Love Productions, producers of Bake Off, are producing US-UK school exchange documentaries for Channel 4

private: Channel 4 organized a student exchange program between the US and the UK for its latest project. Great British cake Produced by Love Produções.

Study entitled Switching schoolsLove followed seven British students from the Elmgreen School in London as they spent time at Mina High School in Arkansas. Six students from Minna traveled in the opposite direction.

The documentary series was filmed at the end of last year and is currently in the editing stage. Channel 4 plans to broadcast the series in 2024.

Richard McKerrow, CEO and executive producer of Love Switching schoolsHe said that the idea for the series came from his daughter, who loved him. friends He is fascinated by Americana.

The Elmgreen School students “embody the reality” of a rural American high school designed to be a “fun cultural piece,” he told Deadline. “It's a fun and emotional culture shock,” McKerrow added.

Channel 4 will be waiting for that Switching schools It attracts viewers like other love shows. to cook And piano.

The BBC has experimented with a student exchange format such as Top Hat Productions in the past. Great British School Exchange.

The 2019 series saw students from the predominantly white area of ​​Tamworth transition to being an ethnic minority at a school in Saltley, Birmingham.