''Clockwork Mice'' is a 1995 British

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directed by

Vadim Jean Vadim Jean (born Bristol, 9 December 1963)"Zip up your Rhino suit"
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and starring

Ian Hart Ian Davies (born 8 October 1964), better known by his stage name Ian Hart, is an English actor. His most notable roles are Rabbit in the Channel Four drama miniseries '' One Summer'' (1983), Joe O'Reilly in the biopic '' Michael Collins'' (199 ...

, Catherine Russell and

James Bolam James Christopher Bolam (born 16 June 1935) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Terry Collier in '' The Likely Lads'' and its sequel ''Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?'', Jack Ford in ''When the Boat Comes In'', Roy F ...

. The film score was composed by David Hughes and John Murphy.

Plot

A teacher manages to bond with a

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student.

Cast

... Steve * Catherine Russell ... Polly *

Rúaidhrí Conroy Rúaidhrí Conroy (born 30 November 1979 in Dublin) is an Irish actor. He is the son of actor Brendan Conroy. One of his first castings was as Tito (and not Tayto as commonly misconceived) in the 1992 film '' Into the West'', for which he won ...

... Conrad *

Art Malik Athar ul-Haque Malik (born 13 November 1952), known professionally as Art Malik, is a Pakistani-born British actor who achieved international fame in the 1980s through his starring and subsidiary roles in assorted British and Merchant Ivory te ...

... Laney *

John Alderton John Alderton (born 27 November 1940) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles in ''Upstairs, Downstairs'', '' Thomas & Sarah'', '' Wodehouse Playhouse'', '' Little Miss'' (original television series), '' Please Sir!'', '' No, Hones ...

... Swaney *

... Wackey *

Claire Skinner Claire Skinner (born 1965) is an English actress, known in the United Kingdom for her television career, particularly playing Sue Brockman from the BBC television series '' Outnumbered''. Early life Claire Skinner was born and brought up in H ...

... Fairy *

Nigel Planer Nigel George Planer (born 22 February 1953) is a British actor, comedian, musician, novelist and playwright. He played Neil in the BBC comedy '' The Young Ones'' and Ralph Filthy in '' Filthy Rich & Catflap''. He has appeared in many West End m ...

... Parkey * Lilly Edwards ... Mrs. Charlton *

Robin Soans Robin Soans (born 20 June 1946) is a British actor, and a playwright specialising in verbatim and documentary plays. These plays include ''Across the Divide'' (2007); ''A State Affair'' (2000) which looked at life on a Bradford estate, produced ...

... Millwright * Jack McKenzie ... CID Officer * Melissa Simmonds ... CID Officer * Carl Proctor ... Country Policeman * Billy Davey ... Country Policeman * Hormoz Verahramian ... Businessman * Glen Murphy ... Mr. Charlton * Toyosi Ajikawo ... Tanya * Lee Barrett ... Clive Williams * Leon Black ... Burrows

Location

It was filmed at Great Stony School,

Chipping Ongar Chipping Ongar () is a market town and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ongar, in the Epping Forest District of the county of Essex, England. It is located east of Epping, southeast of Harlow and northwest of Brentwood. In 2020 t ...

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. The school was later refurbished as an arts and residential centre, opened by

Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and Forfar, (Edward Antony Richard Louis; born 10 March 1964) is a member of the British royal family. He is the youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the youngest sibl ...

in November 2011.

References

External links

* 1995 films 1995 drama films British drama films Films directed by Vadim Jean Films scored by John Murphy (composer) Films set in schools Films shot in Essex 1990s English-language films 1990s British films {{1990s-UK-film-stub