Queens' : A Cambridge College (1985) - Episode 1, "Getting In"

Stirring stuff. "The first in a new ten-part series. Petrified sixth-formers are put through their paces during nerve-racking interviews for admission to Cambridge. The dons go through this process every year. For the candidates there's only one chance: careers and futures are in the balance. The candidates: The grammar-school boy: he seems to know more about his subject than his interviewers. Will this put them off? The comprehensive-school girl: as the political argument gets more heated, the interviewers seem more and more impressed. The public-school boy: as the questions get tougher his stammer gets worse. Will his questioners be sympathetic? Photography IAN HILTON. JOHN GRAY Sound JOHN PRITCHARD Film editor ANDREW WILLSMORE Commentary ROGER MILLS Assistant producer IMOGEN SUTTON Producer MICHAEL WALDMAN" ------------------------------------- Further context about the origins of the series and its reception is given in the description of the tenth and final episode.