Please Sir! (1971)

It's a well known fact that sitcom movie spin-offs rarely work. However, Please Sir is one of the very few efforts where the film not only holds its own, but in my view actually surpasses the sitcom it's based upon. I always found the original sitcom...

John Alderton plays young fresh faced teacher Bernard Hedges who teaches the rowdy but loveable 5C from Fenn Street School. He is asked to take 5C to an outdoor pursuit centre for two weeks of fun , mayhem and pranks. The movie is quite funny and...

I always remembered watching this as a kid , it made me laugh then and it still makes me laugh now. Although the "kids" were all in their mid-twenties when this was done , it still lets you get sucked into them still being school kids! Great to see it...