Shirley Valentine (film) Shirley Valentine (film) Shirley Valentine is an award-winning 1989 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert. The screenplay by Willy Russell is based on his 1986 one-character play of the same title, which follows middle aged Shirley Valentine in an unexpected discovery of herself, and rekindling of her childhood dreams and youthful love of life. Pauline Collins reprises the titular lead role as middle-aged housewife Shirley, which she had previously played in the stage production in London's West End and on Broadway, and Tom Conti plays Costas Dimitriades, the owner of a Greek tavern with whom she has a
Educating the East End Educating the East End Educating the East End is the third series of the British documentary television programme "Educating" broadcast on Channel 4. The eight-episode first series was first broadcast from 4 September 2014. Its format is based on the BAFTA Award-winning 2011 series "Educating Essex" and the National Television Award-winning 2013 series, "Educating Yorkshire". It follows the everyday lives of the staff and students of Frederick Bremer School in East London which is a comprehensive secondary school. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> "Educating the East End" was commissioned by Channel 4 after the success of "Educating Yorkshire" in 2013 and "Educating Essex" in