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At the end of April, the Media Studies department took 16 sixth form students for a two-day work experience placement at Ealing Studios to work as extras in the forthcoming film ‘Blinded By The Light’, starring Hayley Atwell (Captain America, Howard’s End, The Duchess) and Rob Brydon, based on the novel by Sarfraz Mansoor and directed by Gurinder Chadha OBE (Bend It Like Beckham, Bride & Prejudice, Viceroy’s House). The coming-of-age story centres around Javed (played by Viveik Kalra), a British Pakistani teenager growing up in Luton in 1987, amid the racial and political tensions of Thatcherite Britain.

Over two very long days on set, in full 1987 costume and make-up, our students took part in several classroom scenes with Javed and his English teacher Miss Clay (Atwell). The director was so impressed with our students that a couple of them were even given lines! All of our students performed impressively under highly controlled and intense working conditions and were excellent representatives of the school. We are all now very excited to see the film upon its international release in cinemas in summer 2019. Watch this space!

Sixth form students with director Gurinder Chadha

With Hayley Atwell