What was the name of the school in the TV sitcom 'Please Sir'?
"The Fenn Street Gang The Fenn Street Gang is a British television sitcom which ran for three seasons between 1971 and 1973. The series was created by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey, it was a spin off from their popular ""Please Sir!"" series. The series followed the lives of many of the pupils from Fenn Street School as they entered the world of work. Some episodes were written by Geoff Rowley and Andy Baker, as well as David Barry and Tony Bilbow. Stars of the series were Peter Cleall, Carol Hawkins (who also replaced Penny Spencer as Sharon in the"
"and sometimes still refers to him as ""sir"". Sophie Webster, Chesney Battersby-Brown, Sian Powers and Ben Richardson all leave the school after taking their exams in Year 11. Recent graduates of the school include Craig Tinker and Bethany Platt. The residents of Coronation Street currently attending the school now are Amy Barlow, Faye Windass, Simon Barlow, Asha Alahan, Aadi Alahan and Summer Spellman. Scenes at Weatherfield High School are filmed on location at ""Oasis Academy MediaCityUK"" in Salford. Weatherfield's only private school is in the Oakhill area of the town. The school first appears in the programme in 1993, when"
"TV series ""PREMature"". The school in the series goes by the fictional name ""Karl M. Community College"". It is the first drama series to be filmed at the school. Cranford Community College Cranford Community College is a secondary school with academy status in the London Borough of Hounslow, England. The school first opened as Woodfield Secondary School. After the 1944 Education Act, Spring Grove Central School and the council senior schools became secondary modern schools. The Hounslow Heath secondary school was closed and its buildings were transferred to the neighbouring primary school when the Woodfield secondary modern school was opened"
"School of Performing Arts in New York City (now the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts). Vince's older brother, Johnny ""Drama"" Chase, is also an actor and has been living in Hollywood for at least twelve years, but with considerably less success. Chase's personal life has been an area of great speculation as he has claimed to have slept with over 1,000 women. Vincent is lactose intolerant. Throughout the series, Vince talks about how he and his entourage are ""living the life"" after growing up with little money, at one point saying that ""I"
"Kingsbury High School Kingsbury High School is a large two-site high school with academy status in Kingsbury, London, England. Kingsbury High School is the result of the 1967 merger between Kingsbury County Grammar School and the two former secondary modern schools, Tyler’s Croft Girls and Tyler’s Croft Boys. The Upper School site at Princes Avenue, London, NW9, is recognisable to many British adults because it was used as the set for one of the original series of the popular children's drama series ""Grange Hill"" for its first two series in the late 1970s. It was also attended by George Michael"
"Palatine School Palatine School (formerly George Pringle School or Selden County Junior Mixed and Infant School) is a primary school in Worthing, West Sussex for those with Special Educational Needs. It educates 123 children between the ages of 4 and 11. In 1951 the windowless building that housed RAF Durrington, a ground-controlled interception radar station during World War II, was converted into a school building that became the Selden County Junior Mixed and Infant School. The school then re-opened on 19 June 1964 under the name George Pringle School by Richard Hearne, known under the stage name of Mr Pastry."
