The History Boys

1h 49min

Drama

The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores, a grossly out-numbered history teacher, and a headmaster obsessed with results, the boys attempt to pass.

Production Companies

DNA Films

UK Film Council

BBC Two

National Theatre

Release date

2nd Oct 2006

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English