<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> ← Previous Series 4 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> List of Educating episodes </Td> </Tr> <P> Educating Greater Manchester is the fifth series of the BAFTA award winning British documentary television programme Educating broadcast on Channel 4 . The eight - episode fifth series began broadcast from 31 August 2017 . The documentary follows previous installments in the Educating...series including the BAFTA Award - winning Educating Essex (2011), Educating Yorkshire (2013), Educating the East End (2014) and Educating Cardiff (2015). The fifth series was filmed at Harrop Fold School in Little Hulton, Salford . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> No . overall </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Original air date </Th> <Th> Viewers (millions) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 36 </Th> <Td> Episode 1 </Td> <Td> 31 August 2017 (2017 - 08 - 31) </Td> <Td> 2.75 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 37 </Th> <Td> Episode 2 </Td> <Td> 7 September 2017 (2017 - 09 - 07) </Td> <Td> 2.73 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 38 </Th> <Td> Episode 3 </Td> <Td> 14 September 2017 (2017 - 09 - 14) </Td> <Td> N / A </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 39 </Th> <Td> Episode 4 </Td> <Td> 21 September 2017 (2017 - 09 - 21) </Td> <Td> N / A </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 40 </Th> <Td> Episode 5 </Td> <Td> 28 September 2017 (2017 - 09 - 28) </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 41 </Th> <Td> Episode 6 </Td> <Td> 5 October 2017 (2017 - 10 - 05) </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 42 </Th> <Td> Episode 7 </Td> <Td> 12 October 2017 (2017 - 10 - 12) </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 43 </Th> <Td> Episode 8 </Td> <Td> 19 October 2017 (2017 - 10 - 19) </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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