Educating Rita (film) Educating Rita (film) Educating Rita is a British 1983 drama/comedy film directed by Lewis Gilbert with a screenplay by Willy Russell based on his 1980 stage play. The film stars Michael Caine, Julie Walters, and Maureen Lipman. It won multiple major awards for best actor and best actress and was nominated for three Academy Awards. Caine and Walters both won BAFTA and Golden Globe awards for best actor and actress. The British Film Institute ranked "Educating Rita" the 84th greatest British film of the 20th century. A Liverpudlian working-class young hairdresser Rita (Julie Walters) wants to better herself by studying
Educating Greater Manchester Educating Greater Manchester Educating Greater Manchester is the fifth series of the BAFTA award-winning British documentary television programme "Educating" broadcast on Channel 4. The eight-episode fifth series began broadcast from 31 August 2017. The documentary follows previous installments in the "Educating..." series including the BAFTA Award-winning "Educating Essex" (2011), "Educating Yorkshire" (2013), "Educating the East End" (2014) and "Educating Cardiff" (2015). The fifth series was filmed at Harrop Fold School in Little Hulton, Salford. Channel 4 confirmed in January 2018 that the "Educating" programme was renewed for two further series, set to air in 2018 and 2019. For the first