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Sex education spells trouble for Mr Beeston - and Mrs Rudd's chickens come home to roost. Stars Karl Howman. From March 1988.

A new sex education policy spells trouble for Mr Beeston - and Mrs Rudd's chickens come home to roost.

Created and written by Jim Eldridge.

Ten series of this comedy about King Street Junior School ran between 1985 and 1998. King Street Junior Revisited ran from 2002 to 2005.

Philip Sims …. Karl Howman
Mr Beeston …. James Grout
Mr Holliday …. Tom Watson
Mrs Stone …. Margaret John
Mrs Rudd …. Vivienne Martin
Mr Long …. Paul Copley
Miss Lewis …. Marlene Sidaway
Mrs Carioni …. Natasha Pyne
Mr Higgs …. Geoffrey Whitehead
Gary …. Marc Murphy
Sundar …. David Crane
Mrs Patterson …. Deirdre Costello

Producer: John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1988.

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 11 May 202119:30

Broadcasts

  • Tue 11 Sep 200717:00
  • Wed 12 Sep 200706:30
  • Sat 22 Jan 201109:30
  • Sat 22 Jan 201119:30
  • Sun 23 Jan 201105:30
  • Tue 11 May 202108:30
  • Tue 11 May 202112:30
  • Tue 11 May 202119:30