Birth of a Nation (1983)
1h 19m
Running Time
June 19, 1983Release Date
Birth of a Nation (1983)
1h 19m
Running Time
June 19, 1983Release Date
Plot.
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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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Jim Broadbent
Geoff Figg
Robert Stephens
Vic Griffiths
Richard Butler
Mr Griff
Bruce Myers
Twentyman
Fred Pearson
Mr Hodgeson
Mike Newell
Director
Peggy Ann Clifford
Miss Martlett
David Leland
Writer
William Hoyland
Mr James
Margaret Matheson
Producer
Bruce Payne
Barratt
Ray Mort
Whittaker
Suzanna Hamilton
Alison Cooper
Ian Wilson
Cinematographer
Steve Singleton
Editor
Kay Stonham
Miss Denton
Jesse Birdsall
Barry
Lisa Geoghan
Sylve
Terry John
Sergeant Powell
Gillian Davey
Miss Pointer
Julia Deakin
Deputy Headmistress Grunsell
Kwame Kwei-Armah
Paul (as Ian Roberts)
Juanita Waterman
Dawn
Mike Smart
Terry
Robert Stagg
George Number 1
Paul Gamble
George Number 2
Michael Ames
Mr Kitchin
Peter Badger
Mr Grant
Daryl Webster
Mrs Twentyman
Tony Seaborne
Stephen Harris
Janet Lacey
Julie
Dean Macaree
Booth
Feizal Sobratty
Ramkissoon
Stuart Hunter
Peter Field
Vincent Dawes
Martin Mills
Julia Millbank
Sally Wilson
Donald Dempster
Cooper
Glen Dallas
King
Danny Behrman
Alan Frazer
Errol Francis
John
Jason Hood
Armitage
Benjamin Perry
Scott
Ian Searle
Ingram
Nicola Elliott
Margaret
Patrick Cassavetti
Associate Producer
Barbara Lane
Costume Design
Jamie Leonard
Production Design
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Birth of a Nation is a 1983 television play starring Jim Broadbent as teacher Geoff Figg. It was written by David Leland and directed by Mike Newell. It was originally broadcast on ITV on 19 June 1983 as the first in an untitled series of works by Leland (including Made in Britain), all loosely concerned with the British educational system, which subsequently acquired the overall title of Tales Out of School.It was #31 in The Daily Telegraph's list of the Top 60 ITV shows. It was reviewed in newspapers such as The Times and the Reading Evening Post.