high school,northern england,scholarship,becoming an adult,education,exam,based on play or musical,oxford,cambridge,yorkshire,teacher,high school teacher,history teacher,headmaster,boys' school,teachers and students,1980s,cambridge university

The History Boys (2006)

Poster for 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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Nicholas Hytner
  • Profile picture of Richard Griffiths
    Hector Richard Griffiths
  • Profile picture of Stephen Campbell Moore
    Irwin Stephen Campbell Moore
  • Profile picture of Dominic Cooper
    Dakin Dominic Cooper
  • Profile picture of Samuel Barnett
    Posner Samuel Barnett
  • Profile picture of James Corden
    Timms James Corden
  • Profile picture of Russell Tovey
    Rudge Russell Tovey
  • Profile picture of Samuel Anderson
    Crowther Samuel Anderson
  • Profile picture of Jamie Parker
    Scripps Jamie Parker

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Keywords

  • high school
  • northern england
  • scholarship
  • becoming an adult
  • education
  • exam
  • based on play or musical
  • oxford
  • cambridge
  • yorkshire
  • teacher
  • high school teacher
  • history teacher
  • headmaster
  • boys' school
  • teachers and students
  • 1980s
  • cambridge university