"School.) The senior school and its grounds were used throughout the long running series of Judge John Deed starring Martin Shaw (employing much of the teaching block as the judges's chambers) and 'Big School' for many of the in-court scenes). For a time, the buildings housed the United States International University (Europe) but the condition of the buildings declined and fell into disrepair. They have now been redeveloped as housing by Comer Homes, under the name Royal Connaught Park. Royal Masonic School for Boys ] The Royal Masonic School for Boys was an independent school for boys in England. From"
"owing to the head office of JLB, the company which employs lead character Mark Corrigan, being located there. However, the scenes are not filmed in Kettering, and places named in the show such as the nightclub ""Lap Land Kettering"" and the hotel ""Park Kettering"" are fictitious. Primary Schools in Kettering include St Peter's School, an independent school, Park Road School, St Thomas Moore Catholic School, St Andrew's Church of England School, Hawthorn School, Greenfields Primary, St Mary's, Millbrook Junior School and a number of others associated with Secondary Academies. A new Church of England primary school, Hayfield Cross, is opening"
"Sprague, Bernard James Sheil. and Joseph James Smith, youngest son of the notorious bad man ""Soapy"" Smith. Graduates entering the entertainment field include Jack Berch, popular singer and personality on four networks during the Golden Age of Radio. St. Viator College St. Viator College was a Catholic liberal arts college in Bourbonnais, Illinois. It is no longer in operation. St. Viator's grew out of the original Bourbonnais village school, founded in 1865 by the Viatorians, to an academy for boys with the help of Father P. Beaudoin and Brothers Martel and Bernard, and on 9/6/1868 to a four-year liberal arts"
"Beeton School Beeton School() is a fictional coeducational boarding school in which the NHK puppetry Sherlock Holmes is set. It is named after Beeton's Christmas Annual and Eton College. The school setting is the first case in the screening history of the Series of Sherlock Holmes. The school attracts Japanese high school students, who are the show's target audience. The show is not merely a simple detective drama; each episode is a platform that attempts to teach logical thinking, justice, and courage. The school is located in the suburbs of London and has four student houses: Archer, Baker, Cooper, and"
"the Plumfield School, a school in the barn on the Bhaer property, once taught by her husband. As she tries to adjust to the pressures to find a new teacher, a merchant marine Nick Riley (Spencer Rochfort) enters the scene to act as a caretaker of the school. Franz (Robin Dunne), Jo's nephew, must take over teaching the class of young teens, notably Dan (Corey Sevier), Nat (Trevor Blumas), Emil (Alex Cambell), Nan (Brittney Irvin) and Bess (Rachel Skarsten). The show follows the children's adventures at Plumfield, as well as the blossoming relationship between Jo and Nick. Appearances by the"
"into disrepair. Ark Putney Academy Ark Putney Academy (formerly Elliott School) is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the Putney Heath area of the London Borough of Wandsworth, England. It was first established as Southfields School in 1904 on Merton Road. The school was renamed Elliott School in 1911, and in 1956 it amalgamated with Huntingfield Secondary Modern School on a new site in Pullman Gardens, to become Elliott Comprehensive School. Many famous icons such as Pierce Brosnan went to this school and the school appears in the film ""Love Actually"". In 2012 the"
"Ark Putney Academy Ark Putney Academy (formerly Elliott School) is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the Putney Heath area of the London Borough of Wandsworth, England. It was first established as Southfields School in 1904 on Merton Road. The school was renamed Elliott School in 1911, and in 1956 it amalgamated with Huntingfield Secondary Modern School on a new site in Pullman Gardens, to become Elliott Comprehensive School. Many famous icons such as Pierce Brosnan went to this school and the school appears in the film ""Love Actually"". In 2012 the school converted"
"older students guiding the younger students through their schooling life. The school has 4 houses, named after famous ships, however the names are also the names of arguably more famous NASA space programmes. They are: Huntcliff School, Kirton in Lindsey Huntcliff School is a mixed secondary school located in Kirton in Lindsey, North Lincolnshire, England. Previously a community school administered by North Lincolnshire Council, Huntcliff School was converted to academy status on 1 February 2012. However the school continues to coordinate with North Lincolnshire Council for admissions. Huntcliff School teaches GCSEs, BTECs, OCR Nationals and vocational courses as programmes of"
"Grade School in 1888, and began to include girls. In 2002, Headteacher Sir Robert Dowling was knighted for ""services to special needs education"". The school was re-modelled using funds from the Birmingham City Council's Building Schools for the Future Programme. In September 2012 the school converted to academy status and was renamed George Dixon Academy. The television character Dixon of Dock Green may have been named after George Dixon. The character first appeared in the film ""The Blue Lamp"" (1950), produced by a former pupil of the school, Michael Balcon. George Dixon Academy George Dixon Academy is a school in"
