | Tim Hopewell | Paul Rose | 22 April 2015 | TBA |
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As the end of term approaches at Elmsmere, fearing copyright issues, Andress forces Dexter to cancel his musical Harry Potter parody (entitled Hip-Hop Harry Potter), replaced by a new musical entitled Hip-Hop Henry Porter, angering the pupils. To add more disappointment to the situation, Nero discovers his parents are unable to attend the musical, so, tired of being let down by them continuously, he runs away with Clem from Elmsmere to try to find them in Kuwait. Dexter soon discovers that Nero has run away, and enlists the help of Nathan, Josh, Ash, Agness and Zoe-Marie to find him. Meanwhile, Isaac discovers that Bell is the mystery "phantom sprayer" who has been graffiting insults about Andress all over Elmsmere (a running gag throughout the fourth series). To this, Bell fears he will be fired, so he resigns his job to work at a cafe. Dexter, Josh, Nathan and Bell find Nero and Clem, and return them to Elmsmere. Bell is praised for finding Nero, and is given his job back at Elmsmere. Note: The series ended with a rap entitled Never Alone. Guest stars: Khalil Madovi as Josh Carter, Doc Brown as Nathan Carter, Tom Rowlinson as Ash Newman, Sade Malone as Agness Addo and Ruby Morgan as Zoe-Marie Ingham Final Appearance: Liz Hume-Dawson as Miss Andress | |||||
Series 5 (2016)
| No. in series |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Viewers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Leaving" | Alex Jacob | Paul Rose | 25 February 2016 | N/A |
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At the beginning, Nero and Clem raps about always seeing each other in the summer and assumes they are not meant to be. School resumes at Elmsmere, and Nero discovers he and his aunt Liz are moving to Scotland to assist Nathan and his family. He arrives to update his friends, but makes matters worse by quarreling with Clem after she accuses him of succumbing to adult tyranny (contradictorily, she has a slight crush on him). Mrs Goodman becomes the new headteacher and Mr Bell becomes deputy. Mrs Goodman believes more about motivation rather than punishment, and detention is taken over for one session by Mr Bell. Lizzie's younger sister, Amber, ends up in Mr. Bell's detention as well as her friends Violet and Darnesh. Under Mrs Goodman's new disciplinary rules,Mr Bell takes Amber and her friends to Chickentastic. Amber learns to not end up in detention again, to avoid a day out with a teacher. Dexter and Lizzie have began dating, but are forced to keep their relationship confidential to their colleagues, while Dexter attempts to find courage to ask her to move in with him. Zoe-Marie's younger sister Ingrid begins her journey at Elmsmere and Zoe-Marie takes her to school, telling Ingrid to behave herself. Ingrid replies back saying that her sister was "one of the bad kids". Ingrid is embarrassingly sent off by Zoe-Marie. Nero fears he may be forgotten by his friends and attempts to "make his mark" on Elmsmere. His friends attempt to stop him, but they arrive late as Nero graffiti's his name across the school playground. Nero leaves in a taxi with his auntie and Issac is seen spraying the graffiti away. First appearances: Ella Marshall-Pinder as Amber, Cara Jenkins as Violet, Riley McCormick as Darnesh, Zara Thurstan as Ingrid Ingham and Victoria Carling as Mrs Goodman | |||||
| 2 | "Ferret" | Alex Jacob | Paul Rose | 3 March 2016 | N/A |
| Nero is back at Elmsmere but only for two days. So he decides to enter a talent competition, but makes a mistake trying to get Eli, Owen, Eleesha and Fleur to be his backing dancers. Issac brings a ferret to school but Dexter causes chaos with it after not shutting the cage door properly. Meanwhile, Nero asks Clem to enter the competition with him but they're too late. Amber cheats at a science exam getting 100%, which leads her to the 'Gifted and Talented Group' at lunch times. She finally admits she cheated. At the competition centre Clem and Nero say their goodbyes and Nero accidently asks Clem to come with leaving her surprised but Dexter comes and picks Nero up leaving Clem by herself. Dexter then announces that Nero will be coming to live with him. | |||||
| 3 | "Swimming" | Tim Hopewell | Mark Oswin | 10 March 2016 | N/A |
| Nero is now living with Dexter but Dexter cannot cope with looking after Nero as well as doing school work marking. After falling asleep in class, Clem is forced to tell Miss Baker about her before school swimming lessons that make her tired. Nero eventually also finds out about the swimming lessons, and laughs, threatening to tell everyone at school. This leads Clem to force Nero to sign up, only to get embarrassed when he finds out it is an all girls swimming club. Lizzie wants Dexter to meet her parents for the first time and he must rehearse a piano piece for them. He misses the dinner after falling asleep. And Amber wants revenge after Ingrid gets her into trouble. | |||||
