Tales Out of School (1983)

June. 19,1983

5.5

| Drama

Tales Out of School

This anthology mini-series brings together the four films written by David Leland and screened originally in 1983 - the films are BIRTH OF A NATION, FLYING INTO THE WIND, R.H.I.N.O., and MADE IN BRITAIN.

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Tales Out of School

1983

Seasons & Episode

Seasons 1 : 1983

4 Episode

Episode 1 - Birth of a Nation

June. 19,1983

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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Episode 2 - Flying Into the Wind

June. 26,1983

The Wyatts wish to educate their children at home, but the education authorities have other ideas. Moving between 1969 and 1980, we see how this affects the various individuals and attitudes.

Episode 3 - R.H.I.N.O.; Really Here in Name Only

July. 03,1983

An isolated, overweight girl with a penchant for shoplifting, gets pushed from pillar to post as the authorities struggle to know what to do with her.

Episode 4 - Made in Britain

July. 10,1983

Made in Britain is a 1982 British television play written by David Leland and directed by Alan Clarke. It follows a 16-year-old racist skinhead and his constant confrontations with authority figures. It was broadcast on ITV on 10 July 1983 as the fourth in an untitled series of works by Leland (including Birth of a Nation), based on the British educational system, which subsequently acquired the overall title of Tales Out of School. It marked Tim Roth's television debut.