Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby Episode Rating Graph
May 2005 - May 2006
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Best Episodes of Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby
Period Seven: For Whom The Bell Tolls
S2 Ep7
10.0
8th May 2006
Marion breaks off her engagement with Roger and Tepapawai's future is not looking good. Steve is up to his old tricks and only thinking of himself. But the boys soon sort things.
Period Six: An Inspector Calls
S2 Ep6
10.0
1st May 2006
The school is in danger of being closed following a report from Marion Patterson. The staff all band together to actually try to appear to be doing a decent job of teaching. Can they save Tepapawai?
Period Four: Dancing With The Staff
S2 Ep4
10.0
17th Apr 2006
Gormsby uses the school dance as an opportunity to teach his boy some etiquette, Hakanui's gambling gets worse, and Hohepa needs a car to impress his girlfriend.
Period Three: The Slave Trade
S2 Ep3
10.0
10th Apr 2006
Hohepa is offered a contract to play rugby at a private school, which leads Dasent to see lucrative possibilities for Tepapawai by selling his Polynesian pupils to the highest bidder.
Worst Episodes of Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby
Period One: The Appalling Mr Gormsby
S1 Ep1
6.9
6th May 2005
A new relief teacher is required and the only person is Mr Gormsby. He trys to discipline a student physically and gets in trouble. When the student acts out again he threatens another to get a confession.
Period Four: Open Day
S1 Ep4
8.7
27th May 2005
It's Open Day at Tepapawai and everyones got something to do except 5F. Steve is mucking round with his new video cameras, Fenn is doing an interpretive dance. 5F are put on car park duty. Everything goes wrong with switched videos, new computers lighting the school on fire and Agnes trying to commit suicide.
Period One: Heads Will Roll
S2 Ep1
8.7
27th Mar 2006
Dasent is released from the mental hospital and returns to his roll as principal. Steve leaves, Gormsby is rehired as the new Guidance Counsellor. Steve returns and Gormsby goes back to teaching 5F
Period Two: Crime And Punishment
S2 Ep2
9.0
3rd Apr 2006
The Police are investigating Steve's car being lit on fire. Steve is arrested and Hohepa confesses. Hohepa returns to 5F as punishment.
Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby Episode Guide
Period One: The Appalling Mr Gormsby
S1 Ep1
6.9
6th May 2005
A new relief teacher is required and the only person is Mr Gormsby. He trys to discipline a student physically and gets in trouble. When the student acts out again he threatens another to get a confession.
Period Two: Comrade Gormsby
S1 Ep2
9.8
13th May 2005
The other staff don't like Gormsby and try to get him fired. When Dasent refuses the staff strike and he gives in. But Gormsby learns some tricks from Hohepa's Uncle Dion to get himself reemployed.
Period Three: Human Relationships
S1 Ep3
9.3
20th May 2005
One of the boys is having sex with a teacher and an investigation begins after a used condom is found. Agnes aborts Steve's baby.
Period Four: Open Day
S1 Ep4
8.7
27th May 2005
It's Open Day at Tepapawai and everyones got something to do except 5F. Steve is mucking round with his new video cameras, Fenn is doing an interpretive dance. 5F are put on car park duty. Everything goes wrong with switched videos, new computers lighting the school on fire and Agnes trying to commit suicide.
Period Five: The Retarded Boy
S1 Ep5
10.0
3rd Jun 2005
Dasent finds out how much money he can make from having physically and mentally handicapped boys at Tepapawai. A reatarded boy joins the school and causes hassle for all the teachers. Eventually Gormsby straightens him out and Steve ruins Dasent's plans with some loud insults.
Period Six: Coon Tunes
S1 Ep6
9.3
10th Jun 2005
Dasent needs to impress Marion Patterson from the ERO so organises a special talent show. He wants the boys from 5F to do a hip-hop act but Gormsby prefers something a bit different - Coon Tunes.
Period Seven: The ERO Parade
S1 Ep7
9.3
17th Jun 2005
The ERO Report is finally delivered revealing that two teachers must go. News that one of the teachers has a terminal illness sends the fragile Dasent's spirits soaring.
Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby is a satirical New Zealand television series, created and written by Danny Mulheron, Dave Armstrong and Tom Scott. It stars David McPhail as the titular Mr Gormsby, whose politically incorrect attitudes and "old school" teaching style clash and contrast with the environment at the fictional Tepapawai High School. The show pokes fun at the New Zealand education system but also at modern New Zealand social attitudes more generally.
Two seasons have so far been made; the first was broadcast in 2005 on TV ONE in New Zealand and the ABC TV in Australia. The second series was shown in New Zealand in 2006 and in Australia, on ABC2, April 2008. DVDs of the series are sold in Australia through the ABC Shop.
The program was filmed at two disused schools in the suburbs of Lower Hutt: the first season at Wainuiomata College and the second at Petone College.
The best rated episodes of Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby are:
Period Seven: For Whom The Bell Tolls S2E7 rated 10.0
Period Six: An Inspector Calls S2E6 rated 10.0
Period Four: Dancing With The Staff S2E4 rated 10.0
Period Three: The Slave Trade S2E3 rated 10.0
The lowest rated episodes of Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby are:
Period One: The Appalling Mr Gormsby S1E1 rated 6.9
Period Four: Open Day S1E4 rated 8.7
Period One: Heads Will Roll S2E1 rated 8.7
Period Two: Crime And Punishment S2E2 rated 9.0
The first episode of Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby aired on May 06, 2005.
The last episode of Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby aired on May 08, 2006.
There are 14 episodes of Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby.
There are 2 seasons of Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby.
