0:00:02 > 0:00:03You ready?
0:00:11 > 0:00:13Arggh!
0:00:17 > 0:00:20A year ago, James, Fara and me, Theo,
0:00:20 > 0:00:23applied for funded scholarships to Eton College aimed at boys -
0:00:23 > 0:00:26like us - from state schools.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28We beat tough competition to win our places,
0:00:28 > 0:00:30and started here in September.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32We've been here for eight weeks now,
0:00:32 > 0:00:35and our lives have been turned upside down.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38We've moved away from our mums and dads
0:00:38 > 0:00:41to live and study full-time at Eton.
0:00:42 > 0:00:49Eton is a 24/7 boarding school, and it doesn't really stop.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52Even when you're sleeping, it's boarding school.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Almost everything is different from our old schools -
0:00:55 > 0:00:59we wear specially fitted uniforms of tail coats and pinstripe trousers.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02It feels quite heavy back here, but it's not too bad.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04I can't describe it. It just feels great.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06It's a bit stuffy.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08Eton has its own language.
0:01:08 > 0:01:16Beaks, divs, EW. I don't know, masters and chambers and messing.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19And we're learning new languages...like Latin.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21- WOMAN:- Pater familias.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Our first half of Michaelmas had some highs...
0:01:24 > 0:01:27We won House Shout. It's pretty great.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29..and lows.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32You haven't got your collar on. You haven't got your stud on.
0:01:32 > 0:01:33You haven't got your tie on.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36But one thing's for sure - after eight weeks away from home,
0:01:36 > 0:01:40we were really tired and ready for long leave.
0:01:40 > 0:01:46After nine days of sleeping, watching TV, gaming,
0:01:46 > 0:01:49doing absolutely nothing...
0:01:49 > 0:01:52we're back at the most famous school in the world...
0:01:52 > 0:01:54BELL RINGS
0:01:57 > 0:01:59JAMES: First day back,
0:01:59 > 0:02:02and I've got to get up at 7am to do house chores.
0:02:02 > 0:02:03Once every ten weeks,
0:02:03 > 0:02:05I open the house up, do the paper round,
0:02:05 > 0:02:07and sort out the post.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09With boys here from all over the world,
0:02:09 > 0:02:12newspapers are their way of keeping in touch.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14And finally, the fun bit -
0:02:14 > 0:02:16waking my housemates.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18BELL RINGS
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Each house does chores differently.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24This half, Theo's job is paperboy.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28It's the first day of the new half,
0:02:28 > 0:02:30and the reality of what's ahead is kicking in -
0:02:30 > 0:02:32it's a bit scary.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Trials are coming up.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37They're important, because they determine which academic sets
0:02:37 > 0:02:38we are put in next half.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41The first half of the half
0:02:41 > 0:02:43was like settling in,
0:02:43 > 0:02:45and now this is the down and dirty stuff.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49I'm not looking forward to trials at the end of this part of the half,
0:02:49 > 0:02:51and we're nearly...
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Yeah, we're nearly there now.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57It's getting real. I just need to get my organisation better.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01- FARA:- I've got everything sorted for my return to school.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Unlike my housemate, who lost his collar stud,
0:03:03 > 0:03:06the pin that attaches the collar to the shirt.
0:03:15 > 0:03:16I've got one left.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19I've got one, and I need one.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Which is the one I wear.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23What are you doing on my bed with shoes?
0:03:23 > 0:03:26You put your mouth on my pillow. That's disgusting.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Can you tell him to get off my bed?
0:03:28 > 0:03:29I'm going to go and mess up your bed.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31No, no, no. Hold on. Fara, I'm sorry.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37Your room is really bad. So bad.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40And yet again, my room is the tidiest.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44- THEO:- I've lost all my front studs.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47Less than 24 hours into the new half,
0:03:47 > 0:03:49my room's a mess and, like Fara's housemate,
0:03:49 > 0:03:51I've lost my collar stud too.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Hey, David, can I borrow a front stud?
0:03:56 > 0:03:58But I don't need to pay a pound...
0:03:58 > 0:04:01I've got no black socks left.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03I hope I just don't get seen.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07If I get seen by a master or prefect
0:04:07 > 0:04:09wearing brightly coloured doughnut socks,
0:04:09 > 0:04:12I'll get sent back for breaking school rules.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15I've got black socks in here.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17But they're dirty and they stink.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Hurry up, please!
