1 9 9 5 (UK)
4 x 60 minute episodes
Created by Cracker writer Jimmy McGovern, the Channel 4 series Hearts and Minds starred Christopher Eccleston as Drew Mackenzie, an idealistic young student teacher who tries to relate the joys of poetry to his young charges at a tough inner-city comprehensive school in Liverpool.
An ex-factory worker and married with three kids of his own, Drew fervently believes in the power of education until he is faced with the nitty-gritty reality of the classroom.
As well as trying to keep the kids in order, he is threatened by openly hostile colleagues and branded a racist.
Drew Mackenzie
Christopher Eccleston
Alex
Ian McElhinney
Trevor
David Harewood
Shotton
Peter Halliday
Mo
Sara Mair-Thomas
Norman
Peter Armitage
Joanna
Pauline Black
Maurice
Jo Dow
Emma Mackenzie
Lynda Steadman
Archie
Mark Womack
Maggie
Ann Joseph
Karen
Julie Walker
Mrs Pee
Mary Cunningham
Rachel
Elizabeth Avis
Rebecca
Zara Pierce
Tony
Paul Fox
Sahira
Trina Ali
Justine
Anna Blizard
Martin Perry
Kevin Harvey
Sam
Sam Devine
Bazz
Andrew Walker