Ahead of the Class
Ahead of the Class
Release: 2005-08-05
·Runtime: 94m
·★ 6.8
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
ARG Televison
Worldwide Productions
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
Hannah Yelland
as Tracey O'Leary
Adrian Rawlins
as Tony Mackersie
Katherine Parkinson
as Vicky 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
Daniel Anthony
as Carmichael
Jack Bence
as Taylor
Gemma Lawrence
as Reena
Rosalind March
as Tara Baker
Martin Savage
as Journalist
Charles Mnene
as Carl
Natasha Jenssen
as Teacher (uncredited)
