Hearts and Minds (1995 TV series)

Hearts and Minds
Genre	Drama
Created by	Jimmy McGovern
Written by	Jimmy McGovern
Directed by	Stephen Whittaker
Starring	Lynda Steadman; Christopher Eccleston; David Harewood;
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	4
Production
Producer(s)	Tara Prem; Ian Scaife;
Cinematography	Graham Frake
Editor(s)	Max Lemon
Running time	63 minutes
Production company(s)	Alomo Productions; WitzEnd Productions
Distributor	FremantleMedia
Release
Original network	Channel 4
Picture format	14:9
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	16 February –; 9 March 1995

Hearts and Minds is a British television series created by Jimmy McGovern and first aired on Channel 4 from 16 February to 9 March 1995. The series won the Royal Television Society award for Best Serial Drama.[1]

The series is about a young teacher at a tough Liverpool high school. After working in a factory, Drew Mackenzie (Christopher Eccleston) manages to educate himself to become a teacher. He wants to share his idealistic approach to rising above his circumstances with his Liverpool students, but soon finds himself caught in the crossfire of racial tensions, homophobia, and the difficult home lives of the teenagers.[2]

According to series creator Jimmy McGovern, the series was based in part on the three years he spent as an English teacher at the Quarry Bank school in Liverpool.[3] The series was well reviewed by British critics, who praised its realism as compared to other well known school dramas.[4]

Cast

Lynda Steadman as Emma Mackenzie
Christopher Eccleston as Drew Mackenzie
David Harewood as Trevor
Ian McElhinney as Alex
Sara Mair-Thomas as Mo
Peter Halliday as Shotton
Pauline Black as Joanna
Jonathan Dow as Maurice
Peter Armitage as Norman
Mark Womack as Archie
Ann Joseph as Maggie
Trina Ali as Sahira
Paul Fox as Tony

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References

RTS Awards Archive (February 2011), p. 19 (accessed 2014-02-20).
Tom Sutcliffe & Roger Perks, "The Prime of Mr McKenzie", The Independent, 9 February 1995 – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) .
Daniel Rosenthal, "Arts: And Those Who Can, Write Plays", The Independent, 23 November 1997 – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) .
Susan Ellsmore, Carry On, Teachers!: Representations of the Teaching Profession in Screen Culture (Trentham Books, 2005), ISBN 978-1858563596, pp. 21ff. Excerpts available at Google Books.

External links

Hearts and Minds (1995) on IMDb

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[1] RTS Awards Archive (February 2011), p. 19 (accessed 2014-02-20).

[2] Tom Sutcliffe & Roger Perks, "The Prime of Mr McKenzie", The Independent, 9 February 1995 – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) .

[3] Daniel Rosenthal, "Arts: And Those Who Can, Write Plays", The Independent, 23 November 1997 – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) .

[4] Susan Ellsmore, Carry On, Teachers!: Representations of the Teaching Profession in Screen Culture (Trentham Books, 2005), ISBN 978-1858563596, pp. 21ff. Excerpts available at Google Books.