The Demon Headmaster is a British television series based on the children's books by Gillian Cross of the same name. Made for CBBC, the drama was first broadcast between 1996 and 1998. The first series contained six episodes, and aired twice weekly from 2 to 18 January 1996, the second series contained seven episodes, and aired once a week from 25 September to 6 November 1996, and the third series contained six episodes, and aired twice weekly from 6 to 22 January 1998. School location scenes in the first series were filmed at Hatch End High School, in Hatch End, Harrow, North West London and The Royal Masonic School for Girls in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. Other scenes were filmed around West London and the Vulcan Tower is in fact the Atrium building in Uxbridge. CGI was used to make this building appear on a traffic island close to Warwick Avenue tube station. Some scenes in the later series were filmed in the village of Sarratt, Hertfordshire and other locations in Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
Cast: Terrence Hardiman, Tom Szekeres, Kristy Bruce
6 episodes
- 1. The Demon Headmaster (Part One)Lloyd and Harvey adjust to their new foster sister as Dinah Glass is adopted by the Hunter family. As Dinah goes to school, she meets the Headmaster for the first time...can she resist the headmasters mind control?PGCC25minJan 2, 1996
- 2. The Demon Headmaster (Part Two)Dinah struggles to get on with Lloyd and Harvey, as snow falls. A snowball fight breaks out and Dinah, Lloyd and Harvey are forced to clear up the snow on the school yard into snowballs. Dinah joins an exclusive group.PGCC25minJan 4, 1996
- 3. The Demon Headmaster (Part Three)The school is going to appear on the televised school quiz, the Eddie Hair show and the Headmaster forces Dinah to be on the school team.PGCC25minJan 9, 1996
- 4. The Demon Headmaster (Part Four)A new computer game, Octopus Dare, craze breaks out in the school and everyone is playing it. When Dinah plays the game she wins and gets an invite to play in the games finals. Dinah begins to behave strangely and soon the game is all she can think about.PGCC25minJan 11, 1996
- 5. The Demon Headmaster (Part Five)Dinah arrives at Vulcan Towers, where the final of Octopus Dares is to be played. Lloyd and Harvey worry about Dinah's safety and look to save her.PGCC25minJan 16, 1996
- 6. The Demon Headmaster (Part Six)Dinah begins to work out what is going on and everything hinges on her friends rescuing her.PGCC25minJan 18, 1996
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The Demon Headmaster
The Demon Headmaster is a British television series based on the children's books by Gillian Cross of the same name. Made for CBBC, the drama was first broadcast between 1996 and 1998. The first series contained six episodes, and aired twice weekly from 2 to 18 January 1996, the second series contained seven episodes, and aired once a week from 25 September to 6 November 1996, and the third series contained six episodes, and aired twice weekly from 6 to 22 January 1998. School location scenes in the first series were filmed at Hatch End High School, in Hatch End, Harrow, North West London and The Royal Masonic School for Girls in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. Other scenes were filmed around West London and the Vulcan Tower is in fact the Atrium building in Uxbridge. CGI was used to make this building appear on a traffic island close to Warwick Avenue tube station. Some scenes in the later series were filmed in the village of Sarratt, Hertfordshire and other locations in Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Roger Singleton-Turner
- Created by
- Gillian Cross
- Cast
- Terrence Hardiman,
