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The History Man: With Antony Sher, Geraldine James, Isla Blair, Laura Davenport. Ardently left-wing, or so it seems, Howard Kirk (Antony Sher) subtly extends his power over students and colleagues alike at a redbrick university.
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The History Man is a British television drama series which aired in four parts on BBC2 in 1981. It is based on Malcolm Bradbury's 1975 novel of the same title.
The History Man is a campus novel by Malcolm Bradbury published in 1975. His best-known novel, it is a satire of academic life in the "glass and steel" universities, the ones established in the 1960s which followed the "redbricks". In 1981 the book was made into a successful BBC television serial.
- Malcolm Bradbury
- 1975
Oct 13, 2014 · Antony Sher stars in this four-part BBC drama directed by Robert Knights. Howard Kirk (Sher) is a notorious womaniser and bully who lectures in sociology while manipulating colleagues, students,...
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Sun, Jan 4, 1981. Howard Kirk is a radical Sociology lecturer at the University of Watermouth. It's a new term and he and his disenchanted wife Barbara throw a house party students and faculty while he uses Prof. Mangel non-visit to stir up the students. Rate.
Episode 1. 1/2 Adaptation of Malcolm Bradbury's satirical novel of 1970's greybrick campus life. Similar programmes. By genre: Drama. All episodes of The History Man.
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Overview. Ardently left-wing, or so it seems, Howard Kirk (Antony Sher) subtly extends his power over students and colleagues alike at a redbrick university. Antony Sher. Geraldine James. Isla Blair.
