Tom Brown's Schooldays BBC 1971
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- Episode 01 = 00:00:00
Episode 02 = 00:44:00
Episode 03 = 01:28:49
Episode 04 = 02:13:22
Episode 05 = 02:55:36
This classic adaptation of Thomas Hughes' novel is set amongst the classrooms, playing fields and dormitories of Rugby School.
I first saw this, watching with my father, when I had just turned 12 and had recently started secondary school. I thought it was brilliant then and now, over 50 years later, I haven’t changed my opinion! Anthony Murphy is excellent as Tom, he was never in anything else before or after, he became an artist. Iain Cuthbertson and Richard Morant are also perfect in their roles, everybody is. I immediately read the novel as soon as the series ended. This is back when the BBC reasonably faithfully adapted classic and popular British and international novels, staying faithful to their spirit in plot and casting. Now everything is rewritten to a contemporary agenda, reflecting the trite puddle deep political views of the producers and writers who ‘improve’ the classics and insert anachronisms and sex up the plots and characters. Why bother? Just create something contemporary. The whole point of the classics is that they are classic, they have survived as they were written for very good reason, they don’t need inferior ‘talents’ modernising them and the viewer learns nothing about the great writers or the concerns and ideals of times gone by. We don’t need to be protected from history or great writing and we don’t need to be lectured to.
Well said sir! 👍
Today Tom would be Black.
i looked forward to bbc latest rendition of oliver twist the kid from slumdog millionaire was oliver i turned it of in disgust
Brilliant comment - I’ve saved it . Thank you x
I agree entirely
From a time long gone when the BBC made programs of quality
Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's bad..
I read the book when I was nine, spending a long July at my grandparents’ home with little to occupy my time. The book itself was in the attic, dry with age, brittle pages, signed with the name of my great grandfather who I never had the privilege of knowing. Some of it was beyond my comprehension, being unfamiliar with the culture of British pubic schools of 150 years gone-by. I wrote down unknown words and looked them up in my grandparents’ huge dictionary. That of which I could make no sense, I asked of my grandfather, the inheritor of the book. It was handed down to my father, and most recently, to me.
Thank you for this wonderful remembrance. I enjoyed it.
Sorry for the loss of your dad! Really cool you have the ancient book as an heriloom, though.
First saw this whilst at a similar age to Tom when at school in Belfast. All the boys in my form greatly enjoyed it and we were all talking about it in school. The morals of the Victorian age rang true then and are just as relevant today when bullying is still present in schools and throughout the world in one form or another. Let us all dwell on the damage bullying can do and endeavour to stamp it out! In that respect, Im with Dr Arnold, Brooks, Tom, East, Diggs and Sunning! Absolutely brilliant to relive the experience! Excellent story and should be back on television for the enjoyment of a new generation!
Oh man! That scene when Flashman "roasts" Tom stayed with me all these decades - over 50 years now. It utterly shocked me then.... so great to be able to see it again now. Thank you!
I was 12 when I saw this in 1971 and I think its the first series I ever made an effort to watch each week for 5 weeks. Tom was lucky to have a friend who sort of looked after him something I never had. I was just moving from National (junior) school to Secondary (High) around that time so watched with interest. Little did I know what dreadful ordeal lay ahead of me with bullying of the sort that makes the bullying in this series look like the sound of music. I was never so happy to leave school in 1978.
I hope things worked out better since. I would have been your friend at school.
I know how you felt. I was bullied by the boys in my class for many years until I was around 14. In was a little girl back then, but became more confident and tough and stood up to them. I was born in 1962, I am norwegian. No private schools here then. Just official, community schools. Not like UK. Love british Tv series, drama, movies and humour and the language. Always have since I was a small child. Learned english in school, from music, Tv and movies. And read a lot of english books or books written in english. Studied it too for a while in my college days. Watched Dickens, Tv series like Copperfield, Little lord Fontelroy, Forsythe saga, Family Ashton at war, Follyfoot, Black Beauty, the Onedin line, Upstairs downstairs, Heartbeat, Keeping up apperances, Rowan Atkinson, Fawlty towers, Monty Python, Downtown Abbey, and many many more. Agatha Christy, Poirot and more. I hate bullying and it s even worse now on internet and social media.
