Drama ·TV Movie · United Kingdom · 2005 · 1h 34m

Ahead of the Class

Director

Cast

Julie Walters as Marie Stubbs Reece Dinsdale as Sean Devlin Tony Slattery as Stuart Stiles Michelle Fairley as Sonia Venning Inday Ba as Trudy Gower Anton Lesser as Graham Ranger

Crew

David Odd — Director of Photography Tania Reddin — Editor Paul Heard — Original Music Composer Robert Jones — Writer Marie Stubbs — Novel

Synopsis

Drama based on real-life events. Marie Stubbs, a diminutive Glaswegian headmistress who is coming up to retirement age, takes on one last challenge: to improve the fortunes of St George's School in north west London which was facing closure after the notorious murder of its previous headmaster, Philip Lawrence, in 1995 as he was breaking up a fight between his pupils and those from a rival school.

Mood & Themes

Key Collaborators

Adrian Shergold Director David Odd Director of Photography Tania Reddin Editor Paul Heard Original Music Composer Robert Jones Writer Marie Stubbs Novel

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