Jessie Wallace (Kat Slater - EastEnders) stars in film A Class Apart
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Jessie Wallace returns to BBC One for the first time since playing Kat Slater in EastEnders in a brand-new film called A Class Apart.
The one-off film also stars Nathaniel Parker (Inspector Lynley) and George Cole (Minder) and is written by the Bafta-nominated Tony Grounds (When I'm 64, Births, Marriages And Deaths). It is produced by Paloma Productions.
Wallace plays single mum Candy, who is trying to keep her 11-year-old son, Kyle, on the straight and narrow with help from her Grandad George (George Cole), who isn't the best role model himself.
When her son, Kyle (Sanchez Adams), is offered a place at the local failing school, Candy is having none of it. She knows only too well the grass is greener at nearby Park View and doesn't see why her boy can't go there.
Feeling frustrated and disenfranchised, Candy decides to mount a one-woman protest, chaining herself to the Park View gates until her only son is granted a place.
However, fate intervenes. The conceited headmaster (Nathaniel Parker) of a nearby prestigious private school chances to catch Candy on the local news.
He jokes to his deputy, Charles, that if Kyle attended Haltham, he'd turn him from "chav-rudeboy" to respectable public schoolboy. Charles doesn't believe he can do it and they make a bet.
Headmaster Anthony's first task is to find a way to get Kyle into the school. Can he win his bet and get one over on his scheming deputy – and how will Candy and Kyle cope with the culture shock as two worlds collide?
Producer/director Nick Hurran says: "Candy is just a normal mum trying to do right by her son, and although it seems at first that Kyle is the victim of a social experiment, Anthony's heart is in the right place.
"Initially, he clashes with Candy but she soon begins to warm to the man who is trying so hard to help her son. It's a heart-warming story with a slight sting in the tail which will strike a chord with many parents."
Peter Fincham, Controller of BBC One, says: "It is great to have Jessie back home on BBC One. I know audiences loved seeing her in Albert Square, and I am really excited about us all experiencing her in a new role."
Nick Hurran's film and TV credits include the award-winning Girl's Night, romantic comedy Little Black Book and Take A Girl Like You.
JESSIE WAS ABSOLUTLEY BRILLIANT IN A CLASS APART.
WITTY AND REALLY FUNNY BACK TO HER OLD SELF.SHE IS AN ABSOLULTE
FANTASTIC ACTRESS AND HOPE TO SEE MORE OF HER ON THE TELLY THIS YEAR.
YOUR NUMBER 1 FAN.
9 May 07 at 2:17 pm
Well what can i say! How i love Miss Wallace as it is. And its so lovely to see my beautiful role model doing something else. I thought she played a fantastic part along with Nathanial. I loved the chemistry between them both, in a way they sort of clashed. I would LOVE to see this out on DVD and im sure alot of other people would too. It contains one of britans most loved & talented actresses. This was one of the best one-off's the BBC has ever shown
xxx
7 Apr 07 at 6:09 pm
the film was brillient i loved it i would love to see it on dvd and on tv i know it says only a one-off but it would be so good it was the in programme at school and i would love to be the first one to have it on dvd if it did come out on dvd
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siobhan
26 Mar 07 at 6:51 pm
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