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Jan 30, 2005 · Ahead of the Class: Directed by Adrian Shergold. With Julie Walters, Inday Ba, Reece Dinsdale, Michelle Fairley. Drama based on real-life events.
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- Adrian Shergold
- 2005-01-30
Ahead of the Class is a single British television drama film, based on the book of the same name by Marie Stubbs, that first broadcast on ITV on 30 January 2005.
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The moments in the sun or shade for the head teacher – and the unenviable task ahead of her, to turn around the school's fortune – are made far too predictable within this drama. So the film lacks any originality or real 'zip'.
Marie Stubbs (Dame Julie Walters), 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 northwest London, which was facing closure after the notorious murder of its previous headmaster, Philip Lawrence, in 1995, as he was breaking up a fight betwee...
Ahead of the Class. 2005 1h 34m Drama. List. Reviews. 60% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings. A woman (Julie Walters) becomes the headmistress at a school plagued by crime and delinquency...
- Adrian Shergold
- Drama
- Julie Walters
Jan 30, 2005 · All about Movie: directors and actors, reviews and ratings, movie facts, trailers, stills, backstage. Drama based on real-life events. Marie Stubbs (D...
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Aug 5, 2005 · 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 ...
