UK / Thames / 6x25m-e / 1982 (12 July - 23 Aug / Mondays 8.00pm)
Writer: Basil Boothroyd / Stories:H.F. Ellis /Producer/Director:Michael Mills
The exploits of an absent-minded schoolteacher.
In his last TV series, recorded just weeks before he died, Arthur Lowe played a maths teacher in a 1940S prep school who was obsessed with old-fashioned school virtues. Fighting internal battles with his arch-enemy, Matron, the disaster-prone teacher (who was weak on discipline but strong on dignity) was constantly preoccupied by such trivial matters as the high cost of pen nibs. The snobbish cleric, Reverend R. G. Saunders, was
the school's headmaster. The series was based on stories by H. F. Ellis, although just six episodes were made.
Cast
A. J. Wentworth ..... Arthur Lowe
Matron ..... Marion Mathie
Revd R. G. Saunders ('Headmaster') ..... Harry Andrews
Rawlinson ...... Ronnie Stevens
Gilbert ...... Michael Bevis
Miss Coombes ...... Debbie Davies |
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