This Tom brown tv series it’s the best version I have seen. First class acting,the headmaster gee that’s excellent way he acts.I used to watch this tv series after school when I went to Albury high school. What great bbc tv series.
I saw this series back in the early seventies and had been looking for it for years. Richard Morant left a lasting impression!✌️
WOW I've wanted to watch this again for 47 or 46 years, I was 6 and 7 when I watched it in my country Costa Rica for the first , second and last ⏲️ time. I loved it since, they played it here for our 3 months if vacation from school. Never could find it again, today I was satisfied to watch it again. Thanks soo much!! for uploading it.
You’re welcome. Thanks for the feedback
YAY! I was a boy of 9 or so when I first saw this on BBC. It been years (decades) since then and just on a hunch, I asked the CZcams gods if some good person had posted this... and here we are! What struck me was how the story paralleled my actual life. At 10, my family had come to America and as a young british lad I was a fish out of water. Oddly enough, the first NYC public school that I attended in Brooklyn was called The Rugby School, even though NYC public schools are really for the working class public and my Rugby was very working class indeed! I think this is why I have tried to be honorable and decent and a defender of the weak... because of the impression of this series on my young mind Thank you! Immense gratitude!
Good for you.
You to America at 9 and I to Australia. As a Glasgow boy I too was a fish out of water as they tried to teach me swimming at Bondi beach.
This to date was the best adaptation of this classic
@ticket2 Definitely! Tom is a badass in this version.
This is the best version I have seen I am glad the complete version is here the cast is great
"Obey the rules and listen to your elders" is pretty good advice. Perhaps a local school, somewhere on the planet, still teaches that...I hope so, though I don't see it.
@@Harold360-qg9cl We can only hope and pray that we recover from this madness!
I watched this on the ABC in Melbourne Australia, in 1971. So glad that I have just found it again.
Me too
Many thanks to you Richard Holmes for this brilliant TV adaptation of Tom Brown's Schooldays.I haven't seen this on TV since I was a kid.
I saw this brilliant adaptation back in 1971, and watching it again after five decades I was astonished at how brutal it was.
Corporal punishment at schools was commonplace in the early 1970s, but I recall the conservations in the playground about the ferocious
thrashings. Mary Whitehouse complained about the violence of the series however, everybody at my school watched it.
The cast was fantastic, and it beggars belief Anthony Murphy never acted again and became a painter of note.
The late Richard Morant stole the show as the leering, revolting Flashman. He gave the definitive portrayal, I'm sure Alan Rickman took a cue from watching his performance.
Gerald Flood was equally compelling as his father Sir Richard Flashman. Thanks for posting it. 9/10
What surprised me was the open drinking of alcohol, but I suppose this was in the era of 'small beer' (ie, very weak beer about 1-2% alcohol) which was drunk as commonly as tea in those days, even by children. And yet, Tom Brown gets completely drunk in the local pub so the landlord obviously didn't care about serving children strong drink.
@@Londonfogey They often used to drink beer instead of water, because in those days it was safer; I believe it was common practice dating back to the Middle Ages, as the brewing process eliminated harmful bacteria.
Yes, I watched this at the age of 12 (my first year at Secondary School) and it had a particular resonance with me because of the new intimidating environment. We had it all at our school in the early 70S; the thrashings, the brutal physical bullying and intimidation, the evil and sadistic individuals, and the code of silence. We also had one or two teachers who struck terror into us, probably they were a necessary evil at that time, and a benevolent and fair minded headmaster swimming against the tide to improve the ethos of the school. Watching a series about a boy dealing with a similar situation actually helped me to deal with it.
Simon Turner, as "Ned East"! WOW! I had such a crush on him when I was little more than 11 years old, Lol! I really enjoyed this program. Thank you so much for sharing it! Brought back a lot of memories...I've always loved the BBC classics. Wonderful!
