Bonjour la Classe

Bonjour la Classe is a British television comedy series which was broadcast on BBC1 in the beginning of 1993. Created and written by Paul Smith and Terry Kyan, the series centred on Laurence Didcott, a new teacher of French at the fictional prestigious Mansion School.

Bonjour la Classe
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Terry Kyan Paul Smith
Directed by	John Henderson
Creative director	Chris Lowe
Starring	Nigel Planer Polly Adams Timothy Bateson Victoria Carling
Theme music composer	Philip Pope
Composer	Philip Pope
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producer	Peter Fincham
Producer	Jamie Rix
Production locations	Aldenham School, Hertfordshire
Cinematography	John Henshall
Editor	Colin Green
Camera setup	John Johnson
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	TalkBack
Original release
Network	BBC1
Release	15 February (1993-02-15) – 22 March 1993 (1993-03-22)

Didcott discovers a prevailing attitude at Mansion, among staff, benefactors and even students and parents that places what is best for the school (e.g. fundraising, school image) ahead of the education of the pupils and their wellbeing. The scenes at the school were shot in the winter of 1992.

Cast

• Nigel Planer – Laurence Didcott
• Polly Adams – Jean Halifax
• Timothy Bateson – Leonard Wigley
• Victoria Carling – Harriet Humphrey
• Robert Gillespie – Gilbert Herring
• David Troughton – Eric Sweety
• Nicholas Woodeson – Leslie Piper
• Peter Woodthorpe – Donald Halifax
• Rebecca Callard – Lucy Cornwell
• Bryan Dick – Adam Huntley
• David Larkin – Clive Crotty
• Daniel Newman – Hugo Botney
• Simeon Pearl – Anthony Zalacosta
• Camilla Power – Pamela Slotover
• Elizabeth Alexander

External links

• Bonjour la Classe at IMDb
• Bonjour la Classe at British Comedy Guide
• Bonjour la Classe at epguides.com