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Our Day Out is a British film of genre Drama with Jean Heywood
Our Day Out (1977)
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Add to a movie listOur Day Out is a television play about deprived children from Liverpool in the United Kingdom. It was written by Willy Russell and first aired on 28 December 1977, at 9pm on BBC2. It was later converted into a full length stage musical.
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The film centres on a school trip to Conwy Castle in North Wales. Mrs. Kay teaches a remedial class for illiterate children, called the "Progress Class". The whole class - along with Digga and Reilly, the slightly older class bullies who used to be in the Progress Class - are taken on a coach trip. In the original version, the headmaster, Mr Briggs makes the decision to go on the trip as an extra member of staff, emphasising his mistrust of the liberal values of Mrs Kay. However, in the shorter stage version the Headteacher commissions Mr. Briggs, the authoritarian Deputy Headmaster, to supervise the trip.Actors
Jean Heywood
(Mrs. Kay)
Alun Armstrong
(Mr. Briggs)
Elizabeth Estensen
Iona Banks
(Cafe Owner - Mrs Roberts)
Peter Tilbury
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