Summer Heights High

About Summer Heights High

Exploring what happens over one school term in an average Australian high school, this mockumentary brings to life Jonah, a 13 year old mischievous schoolboy from Tonga with the odds stacked against him; Mr G, an ego-driven drama teacher with delusional showbiz dreams; and Ja’mie, a private schoolgirl on a student exchange, set to make her mark on Summer Heights High.

Summer Heights High is a comedy series made for ABC TV. Chris Lilley appears as Jonah Takalua, David Lennie as Doug Peterson, Asolima Tauati as Leon, and Iro Utaifeau as Joseph.

Its one season of 8 episodes was broadcast from September 2007 to October 2007.

Shelv files it under mockumentary, teacher, musical, and high school student. It scores 7.3 out of 10 from 81 TMDB voters and it carries a TV-MA rating.

Bad Education, Daria, and Abbott Elementary make useful companions to Summer Heights High, all filed under high school, high school teacher, and school.