A series of nine films
2: If you don't die, you'll be a headmaster'
A posthumous child, born six months after the death of his own father, Brian Tyler is now father figure to 1,000 pupils. As Kingswood's Head he is teacher, administrator, counsellor and ultimate arbiter of its style and standards.
A staunch defender of the comprehensive system in general and Kingswood in particular, BRIAN TYLER is observed as he copes with the daily chores of school life. At the same time the film examines his attitude to children in a school with no uniform, discipline in a school with no corporal punishment and private education in a school that is geographically squeezed between two of England's famous public schools, Oundle and Uppingham.
Photography DAVID SOUTH Sound CHRISTOPHER KING Film editor TONY HEAVEN
Executive producer ADAM CLAPIIAM Producer RICHARD DENTON '