Series 1, Episode 3 - The Curtain Went Up, My Trousers Went Down
Hank gets the lead part in the school play... a role that the school bully wanted.
Further details

Hank gets the lead part in the forthcoming school play, but with school bully McKelty determined to get the role himself and Hank struggling to learn his lines, it's not as easy as he thought it was going to be.
Things get worse when Miss Adolf assigns goody-two-shoes Heather to be Hank's maths tutor, but to Hank's surprise, things don't turn out quite as he expected...
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 11th February 2014
- Time
- 5pm
- Channel
- CBBC
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
- Friday 22nd January 2021 at 1:30pm on CBBC
Cast & crew
Regular cast | |
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Nick James | Hank Zipzer |
Henry Winkler | Mr Rock |
Felicity Montagu | Miss Adolf |
Juliet Cowan | Rosa |
Neil Fitzmaurice | Stan |
Vincenzo Nicoli | Papa Pete |
Nick Mohammed | Mr Leland Love |
Jayden Jean-Paul-Denis | Frankie |
Jude Foley | Nicholas McKelty |
Madeline Holliday | Emily |
Chloe Wong | Ashley |
Guest cast | |
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Tatum Duprey | Katie |
Jem Windridge-France | Little Kid |
Lilly Tebbs | Heather |
Writing team | |
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Joe Williams | Writer |
Lucy Guy | Script Editor |
Danny Spring | Script Editor |
Production team | |
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Matt Bloom | Director |
Siobhan Rhodes (as Siobhan Bachman) | Producer |
Anne Brogan | Executive Producer |
Helen McAleer | Executive Producer |
Sue Nott | Executive Producer |
Steven Denure | Executive Producer |
Julia Posen | Executive Producer |
Melanie Stokes | Executive Producer |

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