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British TV series or programme
Ahead of the Class
Genre
Drama
Created by
Marie Stubbs
Written by
Robert Jones
Directed by
Adrian Shergold
Starring
Julie Walters Reece Dinsdale Hannah Yelland Inday Ba Michelle Fairley Danny Nussbaum Tony Slattery Alan McKenna Anton Lesser Adrian Rawlins
Theme music composer
Paul Heard
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Original language
English
Production
Executive producers
Michael Foster Simon Heath Sue Latimer
Producer
Elli Jason
Cinematography
David Odd
Editor
Tania Reddin
Running time
94 minutes
Production companies
ARG TV Ltd. World Productions
Original release
Network
ITV
Release
30 January 2005 (2005-01-30)
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Ahead of the Class is a single British television drama film, based on the book of the same name by Marie Stubbs, that first broadcast on ITV on 30 January 2005. Adapted for television by Robert Jones and directed by Adrian Shergold, the film stars Julie Walters as Stubbs, a diminutive Glaswegian headmistress who takes on the challenge of improving the fortunes of St George's Roman Catholic Secondary School in North West London.
Reece Dinsdale and Hannah Yelland are credited as the other two principal cast members, who star as Stubbs' deputies, Sean Devlin and Tracy O'Leary respectively. The film was shot on location at the former Kingsland Secondary School in Dalston, Hackney, London. The film drew 9.6 million viewers on its debut broadcast.[1] The film was nominated for two awards at the Royal Television Society Awards 2006, in the categories of Best Single Drama and Best Actress, for Julie Walters. A DVD of the film was released on 21 May 2007.[2]
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