Tom Brown's Schooldays (TV serial) of sadistic violence. The series was later shown on "Masterpiece Theatre" in the USA. Both the programme and Anthony Murphy's lead performance won Emmy Awards. 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
The Story of Tom Brennan perspective. Beginning in the present, Tom is at his grandmother’s house and hating every minute of his new life, we soon begin to see glimpses of the events in Tom's recent past: the "sudden death" football party where all the trouble begins, and the terrible, tragic events of that night and days that follow. The novel involves teenage issues such as alcohol, drink driving, relationships, and moving on after your world turns upside down. In the end, Tom gets a friend called Chrissy, which she then turns friendship into a relationship. Chrissy helps Tom get over with what happened in