
Notes On A Scandal
[ Children Chattering ]
People have always trusted me with their secrets.
But who do I trust with mine?
You. Only you.
The first day of a new term.
Here come the local
pubescent proles...
the future plumbers
and shop assistants...
and doubtless the odd terrorist too.
[ Shouting, Chattering ]
In the old days, we confiscated
cigarettes and wank mags.
Now it's knives and crack cocaine.
And they call it progress.
[ Boy ]
Roger!
- [ Boy ] Piss off!
- Tony. Tony.
Mrs. Hart, art department.
nails his 95 points...
to a church door
in Wittenberg-
[ Girl ]
Poison granny.
Piss off, you prick.
Before we begin, for those of you
who haven't delivered your reports...
please lob them
in my general direction.
Thank you, Bill.
Thank you, Mary.
Thank you, John.
Thank you, Elaine.
Ah. Has everyone met our new
art teacher, Sheba Hart?
- Hello.
- I've asked Sheba to sit in on this meeting.
As you all know,
I regard the arts...
as absolutely essential to our policy
Thank you, Chris.
Very good. Very good.
Ah, thank you, Sue.
I say, that's a big one, isn't it?
I'll be up till the crack of dawn.
[ Chuckles ]
I'll be up till the crack of dawn.
[ Chuckles ]
Anyone else not handed in
their homework? Right.
And, uh, thank you.
Lovely. Thank you.
Barbara?
This is your report?
On the history department?
On its entire workings?
And your general thoughts
for its future development?
You'll find it's quite
thorough, Headmaster.
"The history department functions
much as one would expect...
"for a school of this
stature and intake.
"Examination results have been
consistent for 30 years...
"below the national average
but above the level of catastrophe.
Recommendation:
No change necessary. "
Took me most of the summer
to write it.
Hard to read the wispy novice.
[ Boy ]
Piss off, you prick.
Is she a sphinx or simply stupid?
All right. Off the phone, please.
Give me the phone.
- Artfully disheveled today.
- [ Chattering Continues ]
is an abhorrence.
It seems to say,
"I'm just like you."
But clearly she's not.
- A fey person, I suspect.
- Stop it, girls. Just stop it.
Fey.
[ Boy ]
Oi, oi. Pass it. Yes. Come over here. Very good.
- Yeah!
- [ Chattering ]
- [ Barbara ] Put your shirt on.
- I got the winner, miss.
Glory be! Shirt!
[ Boys Chattering ]
[ Barbara Narrating ] She has certainly
rippled the waters of our stagnant pond.
They flock to her.
Even limp little Brian had a go.
Oh, the horror.
- Hiya.
- Oh, hello.
- That's a lovely blouse.
- What? Oh!
And "Fatty"Hodge has pounced on her.
The blonde and the pig in knickers.
I just went past the art studio.
It's like bloody Lord of the Flies in there.
- Have they gone for her?
- They've torn her posters down.
There's a full-on paint fight.
They're chanting,
"Get your tits out for the lads."
- Girls too. It's carnage.
- [ Man ] How was madam?
Completely lost it.
"Stop it! Stop it, you little fucking bastards!"
- Well, he didn't want to patronize the little lady.
She'll be all right.
This time next year, she'll be headmistress.
- Oh, Christ! Will you shut up!
- Sorry. Sorry.
Char, anyone?
- Babs?
- Milk, no sugar.
- Sweet enough?
- Evidently.
- [ Chuckles ]
- Didn't her father invent inflation?
- You what?
- Wasn't her dad that academic, Donald whatsit?
Economics bloke.
Invented the word "inflation."
Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah.
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