TV Show Details
Air Date:January 31st, 1982
Last Air Date:March 7th, 1982
Network:BBC Two
Status:Ended
Genres:Drama
Original Language:English
Production Companies:BBC
Stalky & Co (1982)
TV ShowBBC Two
Miniseries
"Three loyal friends confound the Establishment at a British public school"
Plot
Stalky & Co. is a faithful adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's book of the same name (less one chapter and the afterstory chapter). Kipling was telling tales based on his own public school experiences as a boy (he is 'Beetle' in the book), and he did an excellent job of capturing the tenor of life in 'the Coll,' a school that catered to boys who would go on to govern and defend the British Empire in the Civil Service, Foreign Service and the military.