I watched this when I was 14 yrs , I’ve just started watching it again, thank you for posting
Best version of the story made so far, thanks for posting it.
Thank you very much indeed uploader R.Holmes for this thoroughly enjoyable drama from yesterday years. 👍👍
I have wanted to see this version for a long time now, and today I was finally able to watch it. I quite enjoyed it, and the three and a half hours seemed to pass quickly.
Thank you for uploading this excellent classic TV series. 👍
I have seen many versions of this and this one has the best Flashman by far RIP Richard Morant
He was a wonderful villain in this. It took me awhile to get used to him being a nice character in Poldark, that's how powerful his performance was!
I've always remembered this brilliant acting of "Flashman" since when I was 15/16 in 1971. 👍
@@vintagemarie2391 He was also brilliant as Bunter in the 1987 series of Lord Peter Wimsey.
Scary, but strangely alluring. I was 8 when I first saw this and he scared the shxt out of me. Knowing I’d never go to public school, I just hated the fact there were people around like him.
@@itsallrobbish.... but Flashy is gorgeous... I was 7 and didn't understand why Rosie fought him off 😮... Richard Lindon Harvey Morant. Where is his resting place? Italy, so they say. I still adore him.❤ RIP xxxxx... I was bullied terribly myself all through school by real scum. Flashy just needed a cuddle and some feminine understanding... God Bless RLHM 1945-2011 .. my Flashy ❤
I can't help loving the scene where pompous bullying Sir Richard tries to stand over Doctor Arnold, and the Doctor comes to his feet, revealing that he is no only the greater man, but also, quite incidentally, the taller by about a head.
Yes, an excellent scene. In some ways it sums up the shift happening at the time from Georgian/Regency values of showy wealth and loose morals (represented by Sir Richard) to Victorian values (based on evangelical Christianity) represented by Arnold.
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Sir Rschard was a great addition, giving background to the character of Flashman.
Wow, I haven't seen this for half a century yet I remember every detail. I'm so grateful to have seen it again so thanks for uploading it.
Oh goodie! I watched this when it was first broadcast. Only 10 then, looking forward to this wonderful adaptation
Thank you so much for posting it. I had never seen it before, its quite wonderful. I wondered at first why other adaptions had dropped Sir Richard, only to find that he was invented specially for this one. He is a great addition. There are some great performances, often from young performers who did little else, Anthony Murphy as Tom was so immensely likable. Strange to see the future Herr Flick as a child.
I wonder if he were interested in big boobies back then.
I was at a private boys’ boarding school in the early 70’s from age 10 - 18. Naturally, this was our favorite show. Luckily, it was shown in the early part of the evening, so we were permitted to watch it. It was the only show we were allowed to watch on tv! (It may well have been just because our masters were wanting to see it also.) Back then, only graduates of Oxford or Cambridge were hired, with a few from LSE (London School of Economics). We identified with Tom Brown, even though he was from the era of King George IV, because our experiences in the 1970s at similar institutions were so similar to his way back then.
Oh! I enjoyed it so much, I hate for it to be over! 😍
I had a mad crush on Tom Brown when I was a little girl. It broke my heart when the boys were caned and bullied. how awfully children were treated in those days!
Ikr, its shocking that this stuff was only banned in the late 1980s
The best story ever. 🌏❤. I'll recommend this to the whole world to be watched🎉
Was für liebe und schöne Jungs, so schöne Gesichter habe ich schon lange nicht mehr gesehen. Sehr elegante Kostüme, das alles kann mich nur erfreuen. Vielen Dank für den Film.❤
A Hidden Gem! This was wonderful on so many levels. Tom Brown is full of goodness and loyalty to his comrades. Truly uplifting!
This has stayed with me all these decades. Poor old Tom Brown.
Poor?
Only males in a society is dangerous.
I remember watching this in 1971.. loved Tom .. sweet boy !😊
What a great story! A 10 out of 10. Thanks for the work uploading
I watched the series on tv in England in 1975, and loved it then! It's stll so good.
