Hope and Glory

Name: Hope and Glory
Director: Lucy Gannon
Genre: Drama
Released: 1999-06-22T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 5
Cast: Lenny Henry, Amanda Redman, Sara Stephens, Gillian Kearney, Clive Russell

Hope and Glory is a BBC television drama about a comprehensive school struggling with financial, staffing and disciplinary problems, and faced with closure. It starred Lenny Henry as maverick "Superhead" Ian George, enlisted to turn around the school's fortunes.

It was created by Lucy Gannon, who had previously created Soldier Soldier, and was inspired by a real head teacher named William Atkinson.

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Hope and Glory

It was created by Lucy Gannon, who had previously created Soldier Soldier, and was inspired by a real head teacher named William Atkinson.

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