2005
6.8 (4 votes)
1h 34m
Genres
Drama
TV Movie
Production Companies
ARG Televison
Worldwide Productions
Worldwide Productions
Ahead of the Class
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Adrian Shergold
Director of Photography: David Odd
