{"id":27226,"date":"2022-12-15T09:00:57","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T08:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1755531"},"modified":"2022-12-15T13:49:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T12:49:23","slug":"bad-education-star-teases-returning-cast-cameos-in-future-seasons","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/bad-education-star-teases-returning-cast-cameos-in-future-seasons\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad Education star teases returning cast cameos in future seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 15 December 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Jack Whitehall\u2019s school comedy <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/bad-education-season-4-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Bad Education<\/a> returns to our screens tonight, eight years after the series first ended on BBC Three.<\/p>\n<p>The new special will see Alfie (Whitehall) reuniting with his old Form K, before leaving Abbey Grove for good. Former students Stephen (Layton Williams) and Mitchell (Charlie Wernham) will then pick up the baton, with their characters becoming teachers at the school and leading the show in a brand new fourth season.<\/p>\n<p>They will be joined with a whole new Form K, but <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> caught up with Williams exclusively to ask whether we could see any of the old gang potentially pop back up in future seasons of the show, were it to continue beyond the fourth.<\/p>\n<p>On whether Whitehall\u2019s Alfie or any of the other past characters could return for a cameo, Williams said: \u201cI think we\u2019d be silly not to utilise our amazing cast that have gone on to do amazing things.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Layton Williams as Stephen and Charlie Wernham as Mitchell in Bad Education season 4.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>BBC<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>He continued: \u201cI think if the show continues it would be amazing to have some of the old cast have little moments and drop back in. So never say never, you never know. But if not, we ended on a high for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Williams went on to note that previous cameos in the original show were \u201cwild\u201d, exclaiming: \u201cI mean, we had Phoebe Waller-Bridge!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI look back, and we\u2019ve done a lot of recapping episodes in the press of recent, and I\u2019ve been like, \u2018Oh my god, that person, and that person!\u2019 We forget, because there\u2019s so many seasons and so many episodes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alongside Waller-Bridge the original series also featured cameo appearances from Kyle Soller (<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/andor-season-2-disney-plus-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Andor<\/a>), James Fleet (The Vicar of Dibley), Frances Barber (<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-60th-anniversary-special-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Doctor Who<\/a>) and Greg McHugh (Fresh Meat) amongst others.<\/p> <p>Meanwhile, stars such as Mathew Horne (<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/gavin-stacey-christmas-special-2022\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Gavin &amp; Stacey<\/a>), Sarah Solemani (Him &amp; Her), Michelle Gomez (<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/fantasy\/doom-patrol-season-4-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Doom Patrol<\/a>) and Harry Enfield (The Windsors) filled out main roles. Horne will be continuing in his role as Mr Fraser in the fourth season.<\/p>\n<p>Williams recently also told <strong>RadioTimes.com<\/strong> that the reunion episode was <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/layton-williams-bad-education-bittersweet-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">\u201cbittersweet\u201d<\/a> to film, as he was aware that \u201cmaybe, I don\u2019t know whether the old cast and the new cast will ever be together again\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bad Education: Reunion airs on Thursday 15th December at 9pm on BBC Three. 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