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Oh, no, the bells have stopped.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Oh, no.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26I'm going to be late.
0:04:26 > 0:04:27I haven't even brushed my teeth yet,
0:04:27 > 0:04:31so I'll do that after the first three lessons.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37JAMES: You know when you're back at Eton,
0:04:37 > 0:04:40when it takes 10 minutes to get to lessons.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43- WOMAN:- How far do you walk every day?
0:04:43 > 0:04:45- About five miles.- 500 miles.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48# But I would walk 500 miles
0:04:48 > 0:04:52# And I would walk 500 more
0:04:52 > 0:04:56# Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles
0:04:56 > 0:05:00# To fall down at your door... #
0:05:00 > 0:05:03And sometimes it feels like 5,000 miles.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06From my house to chapel, onwards to parade ground,
0:05:06 > 0:05:09to Cannon Yard over and over, all day long...
0:05:09 > 0:05:11getting to lesson is a mission.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18Apart from maths, the only other subject I'm in a higher set
0:05:18 > 0:05:21than Fara and Theo is English.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Good morning, chaps. Please do come in.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28Welcome and good morning. Good morning. Morning, morning.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31I'm feeling pretty nervous, as we're getting our essays back,
0:05:31 > 0:05:33which we did before long leave.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Here we are. James, this is yours. And Peter.
0:05:36 > 0:05:41So first thing for me to do is to collect in those marks.
0:05:41 > 0:05:42- Alex.- B-minus.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44- James.- B-plus.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46That was a practice.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Dr Cooper is setting our final essay
0:05:48 > 0:05:49in preparation for trials,
0:05:49 > 0:05:52and we're expected to get an A-plus.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54OK. Here is the title.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57I'm now going to set you the challenge of improving
0:05:57 > 0:05:59in all the areas I've been trying to suggest to you,
0:05:59 > 0:06:01so producing something which is better,
0:06:01 > 0:06:04and which therefore gets an A-plus mark from me,
0:06:04 > 0:06:06which is what everyone should be aiming for.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10- Thank you, sir. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:06:14 > 0:06:19I just don't want to get too hyped about the fact that this is Eton,
0:06:19 > 0:06:22and trying to be all, "This is Eton.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24"I have to do this, this, this and this."
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Just because of the standard of what I call "posh-ness",
0:06:27 > 0:06:32and "money-ness" and "whatever-ness" of that kind.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34I just want to be myself in a way.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36I'm enjoying it a lot.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38But I always bear in mind
0:06:38 > 0:06:40that there's always somebody
0:06:40 > 0:06:43who would jump at the chance of replacing me.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45My family keep saying I have a posher accent,
0:06:45 > 0:06:47which is kind of annoying me.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49Apparently I say "Slough" in a different way.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51"Slough."
0:06:53 > 0:06:55OWL HOOTS
0:06:59 > 0:07:02The first day back's been OK.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04It feels like we've never been away.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07No-one's really mentioned their holidays or trials.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09Eton's really good fun sometimes,
0:07:09 > 0:07:12and we're enjoying Halloween before the pressure kicks in.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16ALL YELL
0:07:18 > 0:07:20- Oh, my God.- So good.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27ALL YELL
0:07:27 > 0:07:29- Oh, no. - YELLS
0:07:31 > 0:07:36# This town is coming like a ghost town. #
0:07:36 > 0:07:37WHISTLE BLOWS
0:07:40 > 0:07:43- FARA:- Today is the first round of Junior Ties,
0:07:43 > 0:07:47a knockout competition for the best football players in E and F block.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49My house is playing Theo's house -
0:07:49 > 0:07:51but Theo's playing fives with James.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56Fives is a bit like squash, except you don't have a racquet.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58You use your hands instead.
0:07:58 > 0:07:59It can really hurt.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Good. And again. Yeah, very good!
0:08:01 > 0:08:02Well done, Fara.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04Second half I thought you were much better offensively,
0:08:04 > 0:08:05so well done, Fara.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08The final score for my match was 5-2 to us.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Although you wouldn't know,
0:08:10 > 0:08:12because the film crew didn't press record in time.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Messing is the best part of the day.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21# It's the most wonderful time
0:08:21 > 0:08:23# Of the day. #
0:08:28 > 0:08:30I didn't have time for a proper messing.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32I've got DW, which is due
0:08:32 > 0:08:35in the next lesson, 30 minutes.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Oh, no.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Oh-h!