I remember watching it then too …
А можно этот на русском?
@@robertsidwell5856 me too
For those who might care about such things, this fictionalized story takes place approximately 80 years before the beginning of the time frame of Downton Abbey.
Thank you ever so much for posting the entire series. I binged watched the whole thing. I did not see the intervening narratives by Alistair Cooke as this was a BBC Masterpiece Theater production. I agree with the other comments that this was a fine job of acting given the budget and speedy production reequipment. Tom Brown's School Days was an 1857 novel by Thomas Hughes but clearly reflects circumstances from his boohooed a generation earlier. I also agree that this was the best and arguably most thorough screen treatment of the book and BBC did it great honor.
I discovered the story last night when I was unable to sleep. I had no intention of watching all five episodes at one time but morning has broken and I even missed the breadman in his van this morning as I could not tear myself away.
Yes, it’s not set in the 1850s but in the late 1820s or 1830s - Thomas Arnold arrived in 1828 and in this adaptation is still unpacking, so it would be 1828. Thomas Hughes was at Rugby from 1834. It’s therefore a Victorian novel about Georgian times.
I saw this when I was only six! Surprised how much of it I remembered.
I wasnt ready for this to end, but at least it was a good ending...good won over evil. 😊
Agreed. Pity about the "Flashman " sequels to spoil it. Trashy novels following a wonderful adaptation, depicting the sordid sex life of Flashman. Typical though. Sadly.
I have struck gold. I will spend the entire time waiting to see Flashy.
Isn't he delicious?
Thank you so much for uploading this wonderful series :)
I haven`t seen this version yet.
Richard Morant was a wonderful actor. He left us far too soon.
I can`t believe that very young Richard Gibson is in this series. I had no idea he was a child actor :)
Yes, he plays Sunning here. However, he is best known for 'Allo, Allo! TV Series as Officer Flick. He also was a successful stage actor.
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Yes, I know.
This serialisation had a big impact on me as a child.
Weren't we lucky to have such good tv back then.
If you enjoyed this this you may want to read up on what happened to Flashman in his later life. George McDonald Fraser wrote many books about Flashman and they make for great reading… Enjoy!
The finest historical fiction. Funny, full of action, and full of information too. Loved 'em.
Excellent series that I hadn’t seen before.
What a filthy sod flashman always was. And what a good man Tom’s father is. And Tom of course. There is decency and honour in this. Forgotten virtues in this new world. But taught well to us when we were young, in our schools.
I haven't seen this in 35-40 years! Thanks for posting!
I was 6 when this came out & amazingly remember it.
Great story telling. Good stuff. Thanks
My first time seeing this and I enjoyed it Immensely!
I grew up on this! One of my favorite stories!
I love these older British movies and tv series
having read the book as part of my school literature subjects, thoroughly enjoyed watching the series.
Thanks for uploading this, been trying to find it online for ages! no doubt the copyright trolls will have it down soon enough.
A wonderful, wonderful movie set in the 1800s. I have watched the 1915 version which is a silent movie and also the 1940 version as well. All are wonderful movies, I have one more version to see. :-)
If you love the book, you will love this
@@nedeast6845 This one is very loyal to the book, unlike that godawful one from the 40s with Billy Halop and Jimmy Lydon. I really hated how everyone was so out of character. Flashman in that version was way too nice.
i remember watching this on bbc1 around 1973 i enjoyed it shame they could not make more episouds
Thoroughly enjoyed this series! One thing that's apparent is the fact that class dictated every aspect of life back then. Even the students had more status than grown adults because of their status.
It is a good thing class no longer matters in England.
I went to a public school and suffered CPTSD from bullying, both from boys and staff. Still recovering.
I was bullied at school and work
@@andrewmorton395 I work with your namesake and yes we are both being bullied by incompetent, unintelligent managers.
What a terrible experience for you both. I wish there was a way to erase that damage. Pity those who must elevate themselves by standing upon others. They have no self. You will always be better than they could ever be because you are kind.
