Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby

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Seven Periods with Mr. Gormsby
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Genre Comedy
Running time 25 minutes per episode
Starring David McPhail
Country of origin New Zealand
Original channel TVNZ
Original run 20058 May 2006
IMDb profile

Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby is a television series made in New Zealand. It is a biting satire about politically correct New Zealand and the education system. It's written and devised by three of New Zealand's top comedy writers - Danny Mulheron (who also directs and co-produces), Dave Armstrong and Tom Scott (cartoonist). The show stars David McPhail as the un-repentant old school teacher Mr Mortimer Ellis Gormsby, whose unorthodox methods create hell in Tepapawai High School.

The show's first season has screened in New Zealand on TV One and in Australia on ABC in 2005. A second season finished shooting in 2005 and finished screening on New Zealand television on the 7th of May 2006.

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[edit] Characters

  • Mortimer Ellis Gormsby (David McPhail)
  • Roger Dascent (Paul McLaughlin) - The principal of Tepapawai Boys High School
  • Steve Mudgeway (Jason Hoyte) - The school counsellor
  • Fenn Partington (Tandi Wright) - Teacher
  • Lauren (Michelle Amas) - Secretary
  • Alisdair Morton (Thomas Robins) - Economics teacher
  • Hone Hakanui (Louis Sutherland) - Māori studies teacher
  • Werner Hundertwaser (Nigel Collins) - Head of Music
  • Marion Patterson (Geraldine Brophy) - The Education Review Office school inspector
  • Rak (Charles Lum) - School Cleaner
  • Student (Jordan Matiaha)
  • Student (Paul Black)

[edit] Class 5F

  • Bastabus (Joseph Moore)
  • Elvis Hohepa
  • Afioga
  • Ama'ata'a Uleiata'aua Alupepe
  • Govind
  • Minh
  • Gareth le Tissier

[edit] Episode titles

[edit] Series One

  • The Appalling Mr Gormsby
  • Comrade Gormsby
  • Human Relationships
  • Open Day
  • The Retarded Boy
  • Coon Tunes
  • The ERO Parade

[edit] Series Two

  • Heads Will Roll
  • Crime And Punishment
  • The Slave Trade
  • Dancing With The Staff
  • Camp Tepapawai
  • An Inspector Calls
  • For Whom The Bell Tolls

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