Plonk (wine) fancy affair. For example, if a party guest is worried about the social level of the occasion, a host might assuage his or her concerns with the phrase: "Oh, just bring a bottle of plonk." Indeed, probably the most famous literary use of "plonk" comes in Willy Russell's play "Educating Rita". Working-class Rita decides she cannot attend a party to which academic Frank has invited her, since she is ashamed of the wine she has bought and feels out-of-place. When Rita reports her anxieties to Frank the following week, he castigates Rita for being too self-conscious, reassuring her: "It wouldn't
Educating... and "Educating Yorkshire" what they would have told their younger selves. However, the series was cancelled after one series. Educating... Educating... is a British documentary reality television programme on Channel 4 which first aired on 22 September 2011 and has run for five series. It uses a fly on the wall format to show the everyday lives of the staff and pupils of secondary schools all over the UK, each series is filmed in a different school. Channel 4 confirmed in January 2018 that the "Educating" programme was renewed for two further series, set to air in 2018 and 2019.