The Outsider

Richard Attenborough heads the cast in this drama set in the years immediately following the Second World War. Education in England is undergoing radical changes, and Jack Read is a Cockney boy chosen to attend a Public School. He is actually a guinea pig in an educational experiment. He is miserable, and alienated from the other pupils for his different ways. He also comes across hostility from the staff, apart from a sympathetic young teacher named Mr Lorraine. When Jack is ready to run away, it is up to Lorraine to try and change his mind.