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15 Minute Drama: JL Carr - The Harpole Report

15 Minute Drama: JL Carr - The Harpole Report: Episode 1

The Harpole Report

Episode 1

JL Carr - The Harpole Report

BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, JL Carr - The Harpole Report, Episode 1

Idealistic teacher George Harpole opts to shake things up as he becomes acting head.

4 Extra Debut. Idealistic teacher George Harpole opts to shake things up as he becomes acting head of a primary school. Stars Shaun Dingwall.

1/5. Comic drama. Idealistic young teacher, George Harpole, decides to shake things up when he becomes acting head of Tampling St Nicholas Primary School - but he encounters stiff resistance from all quarters in J.L Carr's novel, dramatised by Jonathan Smith.

George Harpole...........Shaun Dingwall
Emma Foxberrow..........Hattie Morahan
Mr Tusker.............Christian Rodska
Mr Theaker.............Sam Dale
Mrs Blossom..........Lesley Nicol
Mrs Rita Grindle-Jones......Jane Whittenshaw
Mr James Pintle.........David Holt
Mrs Sue Byrd...........Susie Riddell
Other parts played by the cast.
Producer/director: Bruce Young.

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JL Carr's comic novel about an idealistic young teacher

JL Carr's comic novel, dramatised by Jonathan Smith. Idealistic young teacher George Harpole decides to shake things up when he becomes acting head of a primary school

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