Favourite TV Drama Clips: 7
Leaving
is another British television play about the grim realities of school and it
comes in at Number 7 in my personal Top 20
favourite school CP scenes from TV
drama.
It is set in 1960 about three boys about
to leave a grim Catholic School in Greenock, Scotland. Many who experienced
this type of school with teachers who often ruled by fear with the leather belt
(tawse) say it is an accurate portrayal. It was made in 1988.
In this extract a class is in progress and
the boys are being questioned on work previously learned. The tension among the
boys who fear being called to answer is evident. As one after another fails,
they are called to the front where they receive two strokes of the tawse across
the palm. The school teacher keeps the strap conveniently at the ready in the
inside pocket of his jacket.
There is a second clip from this play that
involves the main character who is caught selling a pornographic magazine. He
is beaten in front of the girls’ class and at the end his palms throb so badly
he cannot open the classroom door to leave.
You can see that here.
Picture and video credit: BBC
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