Ahead of the Class 18 years old

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.

Credits

Ahead of the Class Cast

Name Character
Adrian Rawlins He was 47, now 66 years old as Tony Mackersie
Julie Walters She was 55, now 74 years old as Marie Stubbs
Katherine Parkinson She was 27, now 46 years old as Vicky Foley
Michelle Fairley She was 41, now 60 years old as Sonia Venning
Alan McKenna as Simon Linder
Rosalind March as Tara Baker
Danny Nussbaum as Thomas Moreira
Bernard Holley He was 64, now 83 years old as Bill Stubbs
Reece Dinsdale He was 45, now 64 years old as Sean Devlin
Martin Savage He was 107, 21 years old when he died as Journalist
Tony Slattery He was 45, now 64 years old as Stuart Stiles
Charles Mnene He was 19, now 38 years old as Carl
Stuart Antony He was 18, now 36 years old as Chris Francis (uncredited)
Amanda Fahy She was 20, now 38 years old as Layla
Inday Ba She was 32, 32 years old when she died as Trudy Gower
Heather Craney She was 34, now 53 years old as Nadine Stubbs
Anton Lesser He was 53, now 72 years old as Graham Ranger
Mercedes Grower She was 24, now 43 years old as Alex Greer
Hannah Yelland She was 29, now 48 years old as Tracey O'Leary

Ahead of the Class Crew

Name Department
Daniel Hubbard as Casting. He was 30 (now 48) years old Production
David Odd as Director of Photography. Camera
Adrian Shergold as Director. He was 52 (now 71) years old Directing
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Ahead of the Class (18 years)

  • Release day: Friday, August 05, 2005
  • Runtime: 94 minutes