TV Drama: Taggart
The long-running Glasgow-based police detective series Taggart had an
episode called Out of Bounds in which no fewer than three masters at an elite
boarding school are murdered. An important sub-plot revolves around school
bullying (go here
for more plot details).
Three prefects pour urine onto the bed of a junior boy to make it look
like he has wet the bed. The headmaster discovers this and they end up in his
study with perhaps predictable results. Except that this is 1998 and corporal
punishment in schools is unlawful.
At least one of the lads is so socially conditioned that he bends over the desk to take his medicine. His pals are less cooperative …
Picture and video credit: Scottish Television
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