

Tales Out of School
1983-06-19 · 80 min / episode · ★ 10.0
Tales Out of School is a British anthology of television plays by David Leland: Birth of a Nation, Flying Into the Wind, R.H.I.N.O.: Really Here in Name Only, and Made in Britain.
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- David Leland
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- Central Independent Television
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- United Kingdom
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- Ended
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