0:08:45 > 0:08:50It's just going to be half. It's so annoying.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55- Have you done the...? - Have you done it?
0:08:55 > 0:08:58- We have to draw a graph? - Yeah, we have to draw two!
0:08:58 > 0:09:00I think you're on the wrong page.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05- 258.- That is so annoying.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10You just need to draw the diagram there,
0:09:10 > 0:09:14then obviously it's just pointing there, because that's north.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Oh, how stressful.
0:09:23 > 0:09:24I'll put yesterday's date,
0:09:24 > 0:09:27so that it doesn't look like I'm doing it last minute.
0:09:27 > 0:09:28I rarely do it,
0:09:28 > 0:09:31but desperate times call for desperate measures.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40We all know certain things,
0:09:40 > 0:09:42and we're all similar in intelligence.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44These people just feel like schoolmates,
0:09:44 > 0:09:46but, like, in a couple of years,
0:09:46 > 0:09:52I could find out that one of them is Prime Minister or something.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Because David Cameron was in this house,
0:09:54 > 0:09:56so you just learn to expect that sort of thing.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59JAMES: For those of you who weren't watching yesterday,
0:09:59 > 0:10:01here's a recap of my Latin story.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04When we started at Eton,
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Fara, Theo and I had extra Latin classes
0:10:06 > 0:10:08on top of our normal divs
0:10:08 > 0:10:11because we hadn't studied it before like our classmates.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15JAMES SNEEZES
0:10:16 > 0:10:18What happened was at long leave,
0:10:18 > 0:10:20there was a massive huge change.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Five people, including Fara and Theo,
0:10:23 > 0:10:27were ticked off,
0:10:27 > 0:10:30and they didn't have to do extra Latin any more.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32I definitely made a really slow start to Latin.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35I've kind of got the gist of it now.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38When Eton first started in 1440,
0:10:38 > 0:10:40the only subject studied was Latin.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Good job I didn't win my scholarship then.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47But saying that, I think my extra Latin teacher
0:10:47 > 0:10:48will be happy with my news.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52- I got a show up. - You got a show up?
0:10:52 > 0:10:54- Yeah.- In what?- Latin.- In Latin?!
0:10:54 > 0:10:56- Yeah.- That's brilliant!
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Whatever you did...do it again!
0:11:00 > 0:11:03It's a very different experience.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05With people from all over the world,
0:11:05 > 0:11:07they've obviously been to different schools,
0:11:07 > 0:11:11and a nice way of learning,
0:11:11 > 0:11:15whereas for me coming from a state school to this school,
0:11:15 > 0:11:18is from regular to amazing,
0:11:18 > 0:11:21so that's stepping up a huge level,
0:11:21 > 0:11:26whereas they're just used to it, so I have to play a lot of catch-up.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28Talking about catching up...
0:11:28 > 0:11:32I've been told by my housemaster and dame, who's like my mum,
0:11:32 > 0:11:36to tidy my room, because apparently it's a tip.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Sort out my socks.
0:11:38 > 0:11:39HUMS LOUDLY
0:11:39 > 0:11:41# Whistle while you work. #
0:11:41 > 0:11:44SINGS OPERATICALLY
0:11:47 > 0:11:51GROANS AND COUGHS
0:11:51 > 0:11:52That stinks.
0:11:52 > 0:11:57# And it feels like I am just too close to love you
0:11:57 > 0:12:00# La, la, la, la, la-la-la-la-la-la-la. #
0:12:00 > 0:12:03# This has got a hole in it
0:12:03 > 0:12:06# Somewhere at the back. #
0:12:07 > 0:12:12- FARA:- One thing that's pretty weird is that nobody here carries bags.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14So you can often find that books go missing,
0:12:14 > 0:12:18or they get destroyed in the rain, etc.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20It makes sense to have a bag,
0:12:20 > 0:12:22but it wouldn't really match the school uniform,
0:12:22 > 0:12:23so I can see why.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32We're not allowed to take our folders into chapel,
0:12:32 > 0:12:35or the school canteen, so we have to leave them outside.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37It's Eton style.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48I can't say I'm looking forward to getting my Physics EW back...
0:12:48 > 0:12:51but I think I've done just enough to get a reasonable mark.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54So can I hand out the EW first?
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Most of these are fine.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00It was out of 14. A mark over 10 is pretty decent.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03One or two of you just really got the wrong end of the stick.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07Fara, you're one of the guys who got the wrong end of the stick.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10You really need to listen carefully as I go through it, right?