I will never recover from the bullying I received at school. I had my nose broken once. I had needles pricked into me on another occasion while standing on a crowded schoolbus (about 20 pricks at least). Punched and kicked on many occasions. I used to spend my lunchtimes hiding so they wouldn't find me. Not to mention the never ending verbal insults. Terrible years!!!
I was bullied at school It scars you for life the two schools I went to were not to bad It was a school in Colchester that I was badly bullied at
Thank you! From my childhood!
I never saw saw the TV shows but I did read a book of short stories for boys. I remember the rugby game story. Very good. Thanks for the upload.
I remember this from when I was 15. And look at ‘Herr Flick’ as ‘Apollo’. Great series.
I just came to know Anthony Murphy the artist cast as Tom Brown. He did fantastic in this miniseries. Meanwhile I really miss these old days people can be happy with just singing and sport in old days. Something we miss nowadays also people connection. The school is brutel, but school bullying never end until now and in more brutel form in some cases.
Thank you for uploading. It is good to watch and i hope to watch more similar era miniseries or movies
Corporal punishment and fagging in public schools were abolished during the 1990s.
I remember this series well I was still going to school then and was subject to the same treatment as were we all, corporal punishment only left the statuate books in 1982 after the first of the scandals broke, you had people in charge of kids who were unfit I had six teachers, two were alcoholics, two were old school sadists, two were OK but had to tow the discipline line, even then what was tolerated inside the classroom was not outside. Sadly this was normal little wonder that those running our country now went through this, little wonder we are in the mess we are in
You said a mouthful.
It was not outlawed in state schools until 1986 I believe, I know because it still went on when I was at school then. It continued in public schools until 1998 in England and up until 2003 in Northern Ireland. It wasn't just caning either, I recall one teacher used to twist boys' ears quite painfully and another would rap them across the knuckles with the side of a ruler for minor infringements of discipline.
@@LondonfogeyTwisting of ears was & other physical non use of the cane punishments were seen as normal everyday practice ,at my Liverpool high school in the 1960 ‘s . Out of all the male & female teachers who used CP in my schools from 1959 - 1970 ,I can only recall one who was sadistic & laid on lashes of the cane overly severely. Most were more measured in their use of CP & only used it after giving one or two warnings . It taught us there were consequences for breaking the rules , now days there appears to be very little, hence why we have now a generation ,who believes settling petty arguments with a knife or firearm ,is a way of gaining respect in their twisted minds.
I'm really loving this, it's so well written and acted, with beautiful settings; great to see the wobbly aerial footage which looks odd to those of us used to drone cameras. It would be impossible to make this now, the whole thing would be riddled with anachronistic language, casting etc with modern sensibilities rammed home in every scene.
My thoughts exactly. This really feels like a glimpse into the past. Modern BBC period pieces are like 21st century people in fancy dress.
Reminds me of my own happy boarding school days. I think we all had a flashman. What a rotter!
First saw this on NZ TV during the mid 70s good cast well made
O I dare say, tis quite an excellent piece of work. Thank you very much, and i bid you farewell.
Absolutely marvellous. I enjoyed every single minute of it!
Oh no! I was just about to scrub the kitchen and now I'll have to watch this, oh well!!!!!
It took me some time to discover that the lovely 'theme tune' to this series was the third movement of Arthur Sullivan's 'Irish' Symphony.
The whole symphony is well worth hearing!
@@4androo Very true, and I was doing exactly that just last week. I've got several recordings - including the one used for this series: EMI's 1968 recording by Sir Charles Groves and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Coupled with 'Di Ballo' overture. I bought the LP almost immediately I'd made my discovery!! All good wishes, Peter A :) :) :)
Never saw this ( 1971 was actually year of my birth!) but read the book as a kid then I saw Royal Flash (1975) adapted by George MacDonald Fraser from his Flashman novels a few years later & loved all the books. This is a real treat to finally watch thank you 😊👍
Thanks for posting this!. I saw this with my parents when I was young and never saw it again until now.
