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Educating Marmalade

TV·1982–1983·1 season, 10 episodes·ITV1·Comedy, Family, Kids·20m·Created by Andrew Davies

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Marmalade Atkins is the naughtiest girl in the world. In fact, she's so wicked that her parents and social worker decide that the only thing to do with her is to blast her into space. But, knowing Marmalade, it's not going to be that easy!

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Episodes by season

Season0110Episodes1982–83AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Cringe HillOctober 25, 1982Marmalade is sent to the chaotic Cringe Hill Comprehensive School where she is bullied by two older students.
  2. S01E02The Convent of the Blessed LimitNovember 1, 1982Marmalade is sent to the Convent of the Blessed Limit where it's hoped the nuns' strict methods will curb her bad behaviour.
  3. S01E03Marmalade at EtonNovember 8, 1982Marmalade's dad disguises his daughter as a boy and bribes the Etonian headmaster to take her in.
  4. S01E04WalkiesNovember 15, 1982Marmalade's social workers bring in dog behavioural expert Clara Coalhouse to try her methods out on the bad girl.
  5. S01E05Marmalade at St Cecilia'sNovember 22, 1982After her parents ship her off to St. Cecilia's School for Girls, Marmalade encounters the ghost of the first headmistress and investigates
  6. S01E06Marmalade in VeniceNovember 29, 1982After putting her parents in the hospital, Marmalade is sent to the Bandolini Finishing School in Venice where mayhem quickly follows.
  7. S01E07NannyDecember 6, 1982Mrs Allgood hires her childhood nanny to be a round-the-clock chaperone to Marmalade. But Marmalade has other ideas.
  8. S01E08Short Sharp ShockDecember 13, 1982Marmalade is sentenced to 3 months in Dartmoor Prison where she must deal with the Head Screw and comes face to face with Mr Big.
  9. S01E09The Nativity PlayDecember 20, 1982Having escaped from prison, Marmalade is sent back to the Convent of the Blessed Limit where she is to appear in the Christmas Nativity play
  10. S01E10Marmalade at the Albert HallJanuary 3, 1983Marmalade's old cell mate, Bonzo, escapes from prison and disguises himself as Marmalade's tutor and the two become tag team wrestlers.

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