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1980
1h

Status

Released

Release

1980

Runtime

1h

Storyline

The producer and director are delighted with their television play about a comprehensive school. It seems truthful, authentic, really lifelike. But as rehearsals progress, a tense difference of opinion emerges between the author and the young schoolboy actor.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h
Jan 26, 1980
Languages
English
Director
Peter Bartlett

Top Cast

14 Cast Members

Peter Clay

Neil, TV producer

Alun Lewis

Alun Lewis

Andrew, TV director

Matthew Guinness

Martin, TV writer

Anny Tobin

Jenny, production secretary

Phil Rowlands

Ben, production assistant

Rob Edwards

Malcolm, actor

Jennifer Lonsdale

Julie, actress

John Ringham

Paul Bennett, actor

Paul Easom

Alan, a teenager

Jason Kemp

Piers, a teenager

Maureen Nelson

First chaperone

Sally Lewis

Second chaperone

Craig McFarlane

Damien

Paul Tropea

The Storer

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