The History Boys
Comedy on the subject of education
- Genre
- Comedy
- Broadcast
- 2006
- Channel
- BBC Radio 3
- Episodes
- 1
- Starring
- Richard Griffiths, Geoffrey Streatfeild, Frances de la Tour, Clive Merrison, Samuel Anderson, Samuel Barnett, Dominic Cooper, James Corden and others
- Writers
- Alan Bennett and Richard Wortley
- Director
- Richard Wortley
- Producer
- David Hunter
Alan Bennett's new play on the subject of education, encompassing both the tussles of staff-room rivalry and the anarchy of adolescence.
Set in the 1980s in the fictional Cutlers' Grammar School in Sheffield, the play follows a group of history pupils preparing for the Oxbridge entrance exams under the guidance of three contrasting teachers and a headmaster with ambitions to move the school up the academic league table.
Adapted for radio by Richard Wortley from Nicholas Hytner's recent National Theatre production and performed by the original cast.
- Also known as
- Drama On 3: The History Boys (Other official name)
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Sunday 12th March 2006 on BBC Radio 3 at 7pm
- Episode length
- 150 minutes
- Last repeat
- Saturday 20th July 2019 at 7:00pm on Radio 4 Extra