00:00 – 01:46
Explains Year Dot. Introduces Claire, a Labour party candidate in a Conservative stronghold, and Nicolette who has won a boarding school scholarship.
01:47 – 04:31
Claire shares her passion for politics and the difficulties involved in balancing university and political life.
04:32 – 06:21
Nicolette describes her home life and caring responsibilities. She wonders how boarding school will change things.
06:22 – 12:15
Claire checks out the blogs, reflects on her time management problems and performs well at a local political event.
12:16 – 16:07
Nicolette gets good GCSE grades and hopes Year Dot will ease her transition to boarding school.
16:08 – 17.56
Claire prepares to campaign for Barack Obama in Virginia.
17:57 – 23.28
Nicolette starts boarding school.
23:29 – 27:47
Claire canvasses for Obama and reflects on the benefits of volunteering.
27:48
Credits.
Channel 4 Learning's Citizenship and PSHE website.
Notes to support Channel 4 Learning programmes.
Full listings for the week ahead, plus downloadable wallcharts for this term.
Watch again for free on your PC with Channel 4's on demand service 4oD.
