The producer and director are delighted with their television play about a comprehensive school. It seems truthful, authentic, really lifelike. But as rehearsals progress, a tense difference of opinion emerges between the author and the young schoolboy actor.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| PPeter ClayNeil, TV producer | Neil, TV producer |
 Alun LewisAndrew, TV director | Andrew, TV director |
| MMatthew GuinnessMartin, TV writer | Martin, TV writer |
| AAnny TobinJenny, production secretary | Jenny, production secretary |
| PPhil RowlandsBen, production assistant | Ben, production assistant |
| RRob EdwardsMalcolm, actor | Malcolm, actor |
| JJennifer LonsdaleJulie, actress | Julie, actress |
| JJohn RinghamPaul Bennett, actor | Paul Bennett, actor |
| PPaul EasomAlan, a teenager | Alan, a teenager |
| JJason KempPiers, a teenager | Piers, a teenager |
| MMaureen NelsonFirst chaperone | First chaperone |
| SSally LewisSecond chaperone | Second chaperone |
| CCraig McFarlaneDamien | Damien |
| PPaul TropeaThe Storer | The Storer |