The History Boys

The History Boys

109 mins | Drama, Comedy | Oct. 2, 2006

The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores, a grossly out-numbered history teacher, and a headmaster obsessed with results, the boys attempt to pass.

The History Boys

109 mins | Drama, Comedy | Oct. 2, 2006

The History Boys
The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores, a grossly out-numbered history teacher, and a headmaster obsessed with results, the boys attempt to pass.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers DNA Films, BBC Films, UK Film Council
Original title The History Boys
Directors Nicholas Hytner
Writers Alan Bennett

Cast

Samuel Anderson

as Crowther

Dominic Cooper

as Dakin

James Corden

as Timms

Richard Griffiths

as Hector

Samuel Barnett

as Posner

Russell Tovey

as Rudge

Jamie Parker

as Scripps

Andrew Knott

as Lockwood

Sacha Dhawan

as Akhtar

Frances de la Tour

as Mrs. Lintott

Clive Merrison

as Headmaster

Penelope Wilton

as Mrs. Bibby

Adrian Scarborough

as Wilkes

Georgia Taylor

as Fiona

Patrick Godfrey

as Sleeping Clergyman