DramaTV Movie
Watch Ahead of the Class (2005) Official Trailer
7.4 / 10 IMDb August 5, 2005 1h 34m
Drama based on real-life events. Marie Stubbs, a diminutive Glaswegian headmistress who is coming up to retirement age, takes on one last challenge: to improve the fortunes of St George's School in north west London which was facing closure after the notorious murder of its previous headmaster, Philip Lawrence, in 1995 as he was breaking up a fight between his pupils and those from a rival school.
Director
Runtime
1h 34m
Release Date
August 5, 2005
Genre
Drama, TV Movie
Status
Released
Languages
English
Country
United Kingdom
Producers
Cast
Julie Walters
as Marie Stubbs
Reece Dinsdale
as Sean Devlin
Tony Slattery
as Stuart Stiles
Michelle Fairley
as Sonia Venning
Inday Ba
as Trudy Gower
Anton Lesser
as Graham Ranger
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Danny Nussbaum
as Thomas Moreira
Hannah Yelland
as Tracey O'Leary
Adrian Rawlins
as Tony Mackersie
Katherine Parkinson
as Vicky Foley
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Calum MacNab
as Jason Foley
Bernard Holley
as Bill Stubbs
Mercedes Grower
as Alex Greer
Alan McKenna
as Simon Linder
Kate Lonergan
as Maxine Horley
Neville Jason
as Canon Joseph
Heather Craney
as Nadine Stubbs
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Amy Jo Lamb
as Debbie Campbell
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Frances Gold
as Lusha
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Heshima Thompson
as Rory
Production Companies
ARG Televison
Worldwide Productions
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