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'Summer Heights High explores what happens over one school term in an average Australian high school.'
Source: ABC website, http://www.abc.net.au/tv/summerheightshigh/
Sighted: 03/09/2007
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An eight-part series first screened in weekly parts on ABC Television from 5 September to 24 October 2007.
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'Ja'mie: Private School Girl follows the eponymous school captain during the last few months of her final year of school, far removed from the grounds of Summer Heights High and back on the lush manicured lawns of Hillford Girls Grammar School. Returning to her private school roots, the series highlights the trials and responsibilities that come with being the "most well-known" girl on campus, including her academic and charity work, social life and relationships with family.'
Source: Australian Television Information Archive. (Sighted: 11/3/2014)
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