2 videodiscs (approximately 219 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details
DVD ; Dolby digital ; digitally remastered.
Audience
Not rated.
Cast
Anthony Murphy, Iain Cuthbertson.
Note
Originally broadcast by BBC1 in 1971.
Based on the novel by Thomas Hughes.
Special features: Thomas Hughes biography ; Rugby School history ; cast filmographies ; photo gallery.
Summary
In an upper-class Victorian boarding school, a loveable schoolboy suffers at the hands of a cruel bully and is inspired by a forward-thinking headmaster.