The History Boys

BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)

28/12/2007

BBC Two - The History Boys

Film based on Alan Bennett's play about pupils caught in a clash of education styles.

Film adaptation of Alan Bennett's acclaimed stage play, starring Richard Griffiths. Eight history pupils apply to Oxbridge, but they are caught in a clash of education styles.

Alan Bennett's adaptation of his acclaimed, long-running play set in 1980s Yorkshire. 

A class of likely lads, caught in a clash of educational styles as they prepare to apply to Oxford or Cambridge, find their loyalties as well as their intellects tested.

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