0:13:10 > 0:13:15Ah, Ed. Harry's not here. Frank.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20I got 4 out of 14. It's not very good.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23It's not usual.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27And at this stage of the game,
0:13:27 > 0:13:29my mark of 4 out of 14 isn't good enough
0:13:29 > 0:13:30with trials coming up.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32I'm really disappointed.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34I've got to pull up my socks and start studying,
0:13:34 > 0:13:36because I can't mess up like that again.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39I was always told that the first few weeks
0:13:39 > 0:13:41were just, like, child's play, in relation to work,
0:13:41 > 0:13:43and I thought that was hard,
0:13:43 > 0:13:45so I'm in a new generation of hard now.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48Well done. So it's about English history.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Chaucer has written in what kind of English?
0:13:50 > 0:13:51Middle English.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Shakespeare writes in early modern English.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55You write just about in English.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57SPEAKS IN OWN LANGUAGE
0:13:57 > 0:14:01Fellas, don't forget to draw around this.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04I'm definitely lazy a lot. Definitely.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07I get it done eventually in some form or another.
0:14:07 > 0:14:08Five.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Although we're all chilled,
0:14:13 > 0:14:17there are still aspects of competition between all three of us.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21- THEO:- My parents Skype me regularly.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23I reckon it's their way of checking I've done my homework.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25By my reckoning, 230.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27So how's your day been, then?
0:14:27 > 0:14:29It's been OK.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32I'm... Hang on.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36I'm in the middle of making flash cards for Latin,
0:14:36 > 0:14:41which is like all the words that we need to know for the tests.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44Well, you can't go far wrong if you know every word.
0:14:44 > 0:14:45THEO LAUGHS
0:14:45 > 0:14:48I have to be the first to hang up.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50My mum never wants to hang up.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52She always says, "You hang up first. I can't do it."
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Today is Mufti Day.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02So everybody just wears pretty much whatever they want.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06Within certain boundaries, but you see some pretty outrageous things.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10The most outrageous you can go in F block is probably just pyjamas.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16They take mufti day to a whole new level here.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19One day out of tail coats, and the school goes mad.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21But it's all in the aid of charity.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28CHATTER AND LAUGHTER
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Oh, no!
0:15:33 > 0:15:35I think it might be twins.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37- WOMAN:- So you haven't made an effort?
0:15:37 > 0:15:41No. Well, no, not really. Not many people have.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48That is so cool.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07- THEO:- We had mufti day at my old school,
0:16:07 > 0:16:09but it was nothing like this.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14I love it that you can wear anything you want today,
0:16:14 > 0:16:17but I'm only brave enough to wear my slippers for my first attempt.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Maybe next year.
0:16:23 > 0:16:28I do miss my mum when my room is messy and my clothes are dirty.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Lucky for me, it's laundry day!
0:16:31 > 0:16:35Clothes, socks...cos socks just get washed in their bag,
0:16:35 > 0:16:36so they stay in there.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39JAMES: There are 1,300 boys here at Eton.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Roughly 1,500 shirts,
0:16:41 > 0:16:42900 collars,
0:16:42 > 0:16:46and 1,200 boxer shorts are cleaned daily.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49Eton must have a really big washing machine.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54I just stick it behind the door and then just sort it out.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56- WOMAN:- Does your mum usually do your laundry at home?
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Yep. Well, I stick it in the basket,
0:16:58 > 0:17:01and she just sticks it in the washing machine.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08Laundry here is like a military operation.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16- THEO:- Sheila is my boys' maid.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21She does more than she should.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25She makes our bed, although I should really do it,
0:17:25 > 0:17:27and collects our laundry.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Little monkeys, aren't they?
0:17:34 > 0:17:36She's like my Eton fairy godmother.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40It gets delivered to their rooms, spoilt boys.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42There we are. That's it.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49- FARA:- My dame's extremely helpful,
0:17:49 > 0:17:52but she insists we pick up our laundry ourselves.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05I'm doing my English EW,
0:18:05 > 0:18:08which is an essay in preparation for trials.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16I've done a page now,
0:18:16 > 0:18:18and I've got another probably half a page to do,
0:18:18 > 0:18:20which I will do tomorrow morning.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25So far this week, I've had 31 lessons,
0:18:25 > 0:18:27done around five hours of EW,
0:18:27 > 0:18:30been to chapel four times.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33But I can forget about a lie-in, even though it's Saturday.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36The school week is not finished yet!
