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Tom Hollander

Sian Gibson

Tony Gardner

Heather Craney

Vincent Ebrahim

Rob Jarvis

Divian Ladwa

Rebecca Emerton

Rory Greenwood

Rob Merriam

Finn Elliot

Susie Baxter

Angus Kennedy

Floss Willcocks

John Dryden

Emma Hearn

Andy Mulligan

Drama on 4: School Drama: Episode 2

School Drama

Episode 2

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Has-been TV star Geoff Cathcart turns out to have an unusual attitude to risk assessment.

Has-been TV star Geoff Cathcart has been brought in to help stage a school production of Romeo and Juliet. But Geoff is a maverick with little time for rules.

Four-part drama series with Tom Hollander. Deer Park Academy, a re-branded failing school, is working to turn itself around and inspire its students with a production of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet . But inspiration can be dangerous and the man brought in to stage the production, has-been TV star Geoff Cathcart, has his own ideas about education and an unusual attitude to risk assessment.

All other parts played by students and teachers at Portsmouth Grammar School:
Abby Moss, Poppy Goad, Thomas Locke, Joe McAuley, Freddie Fenton, Douglas James, Jay Pasricha, JM Hopkinson, Caleb Barron, Joe McCue 

Written by Andy Mulligan

Music by Jon Ouin
Sound by Steve Bond
Produced by Emma Hearn

Directed by John Dryden
A Goldhawk production for BBC Radio 4.

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By Andy Mulligan. Deer Park Academy, a rebranded failing school, stages Romeo and Juliet.

By Andy Mulligan. Deer Park Academy, a rebranded failing school, tries to turn itself around and inspire its students by staging Romeo and Juliet.

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