Ian, a newly qualified teacher, comes up against Mark, a troubled and disruptive pupil who teachers want to see excluded from school. Against the odds, Ian makes a connection with the boy, but will he put his career on the line to save him?
Acting
Craig Parkinson's feral vulnerability steals every frame
Direction
Manson-Smith makes the classroom feel like a cage
Editing
Tight 59 minutes—no fat, all bruise
Director
Misha Manson-Smith
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot for BBC Three's 'Drama Matters' strand, designed as a calling card for emerging directors—Manson-Smith later directed episodes of The End of the F***ing World.
Craig Parkinson based Mark's physicality on watching excluded boys at a Pupil Referral Unit—notice how he never makes eye contact first.
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