"Oasis Academy Brislington Oasis Academy Brislington is a mixed gender secondary school with academy status, located in the Brislington West area of Bristol, England. As Brislington Enterprise College it was a Business and Enterprise specialist college and Teaching Development Agency designated training school. Brislington Enterprise College appeared on the Channel 4 episode, ""Dispatches: The Children Left Behind"", on 11 February 2008. as well as a number of episodes for teachers tv. Previously a foundation school administered by Bristol City Council, Brislington Enterprise College converted to academy status in February 2015 and was renamed Oasis Academy Brislington. The school is now"
"boarding school whilst Andrew and Maggie enjoyed themselves abroad. Despite not bonding with Graham, upon hearing news of his death, Maggie was furious at herself for not trying to be a better mother to him. The series was mostly filmed on location in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. The Prentice household was on Tivoli Road while the school was St James' Primary School in Cheltenham. The theme music was a reworked version of the song Tea for Two. It was sung by the cast. Maggie and Andrew's hopes for retirement in France are dashed when their grandchildren come to live with them after"
"Big School (TV series) Big School is a British sitcom, starring David Walliams, Catherine Tate, Steve Speirs, Frances de la Tour, Joanna Scanlan and Philip Glenister. It is set in a secondary school and follows the comedic relationships of the teachers. The first series began airing on BBC One on 16 August 2013, and was met with polarised reviews. The final episode of the first series aired on 20 September 2013. On 2 December 2013, BBC One controller Charlotte Moore announced that ""Big School"" had been renewed for a second and final series, which concluded on 10 October 2014. In"
"Academy is seen as a strict school for uniform. In 2010 a boy was sent home for wearing red socks. Brompton Academy Brompton Academy is a school with academy status in Gillingham, Kent, England. Brompton Academy was originally called The Great Lines School. It was built in the 1950s adjacent to the Great Lines, in Gillingham. Gillingham was a military town that supported the Royal Engineers and their barracks and the Chatham Naval Dockyard. As a consequence families would be very fluid. It opened with 270 pupils in April 1957, as a secondary modern school and the first co-educational school"
"at the school's end-of-term ""disco"". Knight School (UK TV series) Knight School is a comedy drama series shown on Children's ITV and made by Granada Television. It was written and created by Mark Billingham and Peter Cocks, who also starred in the series. Two series were broadcast between 2 September 1997 and 15 October 1998. Knight School was promoted by Granada Television as ""Grange Hill meets Blackadder"". Set in the Middle Ages, the action centred on St Cuthbert's Academy, an exclusive school for young knights. The story began with the school deciding to take a scholarship boy. The lucky boy,"
"technology workshops. The school's assembly hall was the location for the Christmas pageant in Richard Curtis' 2003 film ""Love Actually"" where Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson and other stars visited for the movie. One of its former pupils was actor Pierce Brosnan. There had been a number of locations for the Elliott School. It was initially known as Southfields School when it first opened in temporary buildings at Merton Road in 1904. The school was given central school status in 1910 before changing its name to Elliott School in 1911 after Sir Charles Elliott, a governor and the first Chairman of"
"School, a day school in Chelsea's Redcliffe Square, Sussex House School, a day school in Chelsea's Cadogan Square, and the City of London School, a day school on the North Bank of the River Thames in London's financial district (known as the City of London). Attending school became difficult for Radcliffe after the release of the first ""Harry Potter"" film, with some fellow pupils becoming hostile, though he says it was people just trying to ""have a crack at the kid that plays Harry Potter"" rather than jealousy. As his acting career began to consume his schedule, Radcliffe continued his"
"Chalk (TV series) Chalk is a British television sitcom set in a comprehensive school named Galfast High. Two series, both written by Steven Moffat, were broadcast on BBC1 in 1997. Like Moffat's earlier sitcom ""Joking Apart"", ""Chalk"" was produced by Andre Ptaszynski for Pola Jones. The series focuses upon deputy headteacher Eric Slatt (David Bamber), permanently stressed over the chaos he creates both by himself and some of his eccentric staff. His wife Janet (Geraldine Fitzgerald) and new English teacher Suzy Travis (Nicola Walker) attempt to help him solve the problems. Because of the very good reaction of the studio"
"Pinner County Grammar School Pinner County Grammar School was a grammar school in Pinner, London from 1937 to 1982. In its latter years it became a college as Pinner Junior College and Pinner Sixth Form College. Pinner County was built to accommodate 508 boys and girls by Middlesex County Council at a cost of £48,619. It was officially opened in November 1937. Although the school was not especially music focussed, former pupils include Reg Dwight (otherwise known as Elton John), Simon Le Bon, Ron Goodwin and Gordon Beck, all famous musicians. The actor Tony Jay was a pupil in the"
