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Ahead of the Class

2005 · 94 min · Drama · TV Movie

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.

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Creators

Adrian Shergold — Director

Top cast

Julie Walters portraitJulie WaltersMarie StubbsReece Dinsdale portraitReece DinsdaleSean DevlinTony Slattery portraitTony SlatteryStuart StilesMichelle Fairley portraitMichelle FairleySonia VenningInday Ba portraitInday BaTrudy GowerAnton Lesser portraitAnton LesserGraham RangerDDanny NussbaumThomas MoreiraHannah Yelland portraitHannah YellandTracey O'LearyAdrian Rawlins portraitAdrian RawlinsTony MackersieKatherine Parkinson portraitKatherine ParkinsonVicky Foley

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