Introduced by Jenni Murray Teaching English
'Shakespeare never saw an English grammar!' Should today's children parse, learn poetry by heart and study the classics of English literature?
With the views of the Secretary of State for Education in mind, Jenny Cuffe investigates what constitutes a modem English lesson.
Serial: The Beiderbecke Affair by ALAN PLATER abridged in ten episodes by PAT MCLOUGHUN
Read by James Bolam (1)
Trevor Chaplin, woodwork teacher at St Quentin High, has a passion for jazz, football and beautiful platinum blondes - enthusiasms not shared by his girl friend, the English teacher Jill Swinburne. She's more into conservation and local politics....
(Music: Frankie Trumbauer 's Trublology)
Editor SANDRA CHALMERS