Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby

Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby
Format	Comedy
Starring	David McPhail
Country of origin	New Zealand
Production
Running time	25 minutes per episode
Broadcast
Original channel	TVNZ
Original run	2005 – 8 May 2006

Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby is a satirical New Zealand television series, created and written by Danny Mulheron (who also directs and co-produces), Dave Armstrong and Tom Scott.^[1] It stars David McPhail as the titular Mr Gormsby, whose politically incorrect attitudes and "old school" teaching style clash and contrast with the environment at the fictional Tepapawai High School. The show pokes fun at the New Zealand education system but also at modern New Zealand social attitudes more generally.

Two seasons have so far been made; the first was broadcast in 2005 on TV ONE in New Zealand and the ABC TV in Australia. The second series was shown in New Zealand in 2006 and in Australia, on ABC2, April 2008. DVDs of the series are sold in Australia through the ABC Shop.

The program was filmed at two disused schools in the suburbs of Lower Hutt: the first season at Wainuiomata College and the second at Petone College.

Characters

• Mortimer Ellis Gormsby (David McPhail) - Relief Teacher
• Roger Dascent (Paul McLaughlin) - The principal of Tepapawai Boys High School
• Steve Mudgeway (Jason Hoyte) - The school counsellor
• Fenn Partington (Tandi Wright) - English Teacher
• Lauren (Michelle Amas) - Secretary
• Alisdair Morton (Thomas Robins) - Economics teacher
• Hone Hakanui (Louis Sutherland) - Māori studies teacher
• Werner Hundertwaser (Nigel Collins) - Head of Music
• Marion Patterson (Geraldine Brophy) - The Education Review Office school inspector
• Rak (Charles Lum) - School cleaner
• Agnes Maria Teresa O'Flaherty - (Dena Kennedy) Social Studies/History teacher
• Lesley Tangaroa (Grace Hoet)- PE teacher

Class 5F

• Emile Bastabus (Joseph Moore)
• Elvis Hohepa (R.J. Smiler)
• Afioga (Feterika Sage)
• Ama'ata'a Uleiata'aua Alupepe (Halaifonua Finau)
• Govind (Hursh Saha)
• Minh (Samson Phommachack)
• Gareth le Tissier (Lyndon McGaughran)

Episode titles

Series One

• The Appalling Mr Gormsby
• Comrade Gormsby
• Human Relationships
• Open Day
• The Retarded Boy
• Coon Tunes
• The ERO Parade

Series Two

• Heads Will Roll
• Crime And Punishment
• The Slave Trade
• Dancing With The Staff
• Camp Tepapawai
• An Inspector Calls
• For Whom The Bell Tolls

References

1. ^ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0471059/ IMDB listing

External links

• Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby at the Internet Movie Database
• Characters of Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby (TVNZ)