General Studies

General Studies is an upcoming British web sitcom that will be uploaded to YouTube weekly. Set in a high school in Northern England, the show features an ensemble cast.

The show follows a group of students taking an A-Level General Studies class. The show features a variety of commentary and parody on various film and TV genres, tropes and the audiences of them. For instance, one episode is framed as a film noir, whilst another features a parody of fan theories.

The show was written, produced and directed over the course of Tom's final year at high school. Due to this, only ten episodes were made and no other season is planned.

Cast and Characters

 * Joe Prince, a wise-cracking student who got all A's in his GSCEs and is taking General Studies as a fifth A-Level for the extra points. He is shown to not particularly care about the class, and generally only does things for his own personal gain, but lightens up to the group over time. A major turning point for his character is accepting that he isn't as smart as he pretends or thinks he is, and having to drop Further Maths and accept that he didn't get accepted into Oxbridge.
 * Jamie Allan, a student with below-average intelligence, who whilst a bit morally gray, generally gets by on good intentions. He's shown to be flirty and a womaniser at the beginning of the show, often hitting on and asking out Lottie, but by the end, accepts that they can just be friends, and chooses not to ask her out one final time.
 * Lottie Witherspoon, a sarcastic, defensive student. While her intelligence is shown to be average, she's shown to often have attitude problems in class, which other class members have attributed to her situation at home and with her Mum, who's implied to be verbally abusive. Starting with Episode 8, she enters a relationship with a guy offscreen, but is dumped during Episode 10.
 * Sam Hall, an incredibly intelligent student with a lack of social skills. He's often shown to have an incomplete understanding of people, but is also very upfront, telling people when he disagrees with them, leading to his conflict with Lucy throughout the series. It is revealed that he's never really had friends before, and so sees the classes banter as his only friend group. It's also revealed that he's a year younger than everyone else, having skipped a year.
 * Lucy Beckett, a smart, arrogant student. She is shown to be intelligent, but that she's never been friends with anyone smarter than her before, and so typically takes other people being smart as a challenge against her. She has lots of conflict with Sam throughout the series because of this and as a result of her often going over the top with how she tries to "help" other people.
 * Mr Grange, the teacher of the General Studies class. He's shown to be a kind guy who uses unorthodox methods for his class, often accidentally causing his students lots of stress and embarrassment as a result of his teaching.