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  • ...Trinian's was based on two [[Independent school (UK)|independent]] girls' schools in [[Cambridge]] – [[Perse School for Girls]], now known as the co-educat ...Ministry. (In the last of the original four, this became the "Ministry of Schools", possibly because of fears of a libel action from a real Minister of Educa
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  • ...ool corporal punishment|cane-wielding]] headmaster of Chiselbury School, a fictional [[private school|British public school]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore ...ookmaker's son who will impersonate the heir to the throne of an oil-rich (fictional) state in the Middle East, which he hopes will persuade other parents to en
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  • ...the opening title sequence of the TV comedy series, behind the name of the fictional Chiselbury School.<ref>{{cite web|title = Whack-O! Opening titles, BBC TV|u ...eptable in Britain and was eventually banned in state and many independent schools in 1986.
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  • ...strips, the film focuses on the lives of the students and teachers of the fictional school, dealing with attempts to shut them down while their headmistress fa ...udents thwart efforts by the local police and the Ministry of Education (a fictional British government department) to shut down the school. However, Millicent
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  • ...has an affair with Sir Horace, the new head of the Ministry of Schools (a fictional government department) and a corrupt politician, who recently took over fol [[Category:Films set in schools]]
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  • ...he ''St. Trinian's'' film series, with its plot seeing the students of the fictional school making plans to secure a place on a European tour, all while subsequ [[Category:Films set in schools]]
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  • ...ondon Borough of Camden|Camden]], [[London]], provided the exterior of the fictional Galfast High.<ref name="dust"/> The cast recall that it was difficult to pe ...were also concerned that the title might be somewhat anachronistic because schools were beginning to use [[whiteboard]]s rather than [[chalkboard|blackboard]]
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  • ...ure Hell of St Trinian's''''' is a 1960 British [[comedy film]] set in the fictional [[St Trinian's School]]. Directed by [[Frank Launder]] and written by him [[Category:Films set in schools]]
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  • '''Basil Brush''' is a fictional [[w:red fox|red fox]], best known for his appearances on daytime British ch ...on television in ''Let's Read With Basil Brush'', an infant [[ITV Schools|schools programme on ITV]] produced by [[ITV Granada|Granada Television]]. Basil ev
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  • ...getting words mixed up, such as "you for I question answer". She transfers schools at the end of Series 2, but returns in the independently produced Series 4. ...onics executive who works as a representative for the London branch of the fictional Japan-based electronic company, [[Bushido|Bushido]] Electronics. He speaks
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  • ..., and, when the family moved, the now defunct [[List of Christian Brothers schools|Christian Brothers College]],<ref name="TCM">[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/part ...amous role was as Sir [[Humphrey Appleby]], the Permanent Secretary of the fictional Department of Administrative Affairs in the television series ''[[Yes Minis
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  • ...the character and his dilemma then you're going to experience some of the fictional feelings for real. You felt swept along by it."<ref name=parkinson/> ...archive-date=17 July 2011}}</ref> Broadcaster [[Jeremy Paxman]] criticised schools for relying on episodes of ''Blackadder Goes Forth'' to teach pupils about
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  • ...[Farnham]] in Surrey, at [[Sherborne School]] in Dorset, and at some other schools from which he was expelled. After school, he was admitted to the [[Royal Ac ...ief Petty Officer]] Pertwee in ''[[The Navy Lark]]'' on [[BBC Radio]]. The fictional ship in the series HMS ''Troutbridge'' almost shared its name with the real
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  • ...will never forgive you, nor will my wife, for what you did to our grammar schools." Baker responded with: "What are you talking about, you daft bugger?" to w * A fictional version of Baker appears in the Kevin Sampson novel ''[[Awaydays]]''. In th
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  • ...y and Grandad discuss oil drilling, was recorded in 1984 but only shown in schools.<ref>{{cite web In October 2015, ''He Who Dares...'', a fictional autobiography, was published by [[Ebury Publishing|Ebury Press]]. The book
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