The History Boys - BBC Film

The History Boys

Released 13 October 2006

History is a commentary on the various and continuing incapabilities of men.

The History Boys tells the story of a group of bright, funny history students in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge.

Bounced between their maverick English teacher (Richard Griffiths), a young and shrewd professor hired to up their test scores (Stephen Campbell Moore), a grossly outnumbered history teacher (Frances De La Tour), and a headmaster obsessed with results (Clive Merrison), the boys attempt to sift through it all to pass the daunting university admissions process. Their journey becomes as much about how education works, as it is about where education leads.

The History Boys - Trailer

Starring:

Richard Griffiths, Stephen Campbell Moore, Frances de la Tour, James Corden, Dominic Cooper

Director:

Nicholas Hytner

Producers:

Kevin Loader, Damian Jones

Screenplay:

Alan Bennett

Executive Producers:

Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, David M. Thompson, Miles Ketley, Charles Moore

Sales agent:

Fox Searchlight

Distributor:

Fox Searchlight

Credits summary:

A BBC Films, DNA Films, Fox Searchlight Pictures and National Theatre Production

Certificate:

15

Running time:

109 mins

Released

13 October 2006

Out on DVD

5 March 2007

Broadcast on

27 April 2016