The first series centres on Josh Carter (Khalil Madovi), a pupil at Elmsbury High, and his older brother Nathan (Doc Brown), who works as a teacher there. Josh is portrayed as a laid-back teenage schoolboy trying to maintain his cool reputation, while also being rebellious and trying to cause trouble in order to achieve his goals and humiliate or outsmart Nathan. Nathan, former Elmsbury High student and famous rapper, soon learns that only he will able to stop Josh from his schemes.
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Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers [5] |
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| 1 | 1 | "Back to School" | Matt Bloom | Paul Rose | 13 January 2012 | 493,000 |
| 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. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Assembly" | Dermot Boyd | Paul Rose | 20 January 2012 | 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. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Maths" | Matt Bloom | Dan Berlinka | 27 January 2012 | 488,000 |
| To get out of maths homework Josh claims he has number blindness, and persuades novice supply teacher Janucek to let him off. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Disco" | Dermot Boyd | Mark Oswin | 3 February 2012 | 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. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Laptop" | Matt Bloom | Paul Rose | 9 February 2012 | 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. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Party" | Dermot Boyd | Gerard Foster | 16 February 2012 | 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. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Football" | Dermot Boyd | Mark Brotherhood | 24 February 2012 | 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. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Quiz" | Julie Edwards | Mark Oswin | 2 March 2012 | 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. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Auction" | Dermot Boyd | Ben Smith | 9 March 2012 | 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. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "School Council" | Matt Bloom | Andrew Jones and Ciaran Murtagh | 16 March 2012 | 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. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Sweets" | Julie Edwards | Holly Phillips | 23 March 2012 | 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. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Fight" | Dan Berlinka | Julie Edwards | 30 March 2012 | 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. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "End of Term" | Julie Edwards | Paul Rose | 30 March 2012 | 279,000 |
| 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.Note: This series ended with a rap entitled Let's Enjoy this Moment Right | ||||||