Birth of a Nation
7.0
A new teacher at a highly problematic comprehensive school feels that corporal punishment may just be inflaming the problems, and so begins to campaign against it.
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Cast
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Jim Broadbent
Geoff Figg
Known for
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Hot Fuzz
Robert Stephens
Vic Griffiths
Known for
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Holocaust
David Leland
Mike Newell
Patrick Cassavetti
Bruce Myers
Twentyman
Known for
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Henry & June
Margaret Matheson
Richard Butler
Mr Griff
Known for
Scum
Fred Pearson
Mr Hodgeson
Known for
My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure
Priest
Peggy Ann Clifford
Miss Martlett
Known for
Kind Hearts and Coronets
The One That Got Away
William Hoyland
Mr James
Known for
Man in an Orange Shirt
Bruce Payne
Barratt
Known for
Passenger 57
Dungeons & Dragons
Mike Newell Director · David Leland Writer Andy J. Clark Composer
First release June 19, 1983 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
ITV Central
Production
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · June 19, 1983
TV
No release date listed for United States.
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