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Now it's eight o'clock in the morning,
0:18:38 > 0:18:40and I'm going to finish my English EW,
0:18:40 > 0:18:45which is my 550-600-word essay on An Inspector Calls.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57And I thought I left things to the last minute.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00Not sure he'll get an A-plus for his essay.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04You have just written an essay,
0:19:04 > 0:19:07and those essays are an important component
0:19:07 > 0:19:09in your preparation for trials.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12Thank you. And thank you. Thank you very much.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14Thank you very much. Now, then, chaps.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17So that's it - we won't be learning
0:19:17 > 0:19:18anything new in divs,
0:19:18 > 0:19:22we'll just be going over what we've done in the last ten weeks.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28- FARA:- 14 days before trials start,
0:19:28 > 0:19:30we'll be tested on 10 different subjects,
0:19:30 > 0:19:32so we have to revise as much as possible
0:19:32 > 0:19:34to show what we are capable of.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36# Pressure
0:19:36 > 0:19:37# Pushing down on me
0:19:37 > 0:19:40# Pressing down on you
0:19:40 > 0:19:42# No man ask for
0:19:42 > 0:19:44# Under pressure... #
0:19:44 > 0:19:46So I've started revising for trials.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48I've heard the trials are pretty hard
0:19:48 > 0:19:51from what some people have been saying about them.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54I'm just going to carry on revising and take everything in my stride.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57Expecto 1.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00I've got to take it to a certain, like, seriousness.
0:20:00 > 0:20:06But then I have to, like, also not get, like, really wound up about it.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08S-I-U-M.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11I want to do well. I want to do better than Fara and James.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16I never thought I'd be as good
0:20:16 > 0:20:19as Fara and Theo academically at all.
0:20:19 > 0:20:20And I never thought that ever.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22And I don't think I'll ever think that
0:20:22 > 0:20:24until I actually do well in trials and beat them,
0:20:24 > 0:20:26which will just be a miracle.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29- FARA:- Even though we've got tons of revision to do -
0:20:29 > 0:20:31school rules still apply.
0:20:31 > 0:20:32Lights out at 9.30!
0:20:39 > 0:20:41But not lights out for Dr Cooper.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43He's marking my Inspector Calls essay.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48Morning, chaps. Do come in.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50- James.- B-plus-plus.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Not the A-plus Dr Cooper hoped for,
0:20:52 > 0:20:54but a pretty good mark, I reckon.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56As you know trials, the big exams,
0:20:56 > 0:21:00which will test how well you have done
0:21:00 > 0:21:02across the course of the term...
0:21:02 > 0:21:03What's a ship?
0:21:03 > 0:21:05Navis.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Friend?
0:21:07 > 0:21:08Amicus.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11After long leaves, I don't know what happened with James,
0:21:11 > 0:21:13but he just got so much smarter.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17So I think it's not just between me and Theo.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20Take them away. Do well in trials. You've worked really hard.
0:21:21 > 0:21:2312 weeks,
0:21:23 > 0:21:25420 lessons
0:21:25 > 0:21:26and over 50 hours of EW.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28We're done for the term,
0:21:28 > 0:21:29and now we have a day off
0:21:29 > 0:21:31before a whole week of trials.
0:21:40 > 0:21:41I'm a bit nervous.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45I got up at quarter to six this morning
0:21:45 > 0:21:49and I couldn't get back to sleep for ages, ages and ages.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51Trials and my birthday on the same day,
0:21:51 > 0:21:53it's just too much to handle.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56I'm going to go and share these around actually.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01- Merry birthday.- Thanks, mate.
0:22:01 > 0:22:02That's OK.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Happy... Happy my birthday.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16I'm off to my first exam - English.
0:22:18 > 0:22:19Nervous, very nervous.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23I think I am.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33It dawned on everyone that it's trials
0:22:33 > 0:22:36and we're about to sit our first paper,
0:22:36 > 0:22:37so everybody went silent,
0:22:37 > 0:22:40everybody's facial expressions changed.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44And we all slowly walked into the room finding our places.
0:22:52 > 0:22:57Today was my most big day.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59I'm now seven down, three to go.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02I would have liked to have had some more time
0:23:02 > 0:23:04in Latin and Geography.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Um, maybe just a lack of revision.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12We all finish exams at different times, lucky for me, I'm first.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15Last day of trials today.
