From big hairdos to online dress disasters, lavish limos to mahogany spray-on tans, the school prom has become an essential and expensive rite of passage for teenagers in Northern Ireland.  How far will our teens go to achieve the perfect evening? And who will be their dream date?

This ’True North' follows fifth and sixth formers across the country as they prepare for the biggest event in the school leavers' calendar - The Formal.