Hearts and Minds (1995 TV series)

Hearts and Minds
Genre Drama
Created by Jimmy McGovern
Written by Jimmy McGovern
Directed by Stephen Whittaker
Starring Lynda Steadman
Christopher Eccleston
David Harewood
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 4[1]
Production
Producer(s)

Tara Prem

Ian Scaife
Cinematography Graham Frake
Editor(s) Max Lemon
Running time 63 minutes
Production company(s) Alomo Productions
WitzEnd Productions
Distributor FremantleMedia
Release
Original network Channel 4
Picture format 14:9
Audio format Stereo
Original release 16 February (1995-02-16) – 9 March 1995 (1995-03-09)

Hearts and Minds is a British television series created by Jimmy McGovern and first aired on Channel 4 from 16 February to 9 March 1995. The series won the Royal Television Society award for Best Serial Drama.[2]

The series is about a young teacher at a tough Liverpool high school. After working in a factory, Drew Mackenzie (Christopher Eccleston) manages to educate himself to become a teacher. He wants to share his idealistic approach to rising above his circumstances with his Liverpool students, but soon finds himself caught in the crossfire of racial tensions, homophobia, and the difficult home lives of the teenagers.[3]

According to series creator Jimmy McGovern, the series was based in part on the three years he spent as an English teacher at the Quarry Bank school in Liverpool.[4] The series was well reviewed by British critics, who praised its realism as compared to other well known school dramas.[5]

Cast

Actor

Role
Lynda Steadman Emma Mackenzie
Christopher Eccleston Drew Mackenzie
David Harewood Trevor
Ian McElhinney Alex
Sara Mair-Thomas Mo
Peter Halliday Shotton
Pauline Black Joanna
Jonathan Dow Maurice
Peter Armitage Norman
Mark Womack Archie
Ann Joseph Maggie
Trina Ali Sahira
Paul Fox Tony

References

  1. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0175708/
  2. RTS Awards Archive (February 2011), p. 19 (accessed 2014-02-20).
  3. Tom Sutcliffe & Roger Perks, "The Prime of Mr McKenzie", The Independent, 9 February 1995   via HighBeam Research (subscription required) .
  4. Daniel Rosenthal, "Arts: And Those Who Can, Write Plays", The Independent, 23 November 1997   via HighBeam Research (subscription required) .
  5. Susan Ellsmore, Carry On, Teachers!: Representations of the Teaching Profession in Screen Culture (Trentham Books, 2005), ISBN 978-1858563596, pp. 21ff. Excerpts available at Google Books.
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