Hi Maxibon and all
I think you will find that nearly all the circuit work was shot at Elvington, not Linton (or Brawdy). Also the "stude" in that clip is, if I remember correctly, actually the series producer, who did go solo in the JP3.
Some of the people on that course did indeed make their first flights in the JP3. There was no EFTS, FSS or other relatively inexpensive way of expelling the less able.
I had a bit part in the whole thing - in the "Going Solo" episode there is a two-second shot of me sitting against a tree at Elvington writing a letter home. I do not remember "instruction" in the style of that clip being inflicted on me at any time at an FTS. 2 TWU - now that was a different story!
Sven