Educating Rita reprised her radio and Menier Chocolate Factory performance as Rita, and Frank was played by renowned actor Tim Pigott-Smith. Like the Willy Russell season at the Menier Chocolate Factory, the production ran in repertory alongside "Shirley Valentine" starring Meera Syal. A UK tour played in 2012, starring Claire Sweeney and Matthew Kelly as Rita and Frank respectively. A 35th anniversary production was staged at Liverpool Playhouse from 6 February to 7 March 2015, starring Leanne Best as Rita and Con O'Neill as Frank, directed by Gemma Bodinetz. The same year the Chichester Festival staged a production with Lenny Henry and
Educating... Educating... Educating... is a British documentary reality television programme on Channel 4 which first aired on 22 September 2011 and has run for five series. It uses a fly on the wall format to show the everyday lives of the staff and pupils of secondary schools all over the UK, each series is filmed in a different school. 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 time, the series will return to the same school for the sixth and seventh series, in