Production
''Class Dismissed'' was first announced in 2014, as part of CBBC's 2015 commissions, despite not airing until 2016. 12 episodes were ordered. A second series of 12 episodes was announced as part of CBBC's 2016 commissions. CBBC joined with BBC Writersroom to find sketch writers for series one and did this again for series two. Series 2 began on 5 December 2016. Series 3 began on 27 November 2017. Series 4 began on 11 March 2019, Series 5, sometime in mid 2019 and Series 6 on 29 November 2021.Child cast
Lead
*Charleigh Brierley (Series 4–5) as Charleigh. Charleigh is slightly weirder than her friends. She aspires to be a DJ but still dislikes Mr Bishop, especially his "silly" jingles. She often falls for Miss Crank's pranks and out of the four she's the most tolerant of the teachers but still gets annoyed by them. *Connor Elliott (Series 4–5) as Connor. Connor dislikes school the most of the four and is baffled by Warren's obsession with it. He can often predict how a lesson will end in disaster. There isn't a subject he enjoys. *Alexcia Farquarson (Series 4–5) as Alexcia. The cleverest of the four who often tries to ignore her teachers. Mr Christopher nicknames her F minus and often tells her she has no talent. *Hakeem Khan (Series 4–5) as Hakeem. Hakeem is often making sarcastic quips about the teachers who really get on his nerves and can often be found joking around with his friends. *Charleigh Adams (Series 1–3,5) as Emily. Emily is a sensible girl who is often on the receiving end of the teachers' eccentricities. Her excellent art work is consistently ruined by Miss Flip while Mr Nasal regularly sneezes over her. She returned in a brief guest appearance for the final episode of Series 5, as well as in ''Flunked!'' *Billy Holland (Series 1–3,5) as Billy. Billy doesn't take school very seriously and enjoys gently baiting his teachers. He returned in a brief guest appearance for the final episode of Series 5, as well as in ''Flunked!'' *Additional
*Ethan Proops (Series 1–3,5) as Martin. Martin is unquestionably the oddest of the students. He always seems to enjoy his teachers' antics including the ones who annoy the students the most such as Mr Capp, Mr Christopher and Miss Fun-With-Numbers, being the first to join in when the class is asked. He returned in a brief guest appearance for the final episode of Series 5 in which it was revealed that Martin continued to work for Mr Christopher when he left school as his personal assistant and doesn't get paid by him. *Emily Su (Series 2–3) as Mollie. Mollie contributes a few lines but her character is less well-developed than the other students. Mrs Stein likes to throw food at her to her dismay. *Shine Dosunmua (Series 5) as Shine. Kelly's son who she is constantly fussing over and treating him like a baby. She nicknames him Boo-Boo Bear. The other students like to laugh at his embarrassing situation.Overview
Adult cast
The cast consisted of Richard David-Caine, Vivienne Acheampong, Jason Forbes, Greig Johnson, Steven Kynman and Kat Bond, Steve McQueen, Selom Awadzi and Denise Welch (who all joined in Series 5). Sophie Willan appeared in Series 4 but did not return in Series 5. Only Johnson and Bond returned for Series 6, with an all-new cast joining them. Evan Davis made a guest appearance in one episode. As well as the characters listed below, the main adult cast also make appearances as other minor characters.Quayside cast
There are also four canteen assistants who wear red and white striped jackets and hats and have curly moustaches. They sing about their menu in the style of a barbershop quartet but find none of the students interested in buying. In Series 4 these characters were played by Richard David-Caine, Steven Kynman, Greig Johnson and Jason Forbes. In Series 5 Luke McQueen replaced Richard David-Caine in the group.Dockbridge cast
The cast originally consisted of Richard David-Caine, Harvey Virdi, Jamie-Rose Monk, Marie Lawrence, Sam Battersea, Velile Tshabalala, Dan Starkey, Thomas Nelstrop and Marvyn Dickinson. Lawrence left after Series 1 while Ellie White and Susan Harrison joined the cast. Velile Tshabalala and Harvey Virdi left after Series 2. Naga Munchetty joined the cast in Series 3, making regular guest appearances. Other guest stars have included Fred Sirieix, playing himself, andEpisodes
Series 1 (2016)
Series 2 (2016)
Series 3 (2017)
Series 4 (2019)
Series 5 (2019)
Series 6 (2021)
Spin-off
''Flunked!'', a one-off 17 minute continuation of the Dockbridge High story follows Emily, Billy, Tahj, Jasmine and Mark as they join theIn other media
Richard David-Caine's characters 'Mark' and 'Mrs Mark' appear in David-Caine and Joseph Elliott's web sketch show '' InterNOT''. Mark appears filming videos whilst his mum interrupts him.References
External links
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