The film was from 1986, in the middle of the Thatcher years, when socialist Scotland was ruled by anglophile Tories and schools had the mission to teach "Standard English." By then the sneering belt-happy schoolmaster was already an anachronism, though corporal punishment was not banned by law until the following year.
The film was from 1986, in the middle of the Thatcher years, when socialist Scotland was ruled by anglophile Tories and schools had the mission to teach "Standard English." By then the sneering belt-happy schoolmaster was already an anachronism, though corporal punishment was not banned by law until the following year.
I'm in Kilbirnie and can barely understand the Irvine Valley dialect.
Aw thon Scots tak's made me fair hungert - shoo I'm aff tae fund a scabby heedit wean. 😂
As to when it was broadcast: Says MCMLXXXVI in the credits 🤓