| 4 | "Hot Tub" | Tim Hopewell | Mark Blakewill & James Harris | 17 March 2016 | N/A |
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Dexter wants to take Lizzie on a romantic weekend away, which means Nero must go on the school camping trip. However, Nero doesn't want to go until he hears what Clem, Eleesha and Fleur are planning - to go to a live gig just down the road from the campsite. When Dexter lends Nero his tent, Nero is unhappy with it's condition and demands a new one. But Dexter cannot afford it. Meanwhile, Mr Nunn offers a helping hand to get Dexter's car fixed, so Dexter accepts the offer to get the money for Nero's tent, with Nero being unaware that Dexter is getting it for him. Lizzie gets the wrong end of the stick when Dexter describes his car as 'falling apart' and 'not going anywhere', making Lizzie believe he is talking about her. Nero cleans all the staff cars to get the money for a new tent. When Mr Nunn is sent to hospital following a crash, Lizzie offers to do the camping trip which means Dexter must take Nero to the hot tub hotel. Guest Appearance: Tom Rowlinson as Ash Newman | |||||
| 5 | "Zombie" | Alex Jacob | Paul Rose | 24 March 2016 | N/A |
| It's Clem's birthday so the gang decides to go to a zombie apocalypse as a surprise but, Nero knows that Dexter isn't going to let him. Therefore, Nero lies about going to the cinema so he can go to a zombie apocalypse with his friends. At school, Nero and Dexter get their envelopes mixed up and picks up the wrong envelope. Nero accidentally gives Clem a CD of love songs which are actually Dexter's for Lizzie and Dexter accidentally gives Lizzie a leaflet to a zombie apocalypse which is actually Nero's for Clem. Clem is confused at the songs when she listens to them, and she wants Owen to tell Nero she already has a boyfriend to stop him from asking her out. However, Owen believes she wants him to ask her out. At the zombie apocalypse, Nero slips and injures his ankle, leaving Clem to aid him. They sit together on the floor and Nero wants Clem to be his girlfriend but Clem rejects him but deep down, she really wants to be. Together they go back to the others and leaves. Eli sees Lizzie dressed as a zombie and believes she is one of the zombie's and throws her to the floor. | |||||
| 6 | "Courtroom" | Alex Jacob | Joe Williams | 31 March 2016 | N/A |
| After flying a drone into Amber, Nero is punished with a dancing ban, after Mrs Goodman sets up a student courtroom, causing inconvenience to his and Clem's dance routine. Meanwhile, Lizzie wants to celebrate her and Dexter's 4 month anniversary but Dexter is too busy trying to impress her with Mr Nunn. Clem warns Nero that she is doing the dance video with or without him, so Nero desperately tries to get Amber, Violet, Darnesh and Mr Bell to drop his punishment. After succeeding, Nero is set free and he is able to do the video with Clem. | |||||
| 7 | "Removal" | Tim Hopewell | Madeleine Brettingham | 7 April 2016 | N/A |
| Mr Bell is moving into a new flat and Dexter, Nero, Eli and Owen help him. Eventually, Bell finds out he is in the wrong flat. Amber enters a fashion show but her posters make her look ugly so she takes them down with the help of Violet and Darnesh. Meanwhile, Nunn and Isaac swap jobs for a day but they soon go into competition over whose better at each others job. After assuming Mr Nunn finds caretaking too hard, Mrs Goodman helps him over come his 'paranoia'. Amber is embarrassed when her poster is put on the side of a bus. Meanwhile, Lizzie goes to Dexter's flat to prepare their romantic meal but after the flat confusion, Bell needs somewhere to stay and either Dexter or Nero needs to lend him their room. | |||||
| 8 | "Social Worker" | Tim Hopewell | Julia Kent | 14 April 2016 | N/A |
| The students of Elmsmere protest against Nunn's football sexism stopping the girls playing it. Mr Bell is online dating but Clem, Fleur and Eleesha find out and take the mick. Meanwhile, a social worker comes to visit Dexter and Nero but Nero lies to protect Dexter. A home visit gets Bell confused into thinking Shona is his date. Dexter pretends to be Scottish, Lizzie pretends to be a plumber, Shona assumes Dexter and Crispin are a couple and Nero pretends to be a cheerleader. Nunn puts all the girls on a cheerleading team and Owen must be the leader. Nero comes clean that he lied about having the perfect home life but Shona understands and agrees to allow Nero to stay with Dexter. | |||||
| 9 | "Babysitting" | Tim Hopewell | Paul Rose | 21 April 2016 | N/A |
