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 Cardiff preparation for the programme she took advice from Johnny Mitchell, head of Thornhill Community Academy in "Educating Yorkshire". The first six weeks of production saw the documentary makers observing the school and "picking up stories". Filming began in October and lasted until Christmas. Educating Cardiff Educating Cardiff is the fourth series of the British documentary television programme "Educating" broadcast on Channel 4. The eight-episode series was broadcast from 25 August 2015 to 13 October 2015. The documentary follows previous installments in the "Educating..." series including the BAFTA Award-winning "Educating Essex" (2011), "Educating Yorkshire" (2013) and "Educating the East End" (2014).