Hope & Glory

Hope and Glory is a BBC drama set in a 'failing' inner London school, seen though the eyes of the headmaster. The head is Ian St.George, played by Lenny Henry who is a trouble-shooting teacher. He is young yet dynamic and turns down a well-paid, influential government position to save Hope Park Comprehensive School. He realises that the children there needed help far more than he needed a comfortable job. After much soul-searching, he decided the children require him more than the government. This drama series is set in an economically depressed area. The only school, Hope Park Comprehensive is close to closure, due to its poor standards. Hope and ...  Read the complete review

I can’t describe to you how excellent this drama was. It came on BBC 1 and I really think that it was one of the best dramas they have screened for a long time. The series just concluded this Sunday, and I can’t tell you how sad it was. It stars Lenny Henry as George the Head teacher, I can’t believe what a good actor he is, the transformation from the person we know him on the screen, the comic was just brilliant. In ‘Hope and Glory’ he plays the cool head teacher who is desperately trying to do well at ‘Hope Pride School. On Sunday Mr George died of a heart-attack it was just so sad, we had grown to love this ...  Read the complete review

Lenny Henry, not the first actor that springs to mind when you talk of a school drama aimed at adults. I think he takes the part well. Lenny plays super-head Ian George in a failing school placed on 'Special Measures' His menacing glare to pupils and colleagues alike is sometimes hard to place anyhere else but a comedy sketch, but tune into the story lines of wayward pupils answering back (never have done that in my day!), snogging teachers in sixth form common rooms, missing hamsters, pregnant girls in Year 11, and it goes down well. The back up cast from ex Corrie stars and Goodnight Sweetheart do well, with the under lying storyline of ...  Read the complete review

The BBC is becoming the King of drama that is rubbish, I can't tell you how much I hate this programme, as it is a hatred that is only surpassed by Where the Heart is and Jane McDonald off the cruise. The basics of this programme is that it is a adult version of Grange Hill, I say that. But this programme is more of a dumb down version of Grange Hill, as that is a little more daring. The show stars Lenny Henry who is the superhead who can fix any situation, but always has to cause some kind of drama while making a decision, as there is always someone who will not be happy at the result. The storylines are very lame, indeed and would usually ...  Read the complete review

I have been watching this from the beginning and it is the best TV programme that I have watched. It has funny moments sad moments and even serious moments. I defiantly one to watch. None of my friends watch and it is not over rated at all but sometimes under rated. The best teacher at the moment is the P.E teacher in that story with the Boy the made his girlfriend pregnant, where he showed some more of its class acting. Do not have to watch it for long to get use to the characters. Will the Head die of a bad heart or not. Vote on the commentary. ...  Read the complete review