"first used for filming in the summer of 2013 for the third series which began airing in January 2014. The site continued to be the building for the fictional Elmsmere Manor High School until 2017 when production moved to a former school in Walkden. St Ambrose Barlow Roman Catholic High School St Ambrose Barlow Roman Catholic High School is a secondary school located in Wardley, Greater Manchester, England. The school is named after St Ambrose Barlow, one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. The school serves a wide range of parishes including St Charles' (Swinton), St Mark’s (Pendlebury),"
"on their way to and from school; they originally inspired his cartoons and characters. The Perse School for Girls' Archive area holds several original St Trinian's books, given to the school by Ronald Searle. He also based the school partly on the former Cambridgeshire High School for Girls (now Long Road Sixth Form College). In the 1950s, a series of ""St Trinian""s comedy films was made, featuring well-known British actors, including Alastair Sim (in drag as the headmistress, and also playing her brother); George Cole as spiv ""Flash Harry"", Joyce Grenfell as Sgt Ruby Gates, a beleaguered policewoman; and Richard"
"the most watched programme of prime-time outside of the soaps and news for the night. The first series of ""Big School"" was released on DVD on 23 September 2013. The second and final series was released on DVD on 13 October 2014. Big School (TV series) Big School is a British sitcom, starring David Walliams, Catherine Tate, Steve Speirs, Frances de la Tour, Joanna Scanlan and Philip Glenister. It is set in a secondary school and follows the comedic relationships of the teachers. The first series began airing on BBC One on 16 August 2013, and was met with polarised"
"school was used as a location in the 2006 British Spy film ""Stormbreaker"". Ballakermeen High School Ballakermeen High School is a coeducational comprehensive secondary school based on a single site in Douglas, on the Isle of Man. Ballakermeen formed part of HMS ""St George"" during the Second World War. This was the Royal Navy's only Continuous Service Training Establishment, where cadets would receive an education comparable to that of a Secondary School. Starting at the age of 16, the cadets who passed through HMS ""St George"" received a concentrated 15 months training course in the Seaman, Signal and Wireless Telegraphy"
"school, the great desk of the Chief Master, with 'Sapientia' inscribed over it"" survives from Barry's New Street school, and is still in daily use in Big School. This too is generally thought to be the work of Pugin. The school buildings have been used in several film and television productions. They were used in the 1986 film ""Clockwise"", starring John Cleese, supposedly as the University of East Anglia. The school featured briefly in the 2006 Ray Winstone Channel 4 TV film ""All in the Game."" The school has also been used in several episodes of the BBC medical drama"
"Davies who played science teacher Mr Price in 'Please Sir!' also appeared again As Mr Price in one episode of Series One. Although the series ran for two years and 47 episodes, it was not as popular as its progenitor and the series was later axed. The first series, consisting of twenty-one episodes, was produced by London Weekend Television at Wembley Studios in North-West London. Series Two and Three, consisting of eighteen and eight episodes respectively, were recorded at LWT's newly constructed London Studios (aka Kent House). ""Bowler"" (1973) was a 13 episode spin-off series following ""The Fenn Street Gang"""
"hair in homage to Queen guitarist Brian May; however, this new persona irritated his classmates, who thought his arrogance had got the better of him. Josh married in 2014 and was ordained as a Church of England deacon at Norwich Cathedral in June 2018. Following strong international sales for the first series, a second series began filming in October 2005 at Kirkley Community High School in Lowestoft, Suffolk (now East Point Academy) and began airing on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 January 2006. A new twist to this series was that instead of classically trained musicians,"
"The Pingle Academy The Pingle Academy is a state comprehensive school located at ""Coronation Street"" in Swadlincote, South Derbyshire, England. The name comes from the former Pingle Farm; Pingle being a Midlands term for a small field or allotment. The Pingle Academy educates over 1,500 students, from Years 7 to 13. SATs, GCSE and A-Levels are taught here throughout the different years. The academy was opened in 1965 as the Swadlincote County Secondary School with pupils from ages 11 to 15. This new school was to replace existing secondary modern schools at nearby Castle Gresley and Woodville. The school is"
"Scully's house is situated on Bluebell Lane in Huyton, Liverpool, Several parts were also filmed on roads off Princess Drive, Dovecot. The school building featured is the 'Central High School for Boys' (demolished) on Pink Bank Lane, which is off Kirkmanshulme Lane in the Belle Vue/Gorton area of Manchester. The extras used in the school/classroom scenes were pupils of the school. Francis Scully (played by Andrew Schofield) is a teenage boy who has his heart set on gaining a trial match for Liverpool to hopefully fulfil his ambition of playing for the club. Francis, in everyday situations during his waking"