Title The History Boys Overview The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores, a grossly out-numbered history teacher, and a headmaster obsessed with results, the boys attempt to pass. Tagline History. It's just one bloody thing after another. Genres Comedy, Drama Keywords gay, becoming an adult, education, exam, scholarship, oxford, cambridge, history, based on play, student, boys' school, teachers and students, 1980s Production Companies DNA Films, BBC Films, UK Film Council Production Countries United Kingdom Spoken Languages English Original Language en Runtime minutes 109 Release Year 2006
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 13 million USD