The History Boys (2006)
The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores, a grossly out-numbered history teacher, and a headmaster obsessed with results, the boys attempt to pass.
Director:
Nicholas Hytner
Writer:
Alan Bennett
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01shmjd/the-history-boys
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Richard Griffiths as Hector |
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Stephen Campbell Moore as Irwin |
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Dominic Cooper as Dakin |
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Samuel Barnett as Posner |
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James Corden as Timms |
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Russell Tovey as Rudge |
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Samuel Anderson as Crowther |
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Jamie Parker as Scripps |
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Andrew Knott as Lockwood |
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Sacha Dhawan as Akhtar |
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Clive Merrison as Headmaster |
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Frances de la Tour as Mrs. Lintott |
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Penelope Wilton as Mrs. Bibby |
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Adrian Scarborough as Wilkes |
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Georgia Taylor as Fiona |
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Patrick Godfrey as Sleeping Clergyman |
| Writing | Alan Bennett | Author |
| Production | Kevin Loader | Producer |
| Directing | Nicholas Hytner | Director |
| Production | Pádraig Cusack | Producer |
| Production | Miles Ketley | Executive Producer |
| Production | Allon Reich | Executive Producer |
| Production | David M. Thompson | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Alan Bennett | Screenplay |
| Production | Damian Jones | Producer |
| Production | Andrew Macdonald | Executive Producer |
| Production | Charles Moore | Executive Producer |
| Production | Julia Stannard | Line Producer |
| Production | Nicholas Hytner | Producer |
| Camera | Andrew Dunn | Director of Photography |
| Editing | John Wilson | Editor |
| Sound | George Fenton | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Justine Luxton | Costume Design |
| Crew | Rocky Taylor | Stunt Double |
| Art | John Beard | Production Design |
| Art | Joanne Woollard | Set Decoration |
| Production | Toby Whale | Casting |
| Camera | Mark Milsome | First Assistant "A" Camera |