To Sir, with Love (1967)

Mr Thackeray believed one should fight for what one believes. Provided one is absolutely sure one is absolutely right - he's clearly never met Ian.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, and Ellie (Georgia's away in detention) as Liam's pick sends us back to school with To Sir, With Love.  It's a cram session of a 78th episode as we discuss:

• Our respective performances as students in high school
• Why Columbia Pictures sat on this film after being completed for more than a year
• Liam asks Ian some questions about what it's like to be a teacher, and shares some stories about his own troublemaking school days
• How little the budget for this film was and how it paid off big for two of the principal players
• Where the clearly obvious romantic storyline between Thackeray and Gillian disappeared to half way through 
• We discuss the iconic title song and draw comparisons to Breakfast at Tiffany's in its implementation
• We again discuss Steve Neale's three states of viewing as one of the panel almost resigns themselves to an oppositional reading of the film
• We find out a crazy filmography note for one of the actors in the film
• Ian compares Denham to another character from a recent BFE review
• Whether or not To Sir, With Love is the Best Film Ever

Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor

Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/