Past Programs
Education - 2008
St Trinian's
27/03/2008
Long before Chrissy Amphlett strode out in her school tunic, cartoonist Ronald Searle invented the wicked schoolgirls. Then the British comedies of the sixties added sex, and a wondrous headmistress, Miss Fritton, played by Alastair Sim in drag.
How will the girls of St Trinian's play in a blasé new century where 12-year-olds do drink cocktails and every schoolgirl wears her tunic hoiked?
This remake, co-directed by Oliver Parker and Duncan Thompson, is slapdash, over art-directed, and slow to warm up. But once the hockey sticks start flying it becomes entertaining, largely due to the efforts of Rupert Everett as Miss Fritton, and Colin Firth as a pompous politician. Don't miss their final duet, 'Love is in the Air'. It's over the end credits.
