Educating Rita (film) a 25th Anniversary edition, to mark 25 years since the film's release. This edition has long been unavailable/discontinued, but in May 2018, ITV Studios has once again released the film onto Blu ray in the UK. In November 2002, the then-82-year-old director Lewis Gilbert went public with plans to remake his film "with a black cast that could include Halle Berry and Denzel Washington", with principal photography to commence in 2003. The project, however, never got off the ground. Educating Rita (film) Educating Rita is a British 1983 drama/comedy film directed by Lewis Gilbert with a screenplay by Willy Russell
Educating... and "Educating Yorkshire" what they would have told their younger selves. However, the series was cancelled after one series. 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.