Wonderful. Thank you so much for posting this.
I like your channel is the best in the world 🌎🌎🌎
The best film even make
Fell in love with flashman was about ten my first love xxx
Yes me too and I loved Richard Morant in Poldark 💖
I have never seen this adaptation as I was just a year old at the time of this footage, and only now came across this video.
A very engaging version. Thanks for uploading.
I attended a college like this in Richmond; it's an accurate portrayal minor the funny Victorian outfits.
loved this - loved Tom!
Goodness, i actually watched this but only remembered Richard Morant, died too soon
First time I have seen this in colour 😮
In 1971 I was 5 years old, so I can tell you this: your BBC country was terribly oldfashioned, compared to where I live. We had the years of Love and Peace and Understanding, and watch this video, you all were living before Renaissance. Poor you!
You do know that the programme wasn't set in 1971, don't you?
Enjoyed that.👍
*_This story proves that the boys who have been privileged to receive a public education in one of the tope private schools in England are marked for greatness in their own way and whether they are in leadership in government, army, or church, those who see them as their betters will be properly led with competence, discipline, and compassion. There are two types of Englishmen; those who have been to Rugby, Eton, or Harrow and those who wish they had been._*
I attended a great school in another country, but oh how great schooling makes a difference and marks your life with opportunity and self respect. I wish that everyone who wanted that could have it. The world would be a better place.
Betters? That distinction has created prejudice and inequality/inequity for centuries.
@@anndeuel904 Yes, the English are perhaps the most class-conscious people in Europe.
There’s a real absence of love and empathy that characterised so much of that period and was reflected in the family home as well.
Brutalised boys make for terrible husbands and fathers.
There is a place for discipline of this kind, but only as a last resort for flagrant acts of violence and rebellion. Our present day society doesn’t allow for that and that also creates monsters.
That's the truth, very well expressed. In other words I unreservedly agree with you.
What rot.
@@billbaggins1688do you want a boyfriend
@@billbaggins1688 stupid men always call rot what intelligent women say. Esp when it's clearly true. Ho hum.
Utterly delightful 👌🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Thoroughly enjoyed it!👍
In the mid 60s 2 of my class friends had the cane they had bruises on their bottom for weeks afterwards , dr Arnold lived at the bottom of our road in Cowes there’s a plaque on the wall
This takes me back! Michael Palin and Terry Jones just about nicked everything from this series for their Ripping Yarns 'Tomkinson's School Days'! Love that fact Brooke looks in his Early 30's compared the other 'Boys'.
Thanks for uploading this!
I think i seen thisbeen made i n or near dorset.i was on a girl guide holiday it was1971. I had just finished primary school. It was shon inthe autumn of 1971 shown on sunday evenlngs.
thankyou for sharing this 🙂
Great show
I was 11 in 1971, 5th grade, kids are cruel, I've always been pretty big so I didn't have problems like that but I'd see everyday cruel behavior.
3:29:25 Flashman gets his comeuppance. He gets what he truly deserves. The headmaster hit him so hard that even Brooke and the other were jolting.
True, but I think the real hurt to Flashman was when he got almost bested by a little kid (Tom Brown) who fought very well for a boy his size, and when his father rode straight past him at the school gates.
Last swa this 2 years ago.Brilliant series, I remember netire scenes almost verbatim. To think AnthonyMurphy won an Emmy with the sole acting role of his career. Has that eve been matched?
Wow, Sunning is herr flick from allo allo 😂 Richard Gibson
Pamela Duncan who played matron, was the cook in 'You Rang My Lord'
Remember this series and I got the book!
They must have edited this in Canada-there are some scenes that I KNOW I haven't seen before! For instance, it ended with Flashman being whipped. The stuff afterward I've not seen (I know it was the early 80s since I've seen this, but I have a very good memory for such things)
Many wellknown actors at young age. So cruel boys and adults, terrible. Why did not more of them run away. ????
it was normal, and then there's parental guilt, i raised you, cleaned you all that, it's too hard