Tom Brown's Schooldays (TV serial) Tom Brown's Schooldays (TV serial) Tom Brown's Schooldays is a 1971 television serial adaptation of the Thomas Hughes novel "Tom Brown's Schooldays". It was originally screened on the BBC1 Sunday afternoon slot, which often showed serialisations of classics aimed at a family audience. It made some free adaptations to Hughes's novel, creating the role of Flashman's father, and writing new sub-plots about Flashman and Arnold. It also included some scenes of bullying and corporal punishment which may have been strong stuff for family viewing. "Clean-up TV" campaigner Mary Whitehouse claimed that the programme broke the BBC's guidelines on the depiction
Tom Brown (bishop) then began a relationship with the chaplain of Samuel Marsden Collegiate School, the Rev Canon Kate Carey-Smith, who was married to the Rev Chris Carey-Smith, the chaplain at St Mark's Church School, both being priests of the Anglican Diocese of Wellington. Brown said he surrendered his licence as a priest "to be loyal to the church and maintain the church's integrity". Tom Brown (bishop) Thomas John "Tom" Brown (born 16 August 1943) is a retired Anglican bishop in New Zealand. He is the former Bishop of Wellington. On 29 July 2011, Brown announced, with the support of the Primate, that