Kes

Trivia: When the boys are in Mr. Gryce's office, the producers hadn't told them beforehand that they were going to get caned. So whatever reactions the boys display are their real reactions. Afterward, the boys ran out crying. The producers paid them each ten bob to shut them up.

Trivia: Bob Bowes, who plays the headmaster, Mr Gryce, was in fact headmaster of Ashton Road Secondary Modern School, Ashton Road, Castleford during the middle to late 1960s.

Visible crew/equipment: Bearded crew-member visible in the scene where Mr. Sugden is selecting the football teams.

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Mr. Gryce: Mere fodder for the mass media.

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