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The Thieving Headmistress
Drama-documentary based on the true story of Colleen McCabe, an ex-nun who as a headmistress embezzled her school out of an estimated half a million pounds.
Drama-documentary based on the true story of Colleen McCabe, an ex-nun who as a headmistress embezzled her school out of an estimated half a million pounds.
While McCabe enjoyed the champagne lifestyle with her ecclesiastical friends, pupils and teachers at the school sat shivering in classrooms without heat and books.
Despite suspicions among parents and staff, the death knell for McCabe's regime came when the Labour government returned grant-maintained schools to LEA control. Local authority auditors stepped in and the full extent of her theft and fraud became clear.
Last on
Sun 28 Mar 2010
22:00
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Colleen McCabe | Pauline Quirke |
Father Plunkett | Denis Lawson |
Father O'Malley | Peter Cellier |
Maureen Stapley | Mary Roscoe |
Pam | Naomi Allisstone |
Detective Elliott | Stephen Critchlow |
Auditor | Richard Hope |
Mr Huckerby | David Holt |
riest | John Walters |
Judge | David Barnaby |
Producer | Lucy Bowden |
Director | Norman Hull |
Executive Producer | Magnus Temple |
Producer | Michael Poole |
Broadcast
- Sun 28 Mar 2010 22:00