Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby
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| Seven Periods with Mr. Gormsby | |
|---|---|
| Format | Comedy |
| Starring | David McPhail |
| Country of origin | New Zealand |
| Production | |
| Running time | 25 minutes per episode |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | TVNZ |
| Original run | 2005 – 8 May 2006 |
| External links | |
| IMDb profile | |
Seven Periods with Mr. Gormsby is a satirical New Zealand television series, created and written by Danny Mulheron (who also directs and co-produces), Dave Armstrong, and Tom Scott. It stars David McPhail as the titular Mr. Gormsby, whose politically incorrect attitudes and "old school" teaching style clash and contrast with the environment at the fictional Tepapawai High School. The show pokes fun at the New Zealand education system, but also at modern New Zealand social attitudes more generally.
Two seasons have so far been made; the first screened on TV ONE and ABC in 2005, and the second in New Zealand in 2006.
The show was filmed at two disused schools in the suburbs of Lower Hutt: the first season at Wainuiomata College, and the second at Petone College.
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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
- Agnes O'Flahherty - (Dena Kennedy) Social Studies/History teacher
- Lesley Taungaroa - PE teacher
[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
