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The History Boys

"History. It's just one bloody thing after another."

The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores, a grossly out-numbered history teacher, and a headmaster obsessed with results, the boys attempt to pass.

Top Cast

  • Richard Griffiths

    Richard Griffiths

    Hector

  • Stephen Campbell Moore

    Stephen Campbell Moore

    Irwin

  • Dominic Cooper

    Dominic Cooper

    Dakin

  • Samuel Barnett

    Samuel Barnett

    Posner

  • James Corden

    James Corden

    Timms

  • Russell Tovey

    Russell Tovey

    Rudge

  • Samuel Anderson

    Samuel Anderson

    Crowther

  • Jamie Parker

    Jamie Parker

    Scripps

  • Andrew Knott

    Andrew Knott

    Lockwood

Overview

The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores, a grossly out-numbered history teacher, and a headmaster obsessed with results, the boys attempt to pass.

Rating

6.6 / 10
215 Reviews
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