Hope and Glory (1999)
- Directed by
- Juliet May
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 3 seasons, 16 episodes
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A struggling comprehensive school in Britain faces closure due to financial and disciplinary problems. A new head teacher arrives with unconventional methods to try to turn things around.
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What happens
Hope and Glory is a BBC television drama about a comprehensive school struggling with financial, staffing and disciplinary problems, and faced with closure. It starred Lenny Henry as maverick "Superhead" Ian George, enlisted to turn around the school's fortunes. It was created by Lucy Gannon, who had previously created Soldier Soldier, and was inspired by a real head teacher named William Atkinson, who had turned around a secondary school in London which had been placed into special measures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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