0:23:15 > 0:23:16HE CHEERS
0:23:20 > 0:23:24At the end of the day, whatever I get it doesn't matter.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26I've got my place here, I'm not going to leave.
0:23:26 > 0:23:27They're not going to send me out.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31Today is mine and Fara's last day of trials -
0:23:31 > 0:23:32just Spanish left.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38A bit of last minute revision and we're off.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40What is...? No reflexive verbs.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58I've just finished my last exam, which was Spanish.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00It went a lot better than expected.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04It was, um...
0:24:04 > 0:24:06I managed to revise enough
0:24:06 > 0:24:11and I think that the amount of revision I did really helped.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19It's last day of the Michaelmas term.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Time for us to pack up and head home for Christmas.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Can't wait to see my friends.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26But we've got one thing to do before we leave -
0:24:26 > 0:24:29discuss our trials results with our housemasters.
0:24:29 > 0:24:30Stellar performance.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34What does that mean? Stellar, good?
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Stellar means, like, starry.
0:24:38 > 0:24:39I think it went OK.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42My best was English in the end, I didn't know that.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45That's very good. Who taught you that?
0:24:45 > 0:24:46You did?
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Well done. It's going swimmingly.
0:24:50 > 0:24:51Ah, James.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Let's have a look.
0:24:55 > 0:25:00OK, what's your reaction? What's your instant reaction?
0:25:00 > 0:25:03I did OK. It was quite good, yeah.
0:25:03 > 0:25:04My best mark was Maths,
0:25:04 > 0:25:07but not so good for my other subjects.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09Note to self - I need to work harder next term.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14I didn't want to be filmed collecting my results.
0:25:14 > 0:25:15I was nervous about it,
0:25:15 > 0:25:18but I'll be catching up with you later on,
0:25:18 > 0:25:19so will tell you what I got then.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27The first term's been great. I've settled in.
0:25:27 > 0:25:32I've got used to everything Etonian style.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36Academic side not particularly not great,
0:25:36 > 0:25:40but that's my new Etonian resolution.
0:25:42 > 0:25:46Generally my trial results were good.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50I'm...partially disappointed
0:25:50 > 0:25:51because I was really close to a merit,
0:25:51 > 0:25:53but I didn't actually get one.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58Do you think you've changed at all?
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Yeah, I've grown taller.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02Generally, I'm still the same.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05I don't see there's been any big change.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10Obviously I'm quite a bit smarter now, but that's about it.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15My organisational skills have got better.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17No, they haven't, I'm still dire.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22I think I'm a bit more well spoken, a bit more independent.
0:26:27 > 0:26:28A bit more institutionalised,
0:26:28 > 0:26:31I'm used to putting my dirty washing in a bag.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33The term Etonian sounds really posh,
0:26:33 > 0:26:36and I don't think I'm really posh yet.
0:26:36 > 0:26:37- I thought you'd gone. - Merry Christmas.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39And to you, sweetheart.
0:26:39 > 0:26:40'I've just had an amazing half.'
0:26:41 > 0:26:44I can't believe that at the start of this half
0:26:44 > 0:26:46I didn't really know much and I was new to Eton,
0:26:46 > 0:26:49cos I now feel like an Etonian. That's just me.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55I've gained a lot from being at Eton.
0:26:55 > 0:27:00You have the advantage over other people in life
0:27:00 > 0:27:04because you've learned a lot more, you socialise with people
0:27:04 > 0:27:07who will go on to be quite powerful in the world.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10And you, yourself, can go on to be one of those powerful people.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13Since completing our education at Eton,
0:27:13 > 0:27:15we've gone on to do exceptional things.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19Fara is the Prime Minister.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23James is the head of Latin at Cambridge University.
0:27:23 > 0:27:24And me...
0:27:25 > 0:27:27..I'm the UK ambassador to France,
0:27:27 > 0:27:30like old Etonian the Duke of Wellington.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32I think we all did really well.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35No, I was joking.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38We were filmed over the duration of our Michaelmas term at Eton.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42During mealtimes, at divs, doing our EW,
0:27:42 > 0:27:44pretty much everything we did.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46As if that wasn't enough,
0:27:46 > 0:27:48the film crew have one last question...
0:27:49 > 0:27:51Is there anything you want to say to me?
0:27:52 > 0:27:53Can I play my Xbox now?