| Nero is made to look after Amber whilst Lizzie is at a staff training course at the school. Meanwhile, Nero takes Amber and her friends to the cinema when his friends are going too. Amber winds Nero up too much which causes him to flip at her. Meanwhile, Dexter tries to show that he doesn't always hate losing and teams up with Bell and Isaac for the staff training. | |||||
| 10 | "Cardigan" | Tim Hopewell | Paul Rose | 28 April 2016 | N/A |
| Mr Bell is up for the position of deputy head, but Nero doesn't want him to be. So he figures that the next best candidate could be Dexter. Meanwhile, Lizzie receives a strange gift of a cardigan from Dexter, but she clearly does not like it. When Amber and her friends see it, they start to mock it. Eli and Owen want peoples old things to sell to see who is the better scout but they take it too far, leading to Owen taking off nearly all his clothes. To impress Mrs Goodman, Bell pretends to speak fluent Italian, but soon finds himself in a bad situation both at school and in an Italian restaurant. | |||||
| 11 | "Date" | Alex Jacob | Mark Oswin | 5 May 2016 | N/A |
| Clem has never had a valentine. Eli, Owen, Eleesha and Fleur can tell she wants one from Nero. Meanwhile, Dexter, Nunn, Lizzie and PC Rowe are all on the same date. Amber, Violet and Darnesh play cupid but are soon caught sending fake cards. When Clem doesn't suspect Nero has sent her a card, Eli is sent on a date with her. On the way home, Clem sees Nero waiting for her. Nero tells Clem it wasn't Eli who sent the card, she says it was Darnesh but deep down she knows it was Nero. | |||||
| 12 | "Flower" | Tim Hopewell | Mark Oswin | 12 May 2016 | N/A |
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Mrs Goodman discovers a rare flower on Nunn's football pitch which means she does not allow his football match to go ahead. When Clem, Eleesha and Fleur accidentally knock a metal fence onto it, the flower gets crushed - but they blame Nunn so they don't get into trouble for it. Meanwhile, Amber wants Nero to teach her ballroom dancing but Bell catches them and believes that they are fighting. They are then embarrassed in front of the whole school when Goodman calls them up in assembly to make peace with each other. However, when Ingrid comes over and interrogates Amber, she thinks Amber is asking for a fight and gets Zoe-Marie in to fight Amber. Nero helps Amber out when he sees her upset about it but he ends up in hospital with another sprained wrist. Meanwhile, Dexter wants to take Lizzie to Paris for the weekend but he accidentally drops her phone in her coffee, so he tries to dry it in the oven - only to then find out it was Eleesha's phone. Guest Appearance: Ruby Morgan as Zoe-Marie Ingham | |||||
| 13 | "Triangle" | Tim Hopewell | Madeleine Brettingham | 19 May 2016 | N/A |
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Nero asks Katie to the school dance to cover the fact that he was going to ask Clem. Meanwhile, Nunn, Dexter, Lizzie, Goodman and Bell start an end of term school band. At the dance, Clem and Eleesha arrive in a pink limo, and Nero is stunned by the way Clem is dressed. Katie dumps Nero in front of the whole school after she realizes he doesn't really want to be at the dance with her. Clem is also dumped by a Shakespeare obsessed freak. Clem wants to leave but Nero stops her and asks her to go back to the dance with him to stop Dexter and Lizzie making a fool of themselves but really wants to ask her to dance however stops. Note: This series ended with a rap entitled Mates are what Matter. | |||||
Series 6 (2017)
A sixth series, consisting of 13 half hour episodes, is currently being filmed and is expected to air sometime in January 2017. The sixth series will feature the return of Khalil Madovi as Josh Carter, and will air an Christmas special.
References
- 1 2 "BBC iPlayer - 4 o'Clock Club: Back To School".
- ↑ CBBC Casting for 4 O'Clock Club (28 January 2014) ScreenTerrier. Retrieved 31 January 2014
- ↑ "BBC – CBBC Productions celebrates a raft of new in-house commissions – Media centre".
- ↑ https://m.facebook.com/emmastaffordcasting/#!/story.php?story_fbid=558212177661730&id=226515024164782
- 1 2 "BBC – CBBC Programmes – 4 o'Clock Club, Assembly".
- 1 2 "BBC – CBBC Programmes – 4 o'Clock Club, Maths".
- 1 2 "BBC – CBBC Programmes – 4 o'Clock Club, Disco".
- 1 2 "BBC – CBBC Programmes – 4 o'Clock Club, Laptop".
- 1 2 "BBC – CBBC Programmes – 4 o'Clock Club, Party".
- 1 2 "BBC – CBBC Programmes – 4 o'Clock Club, Football".
- 1 2 "BBC – CBBC Programmes – 4 o'Clock Club, Quiz".
- 1 2 "BBC – CBBC Programmes – 4 o'Clock Club, Auction".
- 1 2 "BBC – CBBC Programmes – 4 o'Clock Club, School Council".
- 1 2 "BBC – CBBC Programmes – 4 o'Clock Club, Sweets".
- 1 2 "BBC – CBBC Programmes – 4 o'Clock Club, Fight".
- 1 2 "BBC – CBBC Programmes – 4 o'Clock Club, End Of Term".
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