Film

Tomkinson's Schooldays

9.0197630mComedy

Director: Jim Franklin
Year: 1976

New boarder Tomkinson is thoroughly miserable at Graybridge public school where he has to fight the grizzly bear,get nailed to the wall on St Tadger's Day and do the bidding of Grayson,also known as School Bully. When his mother refuses to let him come home he makes several attempts to escape,all unsuccessful,but after winning the Thirty Mile Hop against a rival (Buddhist) public school he is promoted to School Bully when Grayson leaves for Eton.

Top cast

Michael Palin

Tomkinson / Headmaster / TV Introducer / Mr Craffitt

Terry Jones

Mr. Ellis / Bear / Mr. Moodie / Director

Gwen Watford

Mummy

Ian Ogilvy

Grayson

John Wentworth

Chaplain

Sarah Grazebrook

Maid

Chai Lee

Suki

Terence Denville

Man

Directed by

Jim Franklin

Written by

Terry Jones, Michael Palin

Produced by

Terry Hughes