How To Win An Argument With RuPaul
Teach Me A Lesson with Greg James and Bella Mackie
BBC
4.8 • 957 Ratings
🗓️ 15 February 2021
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Greg James and Bella Mackie didn’t pay much attention at school. So they’re asking Britain’s most inspiring teachers to show them what they missed in this series of fascinating and fun lessons.
This week it's English Language with Miss Hughes, as Greg and Bella are taught how to win an argument with RuPaul, a lesson which takes in ancient Greece, RuPaul's Drag Race, and a restaurant that caused Greg and Bella's longest-running argument.
Bad students of all ages are welcome. Expect brilliant teachers, captivating subjects but absolutely no homework.
Get in touch with your funny school stories and teacher recommendations - email us at teachme@bbc.co.uk
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | Welcome to Teach Me a Lesson. |
| 0:06.8 | Hello. |
| 0:07.8 | By the end of this episode, we're going to learn how to win an argument with RuPaul. |
| 0:11.5 | I don't think you can win an argument against RuPaul. |
| 0:14.0 | Well we're going to find out if we can win an argument with RuPaul. |
| 0:17.0 | Hit the theme tune. |
| 0:18.0 | Teach me a lesson. |
| 0:21.0 | Teach me a lesson. |
| 0:23.0 | a lesson. |
| 0:25.0 | Teach me a lesson. |
| 0:27.0 | Teach me a lesson. |
| 0:30.0 | Teach me a lesson. |
| 0:31.0 | I'm Greg James and she's Bella. |
| 0:34.0 | Neither of us paid enough attention when we were actually in school, |
| 0:39.0 | but now we're older and wiser. |
| 0:42.0 | I think it's time for us to learn new things. So we're going to get |
| 0:45.2 | some lessons from some of the best teachers in the UK in the hope that we learn |
| 0:49.4 | something amazing. teaching me a lesson. On each episode we're inviting a teacher to give us a lesson on something they're passionate about, |
| 0:59.0 | their subject, their favorite lesson. |
| 1:02.0 | And they have to do it out of hours, so they really must be passionate about it. |
| 1:05.6 | Today's lesson is English language. |
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