Hope and Glory

1999

50 min

5.0

Ends at

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.

Genre

Drama

Seasons

2

Country

Cast & Crew

Lenny Henry

Amanda Redman

Sara Stephens

Gillian Kearney

Clive Russell

Lee Warburton

Phyllis Logan

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Hope and Glory

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.

  • Lenny Henry

  • Amanda Redman

  • Sara Stephens

  • Gillian Kearney

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