A swan-song programme from an age of slightly bizarre social mores and private scholastic education, which those of a certain age may just remember.
You didn't need to attend public school to get the picture. Billy Bunter, David Coppperfield and Tom Brown had already brought some insight into the wider social consciousness.
Choleric chancer and headmaster Jimmy Edwards administered his own brand of grasping cynicism, whacking the boys and bamboozling the other teachers, whilst invariably coming unstuck in his own schemes. He was a sort of 'Bilko' in a mortar-board. His curious port-winey voice and trademark handlebar moustache made him instantly recognisable. A likable rogue.
With two of the best comedy script-writers of the day, some episodes were an absolute scream (for the 50's). How they'd fare today is another matter.
You didn't need to attend public school to get the picture. Billy Bunter, David Coppperfield and Tom Brown had already brought some insight into the wider social consciousness.
Choleric chancer and headmaster Jimmy Edwards administered his own brand of grasping cynicism, whacking the boys and bamboozling the other teachers, whilst invariably coming unstuck in his own schemes. He was a sort of 'Bilko' in a mortar-board. His curious port-winey voice and trademark handlebar moustache made him instantly recognisable. A likable rogue.
With two of the best comedy script-writers of the day, some episodes were an absolute scream (for the 50's). How they'd fare today is another matter.